US says it shot down object over Alaska, size of small car
A US fighter jet on Friday shot down over Alaska a high-altitude object that was the size of a small car, on the order of President Joe Biden, the White ...
Children rescued from ruins days after earthquake, but death toll tops 23,700 (Update)
Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in the ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people out from other sites as President ...
Olympics row deepens as 35 countries demand ban for Russia and Belarus
A group of 35 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, will demand that Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from the 2024 Olympics, the Lithuanian sports minister said on Friday, ...
A boy and his boat help Chile firefighters combat blazes
As his parents fought wildfires threatening their home in southern Chile, 13-year-old Lucas Cespedes decided to take action, ferrying firefighters across the local river in a small yellow rowing boat ...
Paris man fires shots from balcony, police cordon off area
A man in Paris fired shots from his balcony window in Paris’ 15th district and the police have intervened, a police source said on Friday, adding no-one was injured.
The ...
Iran releases emaciated dissident after long hunger strike
Iran on Friday released hunger-striking jailed dissident Farhad Meysami, the Iranian judiciary said, a week after supporters had warned that he risked dying for protesting against the compulsory wearing of ...
Syrian baby born on day of earthquake brought mother ‘back to life’
When the earthquake struck, Fatmah Ahmad’s family fled their building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo only for her to go into labour – giving birth to her third ...
Turkey earthquake drone footage shows fissure slicing through land
Drone footage in southern Turkey showed a fissure slicing across fields, roads, streams and hillsides, caused by a massive earthquake that struck the region at the start of the week.
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UK rail workers union rejects new pay offers in long-running dispute
Britain’s biggest railway workers’ union rejected the latest pay offers from train companies on Friday, signalling more pain for commuters who have been disrupted by sporadic strikes since last ...
Palestinian driver ploughs into bus stop killing two Israelis
Two Israelis including a child were killed and several injured when a Palestinian driver rammed his car into a group of people at a bus stop on the outskirts of ...
Iran says it arrests those behind attack on military site, blames Israeli ‘mercenaries’
Iran’s security forces have arrested the “main perpetrators” of a drone attack on a military site in the central city of Isfahan, in which Israeli “mercenaries” were involved, state ...
UK economy shows zero Q4 growth, narrowly avoids recession
UK GDP shows zero growth in Q4 after 0.2 per cent fall in Q3
Output falls 0.5 per cent in December, partly due to strikes
Economy grows 4 per cent in 2022 but still ...
Hatayspor withdraw from Turkish league after earthquake
Hatayspor have withdrawn from the Turkish Super Lig following the devastating earthquake that hit the country this week, the president of the Turkish Union of Clubs Ali Koc said on ...
Russia to cut oil output by 500,000 bpd in March
Russia to cut oil output by around 5 per cent in March
Brent rises 2.5 per cent on the news
West introduced price caps on Russian oil over Ukraine
Russia banned deals ...
Explosions in Kyiv as Ukraine’s power grid hit by Russian missiles (Update)
Russia unleashed a new wave of missile strikes on energy infrastructure across Ukraine on Friday, causing power outages, restricting water supplies and prompting new calls by Kyiv for Western arms.
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France doesn’t rule out fighter jets for Ukraine, but says more immediate firepower needed
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday he did not rule out sending fighter jets to Ukraine at some point, but that Kyiv was in need of more immediate military ...
Rescues provide glimmer of hope among Turkey quake ruins as toll tops 20,000
The rescue of several survivors from the rubble of buildings in Turkey lifted the spirits of weary search crews on Friday, four days after a major earthquake struck the country ...
JPMorgan CEO says too early to declare victory against inflation
The chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM.N), the biggest US bank, cautioned against declaring victory against inflation too early, warning the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates ...
Airbus urges suppliers to carry extra stocks amid output snags
Airbus (AIR.PA) laid down the law to its stretched supply chain on Wednesday, with a senior US executive reminding contractors to meet timing and quality targets and recommending that ...
Britons face 20,000 digital pound cap under Bank of England plan
Britons would be limited to 20,000 digital pounds ($24,000) each if the country goes ahead with a digital currency, Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said on Tuesday.
Britain’s government ...
Zelenskiy hopes for EU jets, gets standing ovation in Brussels
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that several European Union leaders were ready to provide Kyiv with aircraft to help its battle against Russia’s invasion.
Speaking during his ...
Hope fades for survivors as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll passes 20,000
Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria three days ago as the death toll passed 20,000 on Thursday.
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‘Whodunit’ mystery arises over trove of prehistoric Kenyan stone tools
Scientists have a mystery on their hands after the discovery of 330 stone tools about 2.9 million years old at a site in Kenya, along Lake Victoria’s shores, that were used ...
Shielded from war, Syria town emptied out by earthquake and floods
Shielded from 12 years of civil war, the small northwest Syrian town of Al-Tloul near the Turkish border has been devastated by Monday’s huge earthquake and ensuing flooding that has ...