UK Conservatives picking final two in race to replace Johnson

Britain’s Conservative Party was choosing two finalists yesterday in the contest to replace Boris Johnson, as the divisive, unrepentant leader ended his final appearance in Parliament as

Putin in Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived yesterday in Iran for a visit intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow’s challenge to the United

1990 IRA bombs Stock Exchange

An IRA bomb has blown a 10-foot hole in the London Stock Exchange. Nobody was injured in the blast, although police say there would have been fatalities if

Pair charged with making straw donations to Trump committees

Two Chinese American businesspeople were charged Monday with funneling foreigners’ money into political donations that bought entry to an exclusive dinner with then-President Donald Trump so

Europe broils in heat wave that fuels fires in France, Spain

A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward yesterday to Britain, where authorities warned of possible record temperatures, and fueled ferocious wildfires in France, which scrambled water-bombing planes

1983 Flesh-eating dinosaur resurrected

A huge new dinosaur skeleton has been unveiled to the media at the Natural History Museum in London.  Plumber and amateur fossil hunter Bill Walker, 55,

Russia strikes south Ukraine city, presses attacks in east

Russian missiles hit industrial facilities at a strategic city in southern Ukraine yesterday as a funeral was held for a 4-year-old girl killed in an earlier deadly

1990 English teenagers held in Thailand over drugs

Two teenage girls from the Midlands have been arrested for drug smuggling in Thailand.  Patricia Cahill, 17, and Karen Smith, 18, were stopped by customs officials

UN decries rising death toll, rights violations in Haiti

The U.N. human rights office on Saturday expressed concern about rising violence around Haiti’s capital, saying 99 people have been reported killed in recent fighting between

US, Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again

NASA astronauts will go back to riding Russian rockets under an agreement announced Friday, and Russian cosmonauts will catch lifts to the International Space Station with SpaceX beginning

Officials: Russian missiles kill at least 20 in Ukraine

Russian missiles that struck a city in central Ukraine killed at least 20 people and wounded about 90 more yesterday, Ukrainian authorities said. The country’s

Police open inquiry into Farah trafficking revelations

London's Metropolitan Police Service has opened an investigation into four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah’s revealed that he was trafficked to the U.K. as a child. The

1966 Euston staff ‘colour bar’ ended

A West Indian refused a job at Euston Station will now be employed there after managers overturned a ban on black workers.  Two months ago Asquith

LGBTQ harassment, slurs abound on social media, report says

Social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ users, a report issued Wednesday from advocacy group GLAAD found.

Van Gogh self-portrait found hidden behind another painting

A previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh has been discovered behind another of the artist’s paintings, the National Galleries of Scotland said yesterday. The self-portrait was

Minister: Ukraine needs assurances to resume grain exports

The Ukrainian foreign minister says grain exports from his country’s ports won’t resume without security guarantees for ship owners, cargo owners and Ukraine as an independent

UK Conservatives cast votes in first round of leadership race

Conservative Party lawmakers in Britain casted ballots yesterday in the first round of an election to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The internal party contest

1991 UK forces withdraw from Kurdish haven

British troops protecting the Kurdish population in Iraq have begun to pull out of the region.  They had been part of a western relief effort -

Cost-of-living crisis to hit women hardest, report says

A cost-of-living crisis sparked in part by higher fuel and food prices is expected to hit women the hardest, the World Economic Forum reported yesterday, pointing to

South Africa’s many illegal guns a factor in bar shootings

South African police are patrolling the streets of Johannesburg’s Soweto township, following a spate of bar shootings that have rocked the nation. The country’s abundance of guns

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