August was hottest ever recorded
Last month was the hottest August on record globally, the third straight month in a row to set such a record following the hottest ever June and July, the European ...
Cuba uncovers human trafficking of its citizens to fight for Russia in Ukraine
Cuba has uncovered a human trafficking ring that has coerced its citizens to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine, its foreign ministry said on Monday, adding that Cuban ...
Torrential rain follows summer wildfires in Greece, one dead
Torrential rains have flooded homes and roads in Greece and a man died after a wall collapsed in the bad weather, the fire brigade said on Tuesday.
Storm Daniel has ...
North Korea’s Kim to meet Putin in Russia to discuss weapons sales
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin and discuss supplying Moscow with weapons for the war in Ukraine, the ...
UK’s opposition Labour leader reshuffles top team before election
Britain’s opposition Labour leader, Keir Starmer, launched a reshuffle of his top team on Monday to fight a national election expected next year, appointing his deputy Angela Rayner as ...
Ukraine war, absence of Putin and Xi set to dent G20 summit
Deeper and more entrenched divisions over Russia’s war in Ukraine risk derailing progress on issues such as food security, debt distress and global cooperation on climate change when the ...
Turkey’s Erdogan says Black Sea grain deal can be restored soon
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said after talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday that it would soon be possible to revive the grain deal that the United Nations says ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says troops ‘moving forward’, rebuffs critics
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Kyiv’s troops were “moving forward” in their counteroffensive against Russian forces, rebuffing Western officials who say that Ukraine is gaining ground too ...
Biden heads to Florida to survey storm damage, no DeSantis meeting set
U.S. President Joe Biden heads to Florida on Saturday to survey damage caused by Hurricane Idalia and comfort people affected by the storm, but he will not be meeting ...
After the moon, India launches rocket to study the sun
Following quickly on the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission.
The ...
Greece to launch drones, temperature sensors to better fight wildfires
Greece’s prime minister said on Thursday it would launch drones and install forest temperature sensors to improve preventive firefighting after criticism from climate activists over a devastating wildfire burning ...
Kremlin warns UK’s BAE Systems: Ukraine base could be target for Russian military
The Kremlin said on Friday it took a negative view of British defence contractor BAE Systems’ BAES.L decision to establish itself in Ukraine, adding that any facilities producing weapons ...
UK schools ordered to shut buildings over crumbling concrete
More than 150 British schools have been told to close some buildings after they were deemed unsafe, drawing anger from parents and teachers on the eve of a new term and ...
Ukraine tells critics of slow counteroffensive to ‘shut up’ (wrapup)
Ukraine told critics of the pace of its three-month-old counteroffensive to “shut up” on Thursday, the sharpest signal yet of Kyiv’s frustration at leaks from Western officials that say ...
Wallace confirms resignation as UK defence minister, Grant Schapps to replace him
Former energy minister Grant Shapps replaced Ben Wallace on Thursday as Britain’s defence minister, a promotion for a man relied upon by the government as a good media communicator ...
Fire kills 73 in Johannesburg apartment block (Updated)
73 people were killed overnight when fire raged through a five-storey apartment block in a poor area of Johannesburg, officials said on Thursday, adding that some of the victims may have ...
Kremlin says Prigozhin plane may have been downed deliberately
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that investigators were considering the possibility that the plane carrying mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was downed on purpose, the first explicit acknowledgement that he may ...
Greece wildfire destroys area bigger than New York City
The wildfire burning in northeastern Greece for 11 days has destroyed an area larger than New York City, the European Union-backed Copernicus Climate Change Service said, as firefighters from five countries ...
Canada, citing potential dangers, warns LGBTQ travellers of US risks
Canada, citing the risk of potential dangers, is advising LGBTQ travellers planning trips to the United States to check how they might be affected by recently passed laws in some ...
Wagner’s Prigozhin buried privately in St Petersburg cemetery
The funeral of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash last week, was held privately at a cemetery on the outskirts of his hometown St ...
Eminem asks Ramaswamy to not use his music in presidential campaign
US rapper Eminem has asked Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire former biotech executive, to not use his music during his presidential campaign, according to a letter disclosed this ...
‘Hundreds of thousands’ trafficked into SE Asia scam centres – UN
Hundreds of thousands of people are being trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam centres and other illegal online operations that have sprung up across Southeast Asia ...
UK to make whole-life sentences mandatory for worst killers
The British government said that judges will be required to impose mandatory “whole life orders” on killers who commit the most horrific types of murder, meaning they will die in ...
After Turkey’s giant rate hike, foreign investors mull return
Turkey’s latest massive interest rate hike has caught the attention of long-sceptical foreign investors who say they could return to Turkish assets if authorities continue to demonstrate that a ...