King Charles to appear on UK banknotes from June
Banknotes featuring the portrait of King Charles will enter circulation in Britain from June 5, the Bank of England said on Wednesday, more than a year after unveiling their design.
The ...
Former London police officer convicted of multiple rapes
A former member of the Metropolitan Police has been convicted of multiple rapes, including of a child, London’s police force said on Wednesday, with some of the offences carried ...
Israeli parliament backs Netanyahu’s rejection of ‘unilateral’ recognition of Palestinian state
Israeli lawmakers voted on Wednesday to back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of any “unilateral” recognition of a Palestinian state as international calls have grown for the revival of ...
Gaza death toll rises to 29,313
Israel stepped up its bombardment of the southern city of Rafah, residents said on Wednesday, as the death toll in the war across the devastated Palestinian strip rose to 29,313, according ...
Biden administration to cancel another $1.2 billion of student loans
President Joe Biden’s administration said on Wednesday it is cancelling $1.2 billion worth of student loans for some 153,000 people who are eligible under a program used to make good on ...
Assange charged for ‘indiscriminately’ publishing sources’ names – US
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being prosecuted for publishing sources’ names and not his political opinions, lawyers representing the United States said on Wednesday as Assange fights to stop his ...
UK’s Trident nuclear-deterrent missile system misfires during test
Britain‘s Trident nuclear-deterrent system misfired during a test last month, sending a missile crashing into the ocean off the Florida coast near the submarine that launched it, The Sun ...
Turkey’s KAAN fighter jet conducts first flight
Turkey‘s KAAN, its first national combat aircraft, completed its first flight on Wednesday, part of the country’s efforts to upgrade its air force.
NATO member Turkey launched its ...
Ukraine outnumbered, outgunned, ground down by relentless Russia
As the Ukraine war enters its third year, the infantry of 59th Brigade are confronting a bleak reality: they’re running out of soldiers and ammunition to resist their Russian ...
Greek farmers join tractor protest in front of parliament for second day
Greek farmers honked their tractor horns in front of parliament on Wednesday after spending the night in central Athens as their protest against rising fuel and production costs stretched into ...
Israeli missile attack hits high-security district in Syrian capital
Several Israeli missiles hit a residential building in the Kafr Sousa district in Syria’s capital Damascus on Wednesday, Syrian state media reported.
The neighbourhood hosts residential buildings, schools and ...
China disappointed over US veto on Israel-Hamas ceasefire vote
China expressed “strong disappointment” over the United States blocking a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, Xinhua said on Wednesday, ...
Top UK pension fund Nest expects to lift private assets to 30 per cent of holdings
Nest, a 36 billion pound ($45 billion) UK workplace pension fund, expects to ramp up private assets holdings to as much as 30 per cent of its portfolio, in one of the most ...
UK’s Prince William: ‘Too many’ have been killed in Gaza war
Britain’s Prince William called on Tuesday for an end to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, saying the “sheer scale of human suffering” had brought home the need for peace ...
Greek ship attacked in Red Sea by Houthis arrives in Aden with cargo
The Greek-flagged bulk cargo vessel Sea Champion arrived in the southern Yemeni port of Aden on Tuesday after being attacked in the Red Sea in what appeared to have been ...
Neuralink’s first human patient able to control mouse through thinking
The first human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered and is able to control a computer mouse using their thoughts, the startup’s founder ...
Thousands rally in Athens as Greek farmers step up protests
Thousands of farmers from across Greece descended on Athens’ central square on Tuesday, parking tractors in front of parliament in their biggest protest yet over rising costs.
Police estimate at ...
Navalny’s widow tells West to refuse to recognise Russia’s March election
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has asked the European Union to refuse to recognise Russia’s March presidential election, in a step that sharply escalates ...
Gaza health crisis could kill 8,000 more by August even if fighting stops
Even if the fighting in Gaza stopped now, about 8,000 more people could still die there over the next six months due to the public health crisis caused by the Israel-Hamas ...
Swedish PM to visit Hungary before ratification of NATO bid
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will travel to Budapest on Friday to meet his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban before Hungary’s parliament takes a long-delayed vote on Sweden’s bid ...
Navalny’s mother tells Putin: Hand over my son’s body
Lyudmila Navalnaya, the mother of dead Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, demanded on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin hand over her son’s body so she could bury him.
Navalny, 47, ...
Israel to bar some Muslim citizens from Jerusalem mosque during Ramadan
Israel will cap the number of Muslim citizens who take part in peak prayers at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque during the upcoming Ramadan holy month, the police minister said ...
WikiLeaks’ Assange in last-ditch battle to stop US extradition
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was targeted by the U.S. over his exposure of state-level crimes, and Donald Trump had requested options on how to deal with him, his lawyers ...
Lufthansa strike hits air travel for second time this month
Ground staff at German airline Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) walked off the job at major airports on Tuesday in their second strike this month, raising pressure in wage talks due to ...