Turkey’s Erdogan is in good health, minister says
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday that President Tayyip Erdogan was in good health and would continue with his daily scheduled programmes as soon as possible, after Erdogan ...
Sudan’s capital resounds with gunfire as US pushes to extend truce
The United States and African nations raced to secure an extension of a ceasefire in Sudan on Thursday, with the Sudanese army saying it had given an initial nod to ...
It’s official – Pele is now defined as someone ‘out of the ordinary’
‘Pele’ is now a word to describe ‘someone out of the ordinary’ as the three-time World Cup winner’s name was included as a new adjective in the Portuguese edition ...
Chinese universities refresh talent pool, serve national development with fresh majors
China has approved and added 21 new categories of majors for undergraduate programs, as the country moves to restructure the composition of undergraduate majors to enable universities and colleges to better ...
Trump lawyer says accuser’s rape claim politically motivated (Updated)
Donald Trump’s legal team began attacking the credibility of former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll on Thursday, as the civil trial resumed over her claim that the former ...
UK sets out tougher gambling rules for smartphone era
The British government has announced long-awaited proposals to crack down on problem gambling, aiming to bring regulations up to date with the rise in gambling online and on smartphones.
The ...
Barclays beats profit expectations on credit card boom
Barclays reported better than expected first-quarter profit on Thursday after a strong performance from its credit card business offset pressure on other business lines.
The British bank’s pretax profit ...
‘Military object’ found in northern Poland, reported to be possible missile
The remains of a “military object” were found in a forest in northern Poland on Thursday, which a broadcaster said authorities believed could be part of a missile stuck in ...
China’s Q1 growth helps restart global economy
China’s economic growth in the first quarter of 2023 is faster than expected and will help to restart the global economy, president of the Hungarian-Chinese Chamber of Economy has said.
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Russian missile hits houses, apartment block in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv
One person was killed and 23 people, including a child, were wounded in a Russian missile strike on an apartment block and houses in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv in ...
Starship is the future of space-faring
“Obviously, this is not a nominal situation,” said John Insprucker, a senior engineer at Space-X, who was doing a webcast on Thursday’s launch attempt of Elon Musk’s gigantic ...
Turkey’s Erdogan cancels election rallies for health reasons
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan canceled his scheduled campaign rallies on Wednesday and Thursday for health reasons, weeks before May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections.
“Today, I will rest at home with ...
South Korea, US to share nuclear planning to deter North Korean threat
The U.S. on Wednesday pledged to give South Korea more insight into its nuclear planning over any conflict with North Korea amid anxiety over Pyongyang’s growing arsenal of ...
Hundreds of Britons evacuated from Sudan expected in Cyprus
Britain on Wednesday ramped up an airlift of its citizens from war-torn Sudan to Cyprus before a 72-hour ceasefire was due to expire, and about 400 people were evacuated so far, ...
UN Security Council set to condemn Taliban crackdown on Afghan women
The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on Thursday to condemn a ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and call upon the Taliban ...
Sudan’s Bashir moved from jail as allies walk free, fighting flares (updated)
Sudan’s army and a paramilitary force battled on Khartoum’s outskirts on Wednesday, undermining a truce in an 11-day conflict that civilian groups fear will tighten the military’s ...
UK sees record sickness and zero productivity growth in 2022
Britain saw a record number of working days lost due to short-term sickness last year and zero annual growth in economic output per hour worked in the final quarter of 2022, ...
COVID here to stay but moving out of emergency phase – WHO
The virus causing COVID-19 is here to stay but the world is beginning to transition out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, the World Health Organization’s chief said ...
Voters say neither Biden nor Trump should run in 2024
About half of U.S. Democrats say President Joe Biden should not seek re-election next year and that he is too old to run, a worrisome sign for the 80-year-old, ...
China’s Xi holds first call with Ukraine’s Zelenskiy since Russian invasion
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by telephone on Wednesday Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, after months of pressure from ...
Navalny says he faces 30 more years in Russian jail
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that investigators had opened what he called an “absurd” terrorism case against him that could see him sentenced to an additional 30 ...
UK warns China secrecy over military expansion risks ‘tragic miscalculation’
British foreign minister James Cleverly urged China to be more open about what he called the biggest military build-up in peacetime history and said secrecy around its plans could lead ...
Turkey Central Bank gross reserves seen down $5 bln last week
Turkish central bank total gross reserves are expected to have fallen more than $5 billion to about $116 billion last week due to rising foreign currency demand as the May elections approach, ...
Shaky ceasefire in Sudan as warring parties not ready to negotiate – U.N.
A U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Sudan appears to be partially holding but there is no sign the warring parties are ready to seriously negotiate, the U.N. special envoy ...