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Pope Francis’ Christmas message this year revisited a theme he has often warned about: gossiping and speaking ill of people behind their backs. Photo: dpa

Europe

Pope Francis tells Vatican staff off for gossiping in annual Christmas message

Francis’ message this year revisited a theme he has often warned about: gossiping and speaking ill of people behind their backs.

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France’s most powerful nuclear reactor comes on stream after 12-year delay

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Who is UK’s Mandelson, the ‘Prince of Darkness’ tasked with charming Trump?

21 Dec 2024 - 1:54PMvideocam

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Italian deputy PM Salvini acquitted of migrant kidnapping charges

The right-wing leader had blocked a boat carrying over 100 asylum seekers from docking as part of a policy to curb irregular arrivals.

21 Dec 2024 - 5:25AM

Italy’s deputy PM Matteo Salvini talks to the press as he arrives at the Bunker Courtroom in Palermo, Sicily, on Friday. Photo: AFP

Europe

Germany’s Scholz mourns 5 killed, hundreds hurt in Christmas market attack

Police said the vehicle drove at least 400 metres across the venue, leaving a trail of bloody carnage.

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Teen stabs girl, 7, to death, wounds teacher, 3 more children in Croatia school

The suspect in the rare attack is a former student at the school.

21 Dec 2024 - 1:50AM

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8 dead off Greek island of Rhodes as speedboat carrying migrants capsizes

The boat was carrying out ‘dangerous manoeuvres’ to try to evade a patrol vessel, the coastguard said.

20 Dec 2024 - 10:45PM

Coastguard officers cover bodies after a speedboat carrying migrants capsized near the island of Rhodes, Greece, on Friday. Photo: AP

Europe

Elon Musk gives nod to German far-right party as election looms

The billionaire says the AfD party ‘can save Germany’. He has already expressed support for other anti-immigration parties across Europe.

20 Dec 2024 - 7:54PMvideocam

Africa

France’s Macron extends visit to cyclone-hit Mayotte after locals vent anger

Mayotte residents demand more help from the French president after deadly Cyclone Chido left a trail of destruction.

20 Dec 2024 - 5:51PMvideocam

Europe

France jails Dominique Pelicot for 20 years over drugging, mass rape of ex-wife

Judges found Dominique Pelicot guilty, and also convicted a first batch of 20 out of 50 co-defendants in the case.

19 Dec 2024 - 7:26PM

Gisele Pelicot (middle) arrives at the criminal court where her husband Dominique Pelicot is on trial in Avignon. Photo: EPA-EFE

Europe

Notre Dame cathedral unveils controversial new stained glass windows

French painter Claire Tabouret’s designs will give the 12th-century monument a modern touch, despite objections from conservation groups.

19 Dec 2024 - 2:30AM

French artist Claire Tabouret in Paris on Wednesday after winning with Atelier Simon-Marq the selection to create new stained glass windows for the Notre Dame cathedral. Photo: AFP

Europe

Ex-French leader Sarkozy to wear electronic tag after graft conviction upheld

Sarkozy’s lawyer said the former president would appeal to the European Court for Human Rights to challenge the ruling.

18 Dec 2024 - 10:36PM

Europe

UK police to seize US$2.5 million from ‘serial’ tax evader Andrew Tate

The former kickboxer and his brother Tristan failed to pay any tax on 21 million pounds in revenue from their online businesses.

18 Dec 2024 - 8:00PM

Russia & Central Asia

Russia detains suspect in killing of top general in Moscow

Suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen who was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services.

18 Dec 2024 - 8:53PMvideocam

Investigators near a destroyed scooter at the scene on Tuesday. Photo: AP

Big Tech

Ireland fines Facebook owner Meta €251 million for data breach

The tech giant infringed EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, according to the country’s data watchdog.

18 Dec 2024 - 10:07AM

Meta Platforms’ Irish arm has been fined by the country’s data watchdog. Photo: Reuters

Europe

‘Sadist’ father, stepmother sentenced to life for murdering daughter in UK

Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool subjected the girl to a ‘campaign of abuse’, exposing failures in the country’s child protection system.

18 Dec 2024 - 12:55AM

Europe

‘He is free’: Denmark will not extradite anti-whaling activist Watson to Japan

Watson, accused of causing damage to a Japanese whaling ship and injuring a whaler in 2010, was released from detention in Greenland.

17 Dec 2024 - 9:23PMvideocam

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UK woman accused of being Chinese spy loses case against MI5

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal ruled that the domestic spy agency’s decision did not breach her human rights.

17 Dec 2024 - 11:14PM

Lawyer Christine Lee. Photo: EyePress via AFP

Russia & Central Asia

Russia warns Ukraine faces imminent revenge for killing of top general

Kirillov, the head of Russia’s nuclear defence forces, died along with his aide in a hit carried out by Kyiv’s intelligence service.

17 Dec 2024 - 8:51PMvideocam

Africa

Extreme weather

Macron to visit France’s cyclone-battered Mayotte, where hundreds are feared dead

Cyclone Chido swept over Mayotte on Saturday with storm gusts reaching speeds of over 220km/h, leaving a trail of destruction.

17 Dec 2024 - 2:05PMvideocam

Travel & Leisure

Responsible travel

Half as fast as Beijing-Shanghai, Paris-Berlin high-speed trains launch

Direct daytime high-speed trains link French and German capitals, but journey time nearly twice that of Beijing to Shanghai, a longer trip.

17 Dec 2024 - 3:32PM

German ICE trains now run between Berlin and Paris. Photo: Deutsche Bahn

Open Questions series

Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

22 Nov 2024 - 12:38PMvideocam

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Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

8 Nov 2024 - 12:01AMvideocam

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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic

29 Aug 2024 - 10:09AMvideocam

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why

6 Aug 2024 - 9:19AMvideocam

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Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate

5 Aug 2024 - 8:16PMvideocam

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez Garcia

Arthur Kroeber: why China decoupling is unlikely, and talk of reform incomplete

12 Jul 2024 - 1:46PMvideocam

Illustration: Henry Wong

Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

22 Nov 2024 - 12:38PMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

8 Nov 2024 - 12:01AMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic

29 Aug 2024 - 10:09AMvideocam

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why

6 Aug 2024 - 9:19AMvideocam

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez Garcia

Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate

5 Aug 2024 - 8:16PMvideocam

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez Garcia

Arthur Kroeber: why China decoupling is unlikely, and talk of reform incomplete

12 Jul 2024 - 1:46PMvideocam

Illustration: Henry Wong

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