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South Korea's Han Kang wins literature Nobel

Han, 53, was honoured "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life," the Swedish Academy said.

15 hours ago
Europe

Air France says jet flew over Iraq during Iran attack on Israel

Air France said Wednesday it had launched an inquiry into how a jet on a Paris-Dubai flight went over Iraq as Iranian missiles taking part in an attack on Israel went through the same airspace. ...

1 day ago
Europe

Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded as wars rage

The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded Friday, a ray of light in a dark year for world peace, with the International Court of Justice, UNRWA and UN chief Antonio Guterres seen as favorites. ...

1 day ago

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Duo wins Physics Nobel for key breakthroughs in AI

The pair were honored "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks," the jury said.

2 days ago
Europe

UN warns world's water cycle becoming ever more erratic

Increasingly intense floods and droughts are a "distress signal" of what is to come as climate change makes the planet's water cycle ever more unpredictable, the United Nations warned Monday.

3 days ago
Europe

US duo win Nobel for gene regulation breakthrough

United States scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA and its role in how genes are regulated, solving a decades-old mystery, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said.

3 days ago
Europe

'I pleaded guilty to journalism,' Wikileaks' Assange

Assange spent most of the last 14 years either holed up in the Ecuadoran embassy in London to avoid arrest, or locked up at Belmarsh Prison in the British capital.

1 week ago
Europe

French far-right leader Le Pen stands trial over alleged misuse of EU funds

Coming almost a decade after initial investigations started, the trial presents Le Pen with an opportunity to clear herself of accusations she has always denied as she keeps polishing the party's image in a bid to make it fit for government.

1 week ago
Europe

Climate activists jailed for throwing soup at Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'

Sentencing the pair, Judge Christopher Hehir said the painting could have been "seriously damaged or even destroyed".

1 week ago
Europe

Germany's Oktoberfest opens under tight security after attacks

Billed as the world's biggest folk culture festival, the Oktoberfest last year drew more than seven million visitors who consumed a total of 6.5 million liters of beer.

2 weeks ago
Europe

Russians unfazed by higher prices as iPhone pre-order demand soars

Pre-orders were launched on Sept. 10 and physical sales are expected to start next week, retailers said, though Russians will have to stomach higher prices.

2 weeks ago
Europe

Court limits screenings of videos in France mass rape case

Gisele Pelicot, whose ex-husband and 49 other men are charged over the decade-long alleged mass rape, urged that the footage be shown without restrictions.

2 weeks ago
Europe

'End of an era': UK to shut last coal-fired power plant

At the mainline railway station serving the nearby East Midlands Airport, its giant cooling towers rise up seemingly within touching distance of the track and platform.

3 weeks ago
Europe

Frenchman accused of mass abuse of wife says 'I am a rapist', seeks forgiveness

Prosecutors have said Dominique Pelicot offered sex with his wife on a website and filmed the abuse. In addition to Dominique Pelicot, 50 other men accused of rape are also on trial in the southern city of Avignon.

3 weeks ago
Europe

Storm Boris wreaks havoc across eastern and central Europe

Four people have died in Romania in floods triggered by Storm Boris, which has brought torrential rains and widespread disruption to central and eastern Europe, rescue services said on Saturday.

3 weeks ago
Europe

Italy tests AI-assisted teaching in schools to boost IT skills

AI tools on classroom tablets and computers will act as "virtual assistants that can make learning easier for students and help teachers identify methods for an increasingly bespoke education," says the Italian education minister.

3 weeks ago
Europe

French women rally to support Gisele Pelicot, woman at the centre of a mass rape trial

In Marseille, where about 200 protesters gathered in front of the Palais de Justice, Lou Salome Patouillard, a 41-year-old artist, said: "I am here to support Gisele and all women as there are many Giseles, too many Giseles."

3 weeks ago
Europe

Eagle that attacked toddler in Norway linked to other incidents: Authorities

On Sept. 7, the golden eagle swooped down on a 20-month-old girl who was playing on the family farm in central Norway.

3 weeks ago
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Spain hosts meeting on Israel-Palestinian two-state solution

EU nations have "different positions" on whether to recognize Palestine as a state, "but there is undoubtedly unanimity in the union on the need to support the solution based on the construction of the Palestinian state, because the state of Israel already exists," the union foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell says.

3 weeks ago
Europe

'Russian spy' whale was shot dead: Animal rights groups

Nicknamed "Hvaldimir" in a pun on the Norwegian word for whale, hval, and its purported ties to Moscow, the white beluga first appeared off the coast in Norway's far-northern Finnmark region in 2019.

1 month ago
Europe

Greta Thunberg detained by Danish police at pro-Palestinian protest

Six people had been detained at the Copenhagen University after about 20 people blocked the entrance to a building and three entered, a police spokesperson said without commenting on individual detainees.

1 month ago
Europe

Sunken village emerges as Greek drought bites

With lake levels down by 30 percent in recent months according to state water operator EYDAP, the ruins of a school and houses have reappeared.

1 month ago
Europe

Larry the Downing Street cat gets 'Russian' rival

The 17-year-old tabby was adopted from a cat rescue charity in 2011 to keep the Downing Street mice at bay, although then premier David Cameron revealed his performance left something to be desired.

1 month ago
Europe

Dutch fine facial recognition firm Clearview over rights breach

Clearview scrapes images of faces from the internet without seeking permission and sells access to a trove of billions of pictures to clients, including law enforcement agencies.

1 month ago
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Joy, dark fears as far-right AfD wins east German vote

To them, the hero of the hour was Bjoern Hoecke, the former history teacher running in the state of Thuringia who delivered the Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s biggest victory to date.

1 month ago
Europe

Countries still far apart on COP29 finance goal

A negotiations document published by the UN climate body on Thursday set out the splits between nations, ahead of a meeting in Baku next month, where negotiators will attempt to inch forward some of the stickiest issues.

1 month ago
Europe

French authorities charge Telegram's Durov in probe into organized crime on app

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement the judge found there were grounds to formally investigate Durov on all the charges for which he was initially arrested four days ago.

1 month ago
Europe

German police hunt for assailant in festival stabbing that killed three

The incident occurred around 9:40 p.m. on Friday, when the man attacked multiple people with a knife, the police said, adding that the motive remained unclear.

1 month ago
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Prabowo cozies up to Turkey on defense after Australia visit

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto on Thursday received a courtesy visit by his Turkish counterpart Yasar Gühler, during which the two military chiefs talked about cooperation in the defense sector and beyond, amid reported plans to purchase Turkish weapons systems. 

1 month ago
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Longest jail terms for UK disorder handed down as prosecutors pursue riot charges

Judge John Thackray said David Wilkinson had played a leading role in what he described as "12 hours of racist, hate-fueled mob violence", kicking out and throwing missiles at officers, spitting at them and trying to start a fire.

1 month ago

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