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Lithuania urges its citizens to throw away Chinese phones

-- 2021-09-23 18:23:21

Lithuania’s government has urged consumers to avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones they have now after a government report found the devices had built-in...

Australia says it will be patient on rebuilding ties with France

-- 2021-09-23 11:07:40

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he has tried to arrange a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron but has been unsuccessful so far, a week after his cancellation of a major su...

Russia was behind Litvinenko assassination, finds European court

-- 2021-09-21 18:25:45

The European Court of Human Rights found on Tuesday that Russia was responsible for the assassination of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who died an agonising death in 2006 after being poisoned i...

France seeks clarifications, explanations from US after submarine deal

-- 2021-09-21 12:14:44

France's foreign minister said on Monday that the United States would need to give France explanations and clarifications when United States President Joe Biden and his French counterpart Emmanuel Mac...

Ex-British PM Brown appointed WHO Ambassador for Global Health Financing

-- 2021-09-20 17:42:04

Gordon Brown, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, has been appointed World Health Organization (WHO) Ambassador for Global Health Financing. Brown is widely credited with preventing a second...

Five killed in a shooting at Russian university

-- 2021-09-20 14:16:59

A student gunman opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday, killing five people and injuring six others, Reuters reported citing the law enforcement authorities. The gunman wa...

France cancels defence meeting with UK over submarine row

-- 2021-09-20 11:34:35

France has cancelled a meeting between Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and her British counterpart planned for this week after Australia scrapped a submarine order with Paris in favour of a deal...

Red-hot lava spews from volcano in Spain's Canary Islands

-- 2021-09-20 08:29:53

A volcano erupted on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma on Sunday, sending lava shooting into the air and streaming in rivers towards houses in two villages from the Cumbre Vieja national park in t...

Volcano erupts on Spanish Canary Island, sends fountains of lava

-- 2021-09-19 23:17:07

A volcano erupted on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma on Sunday, sending fountains of lava and a plume of smoke and ash into the air from the Cumbre Vieja national park in the south of the island...

Ruling party set to win Russian election after crackdown on oppositions

-- 2021-09-19 21:42:31

Russians voted on Sunday in the final stretch of a three-day parliamentary election that the ruling party is expected to win emphatically after a crackdown that crushed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's...

French break-up a blow to Biden's China-focused alliance rebuilding

-- 2021-09-19 09:22:13

European capitals celebrated a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in June, as President Joe Biden's top diplomat cracked jokes in French in Paris, posed for selfies with French youth and sp...

In escalating row over submarine deal, France recalls envoys from US and Australia

-- 2021-09-18 08:32:19

France plunged into an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with the United States and Australia on Friday after it recalled its ambassadors from both countries over a trilateral security deal which sank a...

EU stepping up strategic engagement with Indo-Pacific region

-- 2021-09-16 20:26:40

A joint communication on the "EU Strategy" for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific has been adopted saying the European Union (EU) is stepping up its strategic engagement with the Indo-Pacific region as t...

Putin to self-isolate after Covid-19 found in entourage

-- 2021-09-16 14:43:50

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he would have to spend "a few days" in self-isolation after dozens of people in his entourage fell ill with Covid-19, the TASS news agency reported....

UK bans Chinese envoy from parliament, Beijing terms it ‘cowardly’ decision

-- 2021-09-15 20:43:34

The Chinese ambassador to Britain was banned from attending an event in the British parliament in retaliation to sanctions imposed by Beijing on UK lawmakers who highlighted alleged human rights abuse...

80pc people fully vaccinated in Portugal

-- 2021-09-15 18:17:58

Portugal has fully inoculated 80 per cent of its population against the coronavirus, official data showed, becoming one of the world's most vaccinated nations as authorities gradually drop most COVID-...

UK PM ditches plan to introduce vaccine passport

-- 2021-09-12 20:42:06

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out on Tuesday his plans to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in the winter months, announcing a decision to scrap the introduction of vaccine passports and st...

More town evacuations as Spanish wildfire blazes for fifth day

-- 2021-09-12 19:32:38

Two more Andalusian towns were evacuated on Sunday morning as Spain sent in military backup to tackle a wildfire which continued to rage close to a popular Costa del Sol resort. Fanned by strong wind...

British monarchy could be gone in two generations: Novelist Mantel

-- 2021-09-12 09:55:13

The British royals, who trace their history back more than 1,000 years, could be gone within two generations, writer Hilary Mantel said in an interview published on Saturday. The monarchy traces its...

Catalans in their thousands rally for independence from Spain

-- 2021-09-12 08:34:17

Thousands of Catalans chanted, sang, and waved flags as they marched through Barcelona on Saturday, calling for the region’s independence from Spain. The march, organised by the grassroots Asse...

Queen Elizabeth says prayers for victims, survivors of 9/11

-- 2021-09-11 14:10:06

Britain's Queen Elizabeth said on Saturday that her prayers remained with the victims and survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and paid tribute to the communities that joined t...

Poorer nations say lack of vaccines may exclude them from climate talks

-- 2021-09-10 22:00:29

The world's poorest countries asked for more help on Friday to meet vaccination and quarantine requirements and costs to ensure they can take part in next month's global climate conference in Glasgow,...

A 'Bite of Heaven' awaits Pope Francis in Hungary

-- 2021-09-09 10:47:10

Confectioner Zsolt Karl has made a special cake he calls "a bite of Heaven" using dried fruits mentioned in the Bible and hopes Pope Francis will taste his creation during his visit to Hungary this Su...

COVID-19 certificate mandatory to enter Swiss bars, restaurants

-- 2021-09-08 21:58:13

People will need to show a COVID-status certificate to enter bars, restaurants and fitness centres in Switzerland from Monday, the government ordered, in a move to relieve pressure on hospitals that a...

Paris ramps up security as jihadist attacks trial starts

-- 2021-09-08 16:25:26

Scores of police gathered around the Palais de Justice courthouse in central Paris early on Wednesday to protect the trial of 20 men suspected of involvement in a jihadist rampage across Paris on Nov...

Asia-Pacific Forum on conflict prevention, minorities' rights begins Thursday

-- 2021-09-06 21:07:32

The Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on conflict prevention and the protection of the human rights of minorities, convened by the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues Fernand de Varennes, will take pla...

Italy to transfer its Afghanistan embassy to Qatar

-- 2021-09-05 20:43:38

Italy plans to move its Afghan embassy to Doha, in Qatar, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday, the latest indication of Western diplomats setting up permanently outside Afghanistan i...

EU won't 'rush into recognising' the Taliban

-- 2021-09-02 10:21:37

The European Union will need to engage with the Taliban but it will not rush into formally recognising the Islamist militant group as the new rulers of Afghanistan, a senior European Union official sa...

‘1 in 7 children may have symptoms months after COVID-19 infection’

-- 2021-09-01 21:28:02

As many as 1 in 7 children may have symptoms linked to the coronavirus months after testing positive for COVID-19, the authors of an English study on long COVID in adolescents said on Wednesday. Chil...

BBC reporter leaves Russia after credentials withdrawn

-- 2021-09-01 10:37:20

BBC journalist Sarah Rainsford left Russia on Tuesday after Moscow abruptly refused to extend her permission to work in what it said was a tit-for-tat row with Britain over the treatment of foreign me...