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Europe

Pro-Gaza activists in UK damage planes at air base

Pro-Palestinian activists broke into a Royal Air Force base in central England yesterday, damaging and spraying red paint over two planes used for refuelling and transportation.

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Pope warns of AI risks to young brains

Pope Leo XIV yesterday warned of the potential consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) on the intellectual development of young people, saying it could damage their grip on reality.

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Moth uses stars to navigate

A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometres every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said Wednesday, the first time this talent has been discovered in an invertebrate covering vast distances.

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UK slaps new sanctions on Russia shadow fleet

The UK yesterday tightened its sanctions on Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, imposing bans on 20 more ships and blacklisting 10 other people or bodies involved in energy and shipping.

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Trump’s threats are ‘not what allies do’

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday criticised US President Donald Trump for his threats to take over Greenland, saying that was “not what allies do”, as he arrived in the Danish autonomous territory for a visit.

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Conviction for graft: Ex-president Sarkozy stripped of France’s top honour

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of his Legion of Honour -- the country’s highest distinction -- following a conviction for graft, according to a decree published yesterday.

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May 2025 second warmest on record: EU monitor

Global heating persisted as the new norm, with last month the second warmest May on record on land and in the oceans, according to the European Union’s climate monitoring service.

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UK nuclear site could leak until 2050s: MPs

Britain’s most hazardous building threatens to leak radioactive water until the 2050s unless the clean-up of a former nuclear power plant is quickened, UK lawmakers warned yesterday.

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Cops say suspect mentally unstable

A German woman accused of a mass stabbing attack that wounded 18 people at a train station in Hamburg suffers from mental illness, police said yesterday.

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Dire sea level rise likely at 1.5C global warming

Rising seas will severely test humanity’s resilience in the second half of the 21st century and beyond, even if nations defy the odds and cap global warming at the ambitious 1.5 degrees Celsius target, researchers said yesterday.

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Russia bans Amnesty Int’l

Russia’s prosecutor general said yesterday it had banned human rights group Amnesty International Limited as an “undesirable organisation”, accusing it of backing Ukraine against Russia.

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Russian demands ‘non-starters’

The first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in more than three years lasted well under two hours, with no apparent sign of progress so far in narrowing the gap between the sides, and a Ukrainian source called Moscow’s demands “non-starters”.

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Global acute hunger hits new high

More than 295 million people faced acute hunger last year, a new high driven by conflict as well as other crises -- and the outlook is “bleak” for 2025 as humanitarian aid falters, a UN-backed report said yesterday.

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Detained people: France sues Iran at top UN court

Paris has filed a case against Tehran at the top UN court over two French citizens who have been held in Iran for three years, the French foreign minister said yesterday.

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Spying allegation: Swedish envoy found dead in Stockholm

A Swedish diplomat arrested over the weekend in Stockholm on charges of spying and released days later has been found dead, media reported yesterday, with the foreign ministry confirming an employee had died.

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Russia deliberately hit journos’ hotels in Ukraine: NGOs

Russia has deliberately targeted hotels used by journalists covering its war on Ukraine, the NGOs Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Truth Hounds said yesterday, calling the strikes “war crimes”.

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EU accuses TikTok of violating digital rules over ads

The EU accused TikTok on Thursday of breaking digital rules after concluding that the Chinese-owned social media platform was not transparent enough about advertisements

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6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes near Fry, Greece: USGS

A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck south of the Greek island of Kasos on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage

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