Pound’s mini-budget dip made UK’s Brexit bill dearer
Sterling’s drop at the time of former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s failed budget plans meant the British taxpayer stumped up tens of millions of pounds extra to fund ...
Myanmar junta grants partial pardon to democracy champion Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s ruling military pardoned on Tuesday jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi on five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted but she will remain under house ...
Russia says thwarts Ukrainian attacks on navy, civilian ships in Black Sea
Russia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday it had thwarted attacks by Ukrainian sea drones on its navy and civilian ships in the Black Sea, in thefirst clash of Ukrainian ...
Tourists flock to Chinese zoo to see ‘human-like’ bear (video)
Visitors are thronging a zoo in eastern China’s Zhejiang province after a video of one of its bears went viral with some netizens suggesting she looked so human that ...
France will start evacuation of French, EU citizens from Niger on Tuesday
France will evacuate French and European citizens from Niger, starting on Tuesday, its foreign ministry said, days after a junta seized power in the west African country.
The overthrow last ...
Velez fans violently attack club’s players at gunpoint
Uruguayan defender Diego Godin’s farewell match ended with his team Velez Sarsfield losing to Huracan, sparking a violent incident on Sunday, as some of the Argentine club’s own ...
Sweden to present security measures amid Koran burning crisis
The Swedish government said on Tuesday it would present measures to protect its citizens amid growing concerns in both Sweden and Denmark that the Koran burning crisis could lead to ...
Angus Cloud, star of TV show ‘Euphoria,’ dead at 25
By Daniel Trotta
Angus Cloud, cast member of the HBO teen drama series “Euphoria,” died on Monday at age 25 just days after the death of his father, his family said ...
Rain pelts Beijing for fourth day, 11 killed and 27 missing
Heavy rainfall in the Chinese capital of Beijing killed 11 as of 6 a.m. (2200 GMT) on Tuesday, with 27 still missing, according to Chinese state media.
Relentless rain stretched into a fourth ...
War comes to Russian business after drones strike Moscow’s financial centre
Economic sanctions have been the biggest headache for Russia’s business elite since the start of the war in Ukraine, but two drone strikes in the heart of Moscow’s ...
Euro zone inflation falls further in comforting sign for ECB
Euro zone inflation fell further in July and most measures of underlying price growth also eased, in a largely comforting sign for the European Central Bank as it considers ending ...
War comes to Russian business after drones strike Moscow’s financial centre
Economic sanctions have been the biggest headache for Russia’s business elite since the start of the war in Ukraine, but a drone strike in the heart of Moscow’s ...
Turkish tourism revenues leap 23 per cent in Q2
urkey’s tourism revenues jumped 23.1 per cent to $12.98 billion in the second quarter, Turkish Statistical Institute data showed on Monday, maintaining a strong trend in the sector.
Revenues in 2022 surged 53.4 ...
Deadly clashes in Palestinian camp in Lebanon rage for third day
Hundreds of residents of a main Palestinian camp in Lebanon fled on Monday as fighting between mainstream faction Fatah and radical Islamists raged for a third day, residents and security ...
Drones hit Ukraine’s Kharkiv, injuring one and damaging dormitory -officials
Officials in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, said on Tuesday that drones hit populated areas of the city and one drone destroyed two floors of a college dormitory.
The chief ...
Niger junta arrests senior politicians after coup, IMF monitors events
The junta that seized power in Niger last week detained three more senior politicians from the ousted government on Monday, their party said, in defiance of international calls to restore ...
Unesco recommends adding Venice to list of world heritage sites in danger
Unesco experts have recommended that Venice and its lagoon be added to its list of World Heritage in Danger as Italy is not doing enough to protect the city from ...
Myanmar junta officially postpones election promised after 2021 coup – state TV
Myanmar’s ruling junta has officially postponed an election promised by August this year after its 2021 coup, state television reported on Monday night.
Junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing, in ...
Ukraine signs agreement with Turkish company on drones repair
Ukraine’s defence ministry signed an agreement with Turkish company Baykar Makina to build a service centre for the repair and maintenance of drones in Ukraine, the ministry said on ...
All 15 Israel Supreme Court judges to hear judicial overhaul petitions
Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday said all 15 judges in an historic first would take part in a hearing on arguments against a law Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist ...
Italy GDP unexpectedly shrinks in blow to Meloni
Italy’s economy performed surprisingly poorly in the second quarter, data showed on Monday, offering an uncomfortable outlook for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as her government tries to tackle the ...
Nordic governments seek to de-escalate tension as more Korans are burned
More Koran burnings took place in Sweden and Denmark on Monday as the governments of the two Nordic countries said they were examining ways to legally limit such acts in ...
Girl and her mother killed in Russian strikes as Ukraine reports progress
A 10-year-old girl and her mother were among four civilians killed in a Russian air strike on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s home town on Monday, officials said, while his ...
Teachers in England accept pay offer and will end strikes
Teachers in England have voted to accept a government pay offer, Britain’s largest education union said on Monday, in a boost for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s efforts to ...