Putin says West is using Ukraine to destroy Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday his country would never give in to the West’s attempts to use Ukraine as a tool to destroy Russia.
In a New ...
Romanian court extends detention of ex-kickboxer Andrew Tate
A Romanian court agreed late on Friday to extend the detention of Andrew Tate by 30 days, after the divisive internet personality was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and ...
New Year’s Eve spurs hope in China despite surging COVID cases
New Year’s Eve in China prompted an outpouring of reflection online and by residents of Wuhan, the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak nearly three years ago, about the strict ...
Queen guitarist May, Lionesses named in king’s New Year honours
Britain recognised Queen guitarist Brian May, several English ‘Lionesses’ who won the European women’s football championship and diplomats involved in the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in ...
Russia says victory ‘inevitable’ in New Year message
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said victory for Russia over Ukraine was “inevitable” as he hailed Russian soldiers’ heroism in a New Year’s video message.
Moscow’s defence chief, ...
Former Pope Benedict has died
Former Pope Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to step down, died on Saturday aged 95 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican where he had lived ...
Palestinians welcome UN vote on Israel’s occupation as ‘a victory’
By Ali Sawafta
The Palestinians on Saturday welcomed a vote by the United Nations General Assembly requesting that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) provide an opinion on the legal ...
Pioneering US television journalist Barbara Walters dead at 93
By Bill Trott
Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on US television as the first female anchor on an American network evening news broadcast and one of TV’...
Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff
The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex (YNDX.O), Arkady Volozh, said goodbye in an internal message to staff on Friday ahead of a corporate restructuring that could see ownership ...
Gunmen kill two Egyptian police east of Cairo
Two gunmen on motorbikes opened fire on an Egyptian security checkpoint on Friday, killing two policemen and a citizen in a city east of Cairo, according to sources from the ...
Suspect in murder of four Idaho students arrested in Pennsylvania
A 28-year-old suspect wanted in the killings of four University of Idaho students six weeks ago was arrested in Pennsylvania early on Friday, authorities said.
Pennsylvania State Police took Bryan ...
Putin expects China’s Xi to visit soon, Xi holds his line on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he was expecting Chinese President Xi Jinping to make a state visit early next year in what would be a public show of ...
Two men arrested in Paris after Montparnasse station explosion threat
Two men were arrested on Friday at Montparnasse train station in Paris after one threatened to blow himself up, even though he did not have the means to do so, ...
Italy police seize Rubens masterpiece after fraud investigation
Italian police said on Friday they had seized a painting on display by the 17th century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens after a fraud investigation into its owners.
The masterpiece, ...
Kosovo re-opens border crossings after Serbs remove roadblocks
Kosovo opened two border crossings with Serbia in the volatile north on Friday, following three weeks of closure after Serbs set up roadblocks to protest against the government in Pristina ...
Former pope Benedict ‘very sick’, Pope Francis calls for prayers
Former pope Benedict, a hero to conservative Catholics and who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to step down, is “very sick”, his successor Pope Francis said on Wednesday, ...
India suspends cough syrup maker’s production after Uzbekistan deaths
India has suspended production at a pharmaceutical company based near New Delhi whose cough syrup was linked to the death of 19 children in Uzbekistan, India’s health minister said on ...
U.S. House committee releases Trump tax returns, capping years-long battle
A Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives committee released six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the public on Friday in an extraordinary move days before ...
Italy prison suicides spike as post-COVID misery lingers
Suicides in Italian jails have jumped to a 10-year high, the national ombudsman for prisoners said on Friday, noting that three years of the COVID-19 pandemic had made inmates’ lives ...
China promotes its U.S. envoy Qin Gang to foreign minister
China has appointed Qin Gang, its ambassador to the United States and a trusted aide of President Xi Jinping, as its new foreign minister, as Beijing and Washington seek to ...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says no justification for attempted ‘terrorist act’
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday there was no justification for what he called an attempted “terrorist act” after police foiled a man’s plan to set off an ...
UK’s Argo Blockchain shares soar on deals to avoid bankruptcy
Crypto miner Argo Blockchain (ARB.L) said on Wednesday it will sell its mining facility Helios for $65 million and refinance a new asset-backed loan as it seeks to avoid bankruptcy, ...
Pandemic curbs linked to early start to Europe’s winter flu season
Pandemic restrictions that hampered the circulation of viruses other than COVID-19 could be behind the unseasonably early upsurge in respiratory infections in Europe this winter that the festive break could ...
Turkey’s raft of pre-election spending to swell budget
President Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to allow more than 2 million Turkish workers to retire early is his latest measure to ease economic hardships in the run-up to tight elections, and ...