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Can smoking drive you mad? Study suggests it might
People who suffer from psychosis are about three times more likely to be smokers, but scientists have long scratched their heads over which one leads to the other.
10 July 2015 13:10
Convoy of Srebrenica victims' remains arrive in massacre site
A convoy carrying the coffins of 136 newly-identified Srebrenica victims arrived in the Bosnian town where the massacre took place, for their burial on the 20th anniversary.
10 July 2015 12:22
Keith Richards to release first solo album in 23 years
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards announced his first solo album in 23 years, saying the music was influenced by blues, country and reggae.
10 July 2015 10:57
Merkel urges Bosnia to work for future without 'genocide'
Germany urged Bosnia to work towards a future in which a "genocide" such as the massacre of Muslims 20 years ago would no longer be possible.
10 July 2015 10:38
ECB should not provide more liquidity to Greece: Bundesbank
The European Central Bank should not provide any more emergency liquidity to Greece, the head of the German central bank said.
09 July 2015 14:46
Kazakhstani designer Ainur Turisbek presents collection at Monte Carlo Fashion Week
Kazakhstani designer Ainur Turisbek has presented her collection at the 2015 Fashion Week in Monte Carlo
09 July 2015 14:31
Lagarde: A new Greece program needs debt restructure
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said that a new program to prop up Greece's finances would require creditors to restructure debt.
09 July 2015 12:34
Greek banks to stay closed until Monday: finance ministry
Greek banks will remain closed until Monday, the finance ministry said as the government raced to come up with a new proposal to present to creditors in a last-minute drive to avert a eurozone exit.
09 July 2015 12:03
Serbia hails Russia's UN veto on Srebrenica but victims angry
Serbia hailed Russia's veto on a draft UN Security Council resolution recognising the 1995 Srebrenica massacre as a genocide.
09 July 2015 12:03
EU to help Balkan countries struggling with migrant wave: Merkel
The European Union will help Hungary and western Balkan countries struggling with an influx of migrants, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
09 July 2015 10:59
Putin welcomes BRICS leaders amid standoff with West
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the leaders of emerging powers for a summit Moscow hopes will show it not isolated despite the standoff with the West over Ukraine.
09 July 2015 10:25
Putin hosts BRICS summit amid standoff with West
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet world leaders including China's Xi Jingping and India's Narendra Modi ahead of the start of a summit of the BRICS emerging economies.
08 July 2015 21:19
Madrid's mantra: Spain is not Greece
Greece's economic turbulence is dominating political debate in Spain ahead of a year-end general election, with the ruling conservatives pointing to Syriza's difficulties to discredit its Spanish ally Podemos.
08 July 2015 14:12
Flood of Londoners take to boats to escape housing costs
Rocketing housing costs in Britain's capital have fuelled a surge in Londoners seeking cheaper accommodation on boats, with increased numbers putting pressure on the city's historic network of rivers and canals.
08 July 2015 13:48
Serbian PM to go to Srebrenica for massacre anniversary
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia said he would attend the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Srebrenica massacre this weekend in a bid to forge reconciliation.
08 July 2015 12:52
Merkel: 'still no basis' for talks on new Greek bailout
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that there was still no basis for talks on a new Greek bailout, as she arrived in Brussels for an emergency summit of eurozone leaders.
08 July 2015 10:35
Nursultan Nazarbayev hails Eurasian integration
Nursultan Nazarbayev says Eurasian integration is the way of progress and success.
07 July 2015 18:03
EU's Juncker wants 'to avoid Grexit'
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker said he was against an exit by Greece from the euro, even though Greeks massively rejected bailout terms in a referendum this weekend.
07 July 2015 14:07
'Can't take risk' of Greece leaving euro: French PM
France can't take the risk of Greece leaving the eurozone, which would have an effect across the globe, the prime minister said on Tuesday.
07 July 2015 13:40
UK remembers 2005 London bombings under shadow of Tunisia
Britain will mark 10 years since the London bombings with a minute's silence for the 52 victims.
07 July 2015 13:05