As Russia teetered, the elite trembled, and private jets left
As one of the world’s most brutal mercenary forces marched on Moscow, some among Russia’s elite trembled in fear that the world’s biggest nuclear power was teetering ...
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Kevin Spacey appears in London court for start of sex offence trial
Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey appeared in a London court on Wednesday at the start of his four-week trial on a dozen sex offence charges.
Spacey, 63, denies allegations of historic offences ...
Twin sisters among 11 killed in Russian attack on Kramatorsk
Two 14-year-old twin sisters were among at least 11 people killed in a Russian missile strike on a crowded restaurant in Ukraine’s eastern city of Kramatorsk, officials said on Wednesday.
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Protesters burn Koran at Stockholm mosque on Eid holiday
A man tore up and burned a Koran outside Stockholm’s central mosque on Wednesday, an event that risks angering Turkey as Sweden bids to join NATO, after Swedish police ...
Zelenskiy calls Russian leaders ‘bandits’, rules out frozen conflict
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described Russia’s political and military leaders as bandits on Wednesday, and ruled out any peace plan that would turn the war on Ukraine into a frozen ...
Italy pledges to stamp out anti-Semitism from football stadiums
Italy has signed a letter of intent aimed at eradicating anti-Semitism from football stadiums across the country.
Instances of racism and anti-Semitism are commonplace in Italian stadiums, with fans regularly ...
Macron says police killing of teenager ‘inexcusable’ after riots
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called the shooting dead of a 17-year-old by police during a traffic stop near Paris “inexcusable” in rare criticism of law-enforcement hours after the ...
Over half of Americans have faced online hate
Over half of Americans surveyed in the last year reported facing online harassment and hate during their lifetime, including more than 75% of transgender responders, advocacy group Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said ...
UBS to cut more than half of Credit Suisse workforce
UBS Group (UBSG.S) is looking to cut more than half of Credit Suisse’s workforce from next month as a result of the bank’s takeover, Bloomberg News reported ...
Britain records more foreign investment projects but fewer new jobs
Britain attracted more foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in 2022/23 than the previous year, but they generated fewer new jobs, government figures showed on Tuesday.
Data from the Department for Business ...
Protesters halt second Ashes Test match at Lords
The first morning of the second Ashes test at Lord’s was interrupted when two Just Stop Oil protesters ran on to the ground and scattered orange powder on the ...
Actor Julian Sands confirmed dead, months after vanishing in California mountains
British-born actor Julian Sands, best known for his role in the Oscar-celebrated film “A Room with a View,” was confirmed dead on Tuesday, five months after he went missing while ...
Brazil fan leaves everything to Neymar in will
Leaving everything you own to a multi-millionaire footballer would not be everyone’s idea of a good cause, but one Brazilian fan could not think of a more deserving recipient ...
ECB policymakers see little chance of rate hike pause as inflation stubborn
European Central Bank policymakers don’t generally expect evidence that stubborn inflation is easing to be clear enough for them to pause the longest streak of interest rate hikes in ...
Rapper Stormzy, Palace’s Zaha to buy Croydon Athletic
Rapper Stormzy has teamed up with Crystal Palace striker Wilfried Zaha to buy ninth-tier English soccer side Croydon Athletic, the club said on Tuesday.
Zaha was born in the Ivory ...
One in seven Britons faced hunger in 2022, says food bank charity
One in seven people in the United Kingdom faced hunger last year because they did not have enough money, according to a report published on Wednesday by food bank charity ...
Lukashenko says Putin wanted to ‘wipe out’ Prigozhin during mutiny attempt
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he persuaded Russian President Vladimir Putin not to “wipe out” mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, in response to what the Kremlin cast as a mutiny that ...
US banks scramble on research fees as reprieve on European rules runs out
Wall Street banks and brokerages are in a last-minute scramble to meet a July 3 deadline to charge investors for research reports, bankers and others in the industry said, a requirement ...
South Koreans, getting younger by the law
South Koreans became a year or two younger on Wednesday as new laws that require using only the international method of counting age took effect, replacing the country’s traditional ...
Canadian wildfire emissions hit record high as smoke reaches Europe
Wildfires burning through large swathes of eastern and western Canada have released a record 160 million tonnes of carbon, the EU’s Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service said on Tuesday.
This year’...
Youths clash with police after 17-year-old shot dead by policeman in Paris suburb,
A French police officer is being investigated for homicide after shooting dead a 17-year-old on Tuesday morning in the Paris suburb of Nanterre after the youth failed to comply with ...
Senior Russian general knew about Prigozhin’s plans – New York Times
General Sergey Surovikin, the deputy commander of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine, had advance knowledge that the mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was planning a rebellion against Moscow’s defence ...
Russian missile hits restaurant in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk, eight dead
The death toll has risen to eight from Russia’s attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, Ukraine’s emergency services said on Wednesday, adding that 56 people were injured.
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Online’s share of UK grocery market dips as heat pushes shoppers to stores
Online’s share of Britain’s grocery market slowed further in June as hot weather encouraged shoppers to visit stores for drinks and refreshments, industry data showed on Tuesday.
Market ...