Russian Duma completes passage of bill banning gender change surgery
A Russian draft law that would ban doctors from performing surgery to change people’s gender was approved by the lower house of parliament on Friday in its third and ...
Russia’s Putin snubs Prigozhin, Wagner founder not seen since June 24
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Wagner mercenaries the opportunity to keep fighting at a meeting just days after their failed mutiny but suggested Yevgeny Prigozhin be moved aside in favour ...
Cerberus heatwave threatens new record temperatures for Europe
Southern Europe sweltered under a fierce heatwave on Thursday, with a warning that temperatures could hit record highs for the continent next week, raising fears about the impact on human ...
Ukraine receives cluster munitions, pledges limited use
Ukraine has received cluster bombs from the United States, munitions banned in more than 100 countries, but has pledged to only use them to dislodge concentrations of enemy soldiers.
Valeryi Shershen, ...
How the property crash unravelled Sweden’s SBB
For hundreds of thousands of ordinary Swedes, investing in one of their country’s biggest landlords SBB (SBBb.ST) was a sure bet for years. Now it is at the ...
Putin: foreign-made tanks are ‘priority target’ for Russian forces in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Western supplies of weapons to Ukraine would change nothing on the battlefield but only further escalate the conflict, adding that foreign-made tanks ...
Hollywood actors poised to strike, join writers on picket lines
Hollywood actors went on strike on Thursday after talks with studios broke down, joining film and television writers who have been on picket lines since May and deepening the disruption ...
NASA rover reveals new evidence about organic molecules on Mars
Evidence is mounting about what may be a wealth of organic molecules – a potential indicator of life – on Mars, with new findings from NASA’s Perseverance rover suggesting the presence ...
EU helping UN, Turkey in bid to extend Black Sea grain deal
The European Commission is helping the United Nations and Turkey try to extend a deal allowing the Black Sea export of Ukraine grain and is open to “explore all solutions,” ...
Miss Netherlands’ first transgender winner becomes target of hate speech
Rikkie Valerie Kolle, the first transgender woman to be crowed Miss Netherlands, once saw her success in the pageant as a symbol of her nation’s openness. Then she was ...
Christodoulides says Cyprob negotiations ‘biggest priority’ at ambassador ceremony
President Nikos Christodoulides has said his biggest priority is to make every possible effort to break the current Cyprus problem deadlock and restart a “structured and results-oriented dialogue”.
He said ...
Everton’s Alli opens up about pill addiction, sexual abuse as child
Everton midfielder Dele Alli has revealed that he was sexually abused as a child and dealt drugs before he was adopted by an “amazing” family who helped him to turn ...
New passenger handling facility at Akrotiri air base
The British Sovereign Base Areas Administration (SBA) has announced its intention to construct a new passenger handling facility at its RAF Akrotiri air base.
The facility will cost £66 million (€77.2 million) ...
Russia says Ukraine’s assertions on blowing up nuclear station are lies
Russia’s nuclear chief on Thursday pushed back against Ukrainian assertions that Moscow had plotted to blow up a nuclear power station it controls, saying no evidence supported the claim ...
Hollywood actors poised to strike and join writers on picket lines
Negotiators for Hollywood’s actors union unanimously recommended a strike after talks with studios broke down, setting the stage for performers to join writers on picket lines as early as ...
Russian general says top military brass betrayed soldiers in Ukraine
A Russian general said he had been dismissed as a commander after telling the military leadership about the dire situation at the front in Ukraine, where he said Russian soldiers ...
Fragile UK economy set to dodge recession for now
Britain’s economy shrank by less than expected in May despite a bank holiday to mark King Charles’ coronation and strikes, suggesting a widely forecast recession caused by high inflation ...
Climate protests cause cancellations, delays at two German airports
Climate protests at two German airports led to travel disruptions early on Thursday at the height of the busy summer holiday season, with Hamburg airport saying dozens of flights had ...
One killed as Russia attacks Kyiv for third successive night
At least one person was killed on Thursday in a third successive night of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the city’s mayor said.
Air defences shot down ...
North Korea says longest test launch was latest Hwasong-18 ICBM
North Korea tested its latest Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday, its state media reported, saying the weapon is the core of its nuclear strike force and a warning ...
Russian spy chief says he spoke to CIA boss about ‘what to do with Ukraine’
Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said that he and CIA counterpart William Burns had discussed “what to do with Ukraine” in a phone call late last month, Russia’s ...
BBC presenter at centre of sex photo scandal named as lead anchor Edwards
One of Britain’s leading television news anchors, Huw Edwards, was identified by his wife on Wednesday as the BBC presenter facing allegations he paid a young person thousands of ...
Erdogan to put Sweden’s Nato ratification to Turkish parliament in autumn
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that he will move forward the ratification of Sweden’s Nato bid to the country’s parliament when it reopens in the ...
Russian defence ministry says Wagner is completing handover of its weapons
The Wagner mercenary group is completing its handover of weapons to Russia’s regular armed forces, the Russian Defence ministry said on Wednesday, more than two weeks after the group ...