ROME - Almost 960,000 Italians aged between 15 and 19, or 39% of them, have consumed illegal substances at least once, an annual government report to parliament showed on Tuesday, as drug abuse headed back towards pre-pandemic levels.
BELGRADE - Serbia and the European Union's border agency, Frontex, agreed on Tuesday to start deploying guards across the country's borders and not just those with EU members, in a bid to control and prevent illegal migration and cross-border crime.
MOSCOW - European banks leaving Russia would damage both Western and Russian companies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, pointing to the many Western businesses that still operate and use banking services in Russia.
THE HAGUE - The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, the former Russian defence minister, and leading Russian general Valery Gerasimov on Tuesday for alleged crimes committed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Russia has jailed three Jehovah's Witnesses for more than eight years each for alleged extremist activity, a spokesperson for the faith group said, the harshest sentences it has imposed yet on members of the organisation after hundreds of prosecutions.
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday announced 19 million euros ($20.3 million) in more aid to Gaza and criticised parts of the Israeli government for actions that she said undermined the country's long-term security.
ABUJA/MAIDUGURI - Hassan Ya'u, a 42-year-old maize and sesame seed farmer in Nigeria's northern Katsina state, was tending to his crops early this month when dozens of armed men on motorcycles rode towards his plot and started shooting at close range.
A report by the firm states that the number of planning consents for sites has fallen to its lowest level in 15 years.
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Since working from home is becoming a norm, setting up your home to make it conducive and noise-free so that you can focus on your work and video calls without interruption is becoming more than essential.
Today, we’re back in the East again for our landed estate exploration. This time at Fowlie Road. It’s been raining almost every day, so it was a little tricky to find a day clear enough to do one of these landed enclave walkabouts. You may be wondering what my logistical difficulties have to do with […]
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The first real test has begun: Lentor Modern has gone live. The Lentor enclave is primed for transformation. But unlike the regional shifts and master planned rejuvenation in areas like Jurong East or Woodlands North, Lentor’s rejuvenation is not helmed by a single large developer. Instead, the transformation of the previously quiet landed neighbourhood is […]
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The milestone takes its total sales for the year to more than £960m – the highest value raised in the department’s history and an 18% increase on 2024's total.
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Homes England chief investment officer Simon Century on the government agency's new five-year strategy and how it plans to boost social and affordable housing delivery and attract institutional capital.
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