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Robots give Greece's postal service speed boost

-- 2021-10-06 10:18:22

There's a new addition to Greece's postal service: a fleet of yellow robots sorting through the mail. Fifty-five small, four-wheeled autonomous mobile robots -- or AMR's -- powered by artificial inte...

BBC may not exist in 10 years for ‘elitist’ attitude, British secretary says

-- 2021-10-05 18:33:18

Describing BBC as an 'elitist' and 'biased' broadcaster, British Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has said the broadcaster may not exist in 10 years. She also suggested that the BBC needs ‘real...

French Catholic priests abused 216,000 children since 1950

-- 2021-10-05 15:06:48

Some 216,000 children have been victims of abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in France since 1950, the head of a panel investigating abuses by Church members says. Jean-Marc Sauv&eacute...

Germany's next government faces three major economic challenges

-- 2021-10-05 11:49:13

Chancellor Angela Merkel has steered Germany through many crises over the past 16 years, but she has also left behind a mixed legacy and failed to tackle some deep structural problems in Europe's larg...

Pandora papers reveal hidden riches of Putin’s alleged love, inner circle

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-04 11:58:58

The secret wealth of Russian president Vladimir Putin's numerous close associates has been revealed in the biggest trove of leaked offshore data in history, Britain's The Guardian reports. They inclu...

Lars Vilks, who drew controversial cartoon of Prophet Muhammad, dies in road accident

-- 2021-10-04 11:45:36

A Swedish cartoonist who sketched the Prophet Muhammad's head on a dog's body has died in a traffic accident, BBC reported citing local media. Lars Vilks was reportedly travelling in a ci...

Small plane crashes into empty building outside Milan, all eight on board die

-- 2021-10-03 20:51:47

A small private plane crashed into an empty building on the outskirts of Milan, northern Italy, on Sunday, killing all eight people on board. The plane, which took off from Milan's Linate city airpor...

Johnson says no more ‘uncontrolled immigration’

-- 2021-10-03 18:32:28

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he would not return to "uncontrolled immigration" to solve fuel, gas and Christmas food crises, suggesting such strains were part of a period of pos...

Italian vessel rescues 65 from migrant boat fleeing Libya

-- 2021-10-03 10:11:03

An Italian offshore supply vessel on Saturday rescued 65 migrants, including women and children, fleeing Libya to Europe on a crowded, wooden boat. The migrant boat was drifting after its engine stop...

COP26 delegates agree on need to deliver climate finance pledge

-- 2021-10-02 19:30:37

Delegates heading to the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow agreed they must deliver on the $100 billion per year pledge to help most vulnerable nations tackle climate change, COP26 president Alok Sha...

Fire at COVID-19 hospital in Romania kills nine people

-- 2021-10-01 16:40:53

Nine people died on Friday when a fire broke out in an intensive care unit at a Romanian hospital treating COVID-19 patients, officials said, the country's third deadly hospital fire in less than a ye...

Navalny poisoning investigator says Russia declares him wanted man

-- 2021-09-30 19:45:39

The editor of a Russian news outlet that angered the Kremlin with its investigations, including into the poisoning of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, said the authorities had declared him a want...

France's ex-president Sarkozy convicted but may avoid jail

-- 2021-09-30 19:13:59

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was handed a one-year prison sentence by a Paris court on Thursday after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing over his failed 2012 re-election bid....

Russia to host first royal wedding in more than a century

-- 2021-09-30 17:12:01

Russia's former Imperial capital is set to play host to the wedding of a descendant of the Russian royal family in the first such event in more than a century. Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov...

Russia flouting UN sanctions in Africa?

-- 2021-09-30 11:31:24

Russia is delaying the appointment of panels of independent experts to monitor violations of UN sanctions on South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic (CAR)and Mali, dipl...

Lava from Spanish volcano reaches Atlantic Ocean, air quality stable

-- 2021-09-29 22:58:03

A pyramid of steaming black rock emerged from the Atlantic Ocean off Spain's La Palma on Wednesday as lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano crashed into the sea, sending up plumes of white steam. Despit...

UK risks French anger over post-Brexit fishing rights

-- 2021-09-29 13:18:25

Fresh tensions have surfaced between Britain and France over post-Brexit fishing rights. In the latest round of applications, the UK granted just 12 licences from 47 bids for smaller vessels...

Protester throws egg at French President Emmanuel Macron

-- 2021-09-28 19:59:42

French President Emmanuel Macron was hit with an egg while he was visiting Lyon on Monday to promote French gastronomy. Video footage showed the egg bouncing off the president's shoulder area, withou...

UK puts army on standby as panic buying leaves pumps dry

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-09-28 15:46:00

Britain put the army on standby to deliver fuel from Tuesday after an acute shortage of truckers triggered panic buying that left fuel pumps dry across the land and raised fears that hospitals would b...

British frigate sails through sensitive Taiwan Strait en route to Vietnam

-- 2021-09-27 12:14:56

A British frigate was sailing through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Monday en route to Vietnam, according to an official tweet from the vessel, in a move likely to anger Beijing amid heightened tensi...

German Social Democrats beat conservatives in vote to choose Merkel's successor

-- 2021-09-27 10:11:38

Germany's Social Democrats narrowly won Sunday's national election, projected results showed, and claimed a "clear mandate" to lead a government for the first time since 2005 and to end 16 years of co...

German conservatives, social democrats tied in vote to decide Merkel successor

-- 2021-09-26 23:05:19

Germany's CDU/CSU conservatives and their Social Democrat rivals were tied in Sunday's national election, an exit poll showed, leaving open which of them will lead the next government as Angela Merk...

Iceland elects Europe's first female-majority parliament

-- 2021-09-26 22:19:32

Iceland has elected a female-majority parliament, a landmark for gender equality in the North Atlantic island nation, in a vote that saw centrist parties make the biggest gains. After all votes were...

German conservative candidate makes election day voting blunder

-- 2021-09-26 20:12:10

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet was ridiculed on social media for a misstep on election day on Sunday, capping a campaign marred by embarrassing gaffes that hurt his populari...

Germans vote in close election to pick Merkel successor

-- 2021-09-26 11:01:12

Germans vote in a national election on Sunday that looks too close to call, with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) mounting a strong challenge to retiring Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives...

Harry, Meghan meet UN chief

-- 2021-09-25 23:05:21

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visited the United Nations in New York on Saturday to meet with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during the 193-member world body's annual gathering of leaders. "It w...

EU warns Russia over cyberattacks ahead of German polls

-- 2021-09-25 13:55:24

The European Union on Friday warned Russia against allowing hackers to attack data bases or spread disinformation in some of the 27 member countries just as Germans were preparing to go the polls for...

Spanish volcano remains volatile five days after eruption

-- 2021-09-24 19:26:26

A volcano in Spain's Canary Islands continued to produce explosions and spew out lava Friday, five days after it erupted, authorities said. The lava has destroyed almost 400 buildings on La Palma, in...

Nobel prize banquet postponed again in 2021 due to pandemic

-- 2021-09-23 20:44:19

There will be no banquet in Stockholm this year and laureates will receive their Nobel Prize medals and diplomas in their home countries, the Nobel Foundation said on Thursday. The traditional festiv...

Russia's COVID-19 deaths return to record daily highs

-- 2021-09-23 19:45:02

Russia on Thursday reported 820 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, matching an all-time high set on Aug. 26, and authorities warned that cases were again rising rapidly. Moscow recorded...