UK rail workers to strike before and after Christmas
Thousands of British railway workers will stage further strikes over the next two months in a long-running dispute over pay, the RMT union said on Tuesday, signalling travel disruption before ...
Ukrainians brace for bleak winter as strikes cripple power capacity (wrapup)
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to Ukrainians to conserve energy amid relentless Russian strikes that have halved the country’s power capacity, as the United Nations health body warned of a ...
Eurovision voting to be opened up to non-participating countries
Viewers from countries not participating in the Eurovision Song Contest will be able to cast a vote for their favourite act next year for the first time in the competition’...
Ukraine to protest over Orban scarf
Ukraine will summon the Hungarian ambassador to protest that Prime Minister Viktor Orban went to a football match wearing a scarf depicting some Ukrainian territory as part of Hungary, the ...
Turkey tells US to stop backing Syrian Kurdish militia as clashes escalate
Turkey called on the United States to halt support for a Syrian Kurdish militia on Tuesday after an escalation in retaliatory strikes along the border which prompted Washington to warn ...
Britain must end reliance on ‘cheap labour’, Starmer tells businesses
British main opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer warned business bosses on Tuesday “the days of low pay and cheap labour” must end, putting him in line with Prime Minister Rishi ...
Putin to meet mothers of soldiers called up to fight in Ukraine
Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin will in the coming days meet the mothers of reservists called up to fight in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
The war in Ukraine ...
UK government borrows less than expected in October, but worse to come
Britain’s government borrowed less than expected in October, data showed on Tuesday, although the budget deficit is likely to balloon in the months ahead thanks to energy bill support ...
EU warns of escalating Serbia, Kosovo car plates dispute
The European Union on Monday warned of “escalation and violence” after emergency talks between Kosovo and Serbia failed to resolve their long-running dispute over car licence plates used by the ...
Beijing shuts parks, museums as China’s Covid cases rise
Beijing shut parks, shopping malls and museums on Tuesday while more Chinese cities resumed mass testing for COVID-19, as China fights a spike in cases, deepening concerns about its economy ...
Indonesian rescue workers race to find victims of deadly quake
Indonesian rescue workers were racing on Tuesday to reach people still trapped in rubble a day after an earthquake devastated a West Java town, killing at least 162 people and injuring ...
‘Close call’ in shelling near nuclear reactor on Ukraine’s frontline
Ukraine narrowly escaped disaster during fighting at the weekend that rocked Europe’s largest atomic power plant with a barrage of shells, some falling near reactors and damaging a radioactive ...
Qatar seals 27-year LNG deal with China as competition heats up
QatarEnergy has signed a 27-year deal to supply China’s Sinopec with liquefied natural gas in the longest such LNG agreement to date as volatility drives buyers to seek long-term ...
In Thanksgiving tradition, Biden pardons two chatty turkeys
U.S. President Joe Biden, wearing his trademark aviator sunglasses, pardoned two turkeys from North Carolina named Chocolate and Chip on Monday, sparing them from Thanksgiving dinner tables.
In return, ...
Cyprus road fatalities higher than EU average
Cyprus road deaths were above the EU average in 2020 and 2021 despite a drop in the numbers of estimated deaths last year, Eurostat data showed on Monday.
In its report, the ...
US calls for UN Security Council president’s statement on North Korea missiles
The United States on Monday called for a United Nations Security Council presidential statement to hold North Korea accountable over its missile tests after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile ...
UK police identify offences committed in Chinese consulate incident
British police said they had identified a number of offences committed during an incident at a Chinese consulate in northern England last month, in which a man protesting outside said ...
Ukraine prosecutor says four suspected Russian torture sites found in Kherson
Ukrainian police and prosecutors have identified four places in Kherson where they suspect Russian forces tortured people before abandoning the city, the prosecutor general’s office said on Monday.
In ...
Iran World Cup players silent as anthem plays
Iran’s World Cup team declined to sing their anthem before their opening World Cup match on Monday in a sign of support for mass protests back home after many ...
Kremlin: no talk of new round of mobilisation
The Kremlin said on Monday it was not discussing calling up more Russian soldiers to fight in Ukraine through a second round of mobilisation.
Russia called up more than 300,000 reservists ...
As Biden turns 80, Americans ask ‘What’s too old?’
Joe Biden turned 80 on Sunday, making him the first octogenarian president in US history.
He is set to celebrate his birthday with a brunch hosted by his wife, Jill, a ...
New Zealand court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory
New Zealand’s highest court ruled on Monday that the country’s current voting age of 18 was discriminatory, forcing parliament to discuss whether it should be lowered.
The case, which ...
Turkey vows more retaliation after two killed in cross-border Kurdish strikes
Turkey said a Kurdish militia killed two people in mortar attacks from northern Syria on Monday, in an escalation of cross-border retaliation following Turkish air operations at the weekend and ...
Sunak says Britain will not pursue trade ties that rely on EU alignment
Britain will not pursue any trading relationship with the European Union that relies on the country aligning with the bloc’s laws, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday after ...