Russia issues new nuclear warning as it wraps up contested Ukraine referendums
An ally of President Vladimir Putin issued a stark new nuclear warning to Ukraine and the West on Tuesday as referendums billed by Russia as a prelude to it annexing ...
Reversing UK confidence crash requires policy U-turn: economists
Rock-bottom investor confidence in Britain will only recover with a U-turn of the economic plan announced last week by finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng, US economist Larry Summers and J.P. ...
Suspected German ‘fans’ attack pub customers before Wembley clash
Scores of suspected German football fans attacked customers at a London pub ahead of England’s 3-3 Nations League draw with Germany on Monday, injuring several people, three seriously, police ...
Nationalist Meloni set to smash Italy’s glass ceiling, become premier
Rightist bloc wins Italy vote, Meloni’s party out front
Meloni likely to be Italy’s first female prime minister
Her party has never repudiated post-fascist roots
By Crispian Balmer
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Putin likely to announce accession of occupied regions of Ukraine on Sept. 30
Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to announce the accession of occupied regions of Ukraine to the Russian Federation during his address to parliament on Sept. 30, the British Ministry of ...
With flowers and a gun salute, Japan bids farewell to slain Abe at state funeral
With flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute, Japan honoured slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday at the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years – a ceremony ...
Heavy fighting as annexation vote in Ukraine enters final day
Ukrainian and Russian forces were locked in heavy fighting in different parts of Ukraine on Tuesday as Russian-organised referendums in four regions Moscow hopes to annex drew to a close.
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NASA’s DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defense test
NASA‘s DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday in the world’s first test of a planetary defense system, designed to prevent a ...
A history of UK currency crises and crashes
Britain’s pound plunged to an all-time low early on Monday as international investors reacted to plans laid out by the country’s new prime minister and finance minister to ...
Group of countries to push EU for gas price cap
A group of European Union countries want to push Brussels to produce plans this week for a bloc-wide cap on the price of gas, according to a draft letter seen ...
U.S. Congress negotiators set nearly $12 bln in new Ukraine aid -sources
Negotiators of a stop-gap spending bill in the U.S. Congress have agreed to include nearly $12 billion in new military and economic aid to Ukraine, sources familiar with the talks ...
Syrian health ministry says cholera death toll rises to 29
Syria said on Monday that 29 people had died of cholera in what the United Nations has called the worst outbreak of the disease in the war-torn country for years.
Rapid ...
Colombia, Venezuela reopen cargo trade as relations thaw
Colombia and Venezuela reopened cargo transport at a major border crossingon Monday, potentially enabling billions of dollars in trade after years of icy bilateral relations and heavily-restricted economic ties.
The ...
Kremlin says no decision yet on whether to seal Russia’s borders to stop men fleeing
The Kremlin said on Monday no decision had been taken on whether to seal Russia’s borders to stop an exodus of military-aged men fleeing the country, after days of ...
Florida battens down as Hurricane Ian churns northward
Florida residents scrambled to set up sandbags and stockpile emergency supplies on Monday as the state braced for Hurricane Ian, which was expected to bring damaging winds, torrential rains and ...
Iran says U.S. attempting to use unrest to weaken country
Iran faced more international criticism on Monday over the death of a woman in police custody which triggered nationwide protests, after Tehran accused the United States of using the unrest ...
UK sanctions Russians linked to ‘sham’ referendums in Ukraine
Britain on Monday announced a new package of sanctions linked to what it described as Moscow’s “sham” referendums on four regions of eastern Ukraine joining Russia.
Citizens in four ...
How the Queen’s queue can be seen as a modern form of pilgrimage
Anne Bailey, University of Oxford
On Friday, September 16 2022, the day the queue to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state in Westminster Hall first reached its ten-mile capacity and had ...
How many ants are crawling on Earth? Scientists say 20 quadrillion
The world’s human population is forecast to surpass 8 billion in the coming months. Compared to ants, that is a mediocre milestone.
Researchers have made the most thorough assessment to ...
With eye on Big Tech, energy crisis, EU telcos call for shared network costs
Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Telefonica (TEF.MC) and 13 other European telecoms providers on Monday made their strongest push for Big Tech to share network costs, citing the ...
Orthodox Church: Russian soldiers dying in Ukraine will be cleansed of sin
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has said that Russian soldiers who die in the war against Ukraine will be cleansed of all their sins, days after President Vladimir ...
Energy, inflation crises risk pushing big economies into recession, OECD says
Global economic growth is slowing more than was forecast a few months ago in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as energy and inflation crises risk snowballing into ...
McDonald’s hikes prices in Japan on higher input costs, weaker yen
Japan’s McDonald’s fast food restaurants will raise prices on about 60 per cent of its offerings to customers, fuelled by rising input costs and exchange-rate fluctuations, the company said ...
NASA’s asteroid-deflecting spacecraft nears planned impact with target
Ten months after launch, NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a test of the world’s first planetary defense system, designed ...