Ukraine aerospace sector’s push for Western tie-ups met with skepticism
Ukrainian aerospace group Motor Sich has little to show so far for a wartime effort to woo potential partners in the West, as it seeks new direction after it lost ...
Buildings evacuated as quake rattles Philippine capital
Workers, residents, and students evacuated buildings in the Philippine capital Manila on Tuesday after an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck off the main Luzon island, according to the state seismology agency ...
Situation in Gaza ‘getting worse by the hour’ – WHO
A World Health Organisation official in Gaza said on Tuesday the situation was deteriorating by the hour as Israeli bombing has intensified in the south of the Palestinian enclave around ...
Israel investigates possible trading knowledge ahead of Hamas attack
Israeli authorities are investigating claims by U.S. researchers that some investors may have known in advance of a Hamas plan to attack Israel on Oct. 7 and used that information ...
In Russia, some women demand return of their men from Ukraine front
Maria Andreeva, whose husband has been fighting in Ukraine for more than a year, is also waging a battle in Moscow: to get him home.
She is not alone.
A ...
UK grocery inflation slows again
British grocery inflation slowed again in November, while the rise in the cost of a traditional Christmas dinner is tracking well below the headline rate, industry data showed on Tuesday.
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COP28: Climate finance took a packed centre stage on Day 5
The spotlight was on climate finance on Day 5 of the UN COP28 climate summit in Dubai. And money talked. It was the first time the finance sector attended a COP ...
Britain yet to make the case for a digital pound, lawmakers say
A digital pound should not be available in large sums initially to avoid the risk of bank runs, British lawmakers said in a report on Saturday that also highlighted the ...
Nicaragua recalls ambassador to Argentina after Milei criticism
Nicaragua on Monday recalled its ambassador to Argentina ahead of the inauguration of radical right-wing libertarian Javier Milei as the South American country’s next president following his criticism of ...
Houthis may not be targeting US warships, Pentagon says
Waves of attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen may not be ultimately targeting US warships, even though the US Navy has responded by shooting down drone aircraft and ...
Armenia says Azerbaijani forces killed one of its servicemen, Baku denies it
Armenia’s defence ministry said Azerbaijani forces shot dead an Armenian serviceman near the two countries’ border on Monday, but Baku said the report was “a complete lie”.
The incident, ...
White House says it is nearly out of money to help Ukraine fight war
White House budget director Shalanda Young warned in a letter to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and other congressional leaders on Monday that the United States was running out of ...
‘There is no Planet B’, Belgian climate protest tells COP28
Police said about 20,000 people protested in the Belgian capital to demand more action to fight global warming as delegates from some 200 countries met in Dubai for the United Nation’s ...
Temperatures in Siberia dip to -50 Celsius as record snow blankets Moscow
Temperatures in parts of Siberia plummeted to minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit) while blizzards blanketed Moscow in record snowfall and disrupted flights as winter weather swept across Russia.
In ...
UK military faces £17 billion equipment shortfall
Britain’s armed forces face an equipment funding shortfall of 17 billion pounds ($21.6 billion) over the next 10 years, a public spending watchdog said on Monday, a concern for defence chiefs at ...
Israel orders Gazans to flee, bombs areas where it sends them
Israel ordered Palestinians to leave parts of the main southern city in the Gaza Strip on Monday even as its bombs rained down on areas where it had told them ...
Turkey’s Erdogan says Israel’s Netanyahu ‘will be tried as war criminal’
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would eventually be tried as a war criminal over Israel’s ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip, ...
UK needs new plan to reverse hit to living standards, researchers say
Britain needs a new economic strategy to reverse 15 years of falling living standards and worsening inequality, a leading think tank and an academic research centre said on Monday.
British productivity ...
Eleven climbers killed as Indonesia volcano erupts
Eleven climbers were found dead in Indonesia on Monday following the eruption of the Marapi volcano in West Sumatra, a rescue official said, as a search to find 12 more missing ...
COP28: health and reflection on Day 4
Sunday was devoted to health at the UN COP28 climate summit in Dubai. But it was also a day of reflection on what has been achieved so far and where ...
Israel says fighting Hamas across Gaza, ships attacked in Red Sea
The Israeli military said its forces were confronting Hamas fighters across the Gaza Strip, indicating its planned ground offensive in the enclave’s refugee-crowded south had begun as Israeli bombing ...
Microsoft’s $3.2 bln UK investment to drive AI growth
Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) plan to pump 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) into Britain over the next three years, its single largest investment in the country to date, will underpin future growth ...
COP28 in full swing on Day 3
It was UAE’s national day on Saturday and it received its rewards. It was a day that moved the COP28 dial with major pledges and announcements.
The COP28 Presidency ...
Gaza residents seek shelter as Israeli bombing intensifies
Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip sought shelter in an ever-shrinking area of the south on Sunday as Israel stepped up its bombing from air, sea and land across the ...