Updated: Berlusconi leaves hospital weak, hopes to still help Italy
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 11:43
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Ex-Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has left a hospital three weeks after undergoing heart surgery, saying he hopes to still be useful to Italians but that he's gravely concerned about the state of...
Brexit shakes hopes of Balkan European Union bidders
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 08:55
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
When Britain voted to leave the European Union, pro-Russians in Serbia were quick to proclaim the bloc's death: they lit candles and laid flowers in front of the EU headquarters in Belgrade and...
Hello Jupiter! NASA spacecraft arrives at giant planet
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 06:44
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Braving intense radiation, a NASA spacecraft reached Jupiter on Monday after a five-year voyage to begin exploring the king of the planets. Ground controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion...
Zapping cancer tumours triggers 'cell suicide' – report
Monday, 4 July 2016, 15:40
Last update: about 11 years ago
Injecting cancerous tumours with a chemical then zapping them with a flash of light can cause them to commit "cell suicide", scientists have found. Sky News reports that a new technique can kill...
Italy detains 38 in crackdown on migrant-trafficking ring
Monday, 4 July 2016, 13:16
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Italy's interior minister says police and prosecutors have cracked a transnational network dedicated to migrant trafficking. Palermo-based authorities have detained 38 people suspected of being...
Updated (2): Nigel Farage resigns as head of UK Independence Party
Monday, 4 July 2016, 11:38
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage says he is resigning as the head of the party, arguing his political ambition to have Britain leave the European Union has now been achieved. It is the...