Ukraine granted extra EU aid of 1 billion euros

European Union nations yesterday approved fresh aid for Ukraine as the country faces growing economic damage from Russia’s invasion. Finance ministers from the 27-nation EU

Putin set to visit Iran next week

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran next week, the Kremlin said yesterday, a day after the U.S. warned that Tehran could provide Moscow with

1985 Live Aid makes millions for Africa

The Live Aid concert for the starving in Africa has raised triple the £10m expected.  And as the London event draws to a close at Wembley

UN projects world population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15

The United Nations estimated that the world’s population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15 and that India will replace China as the world’s most populous

Iran arrests third outspoken filmmaker in escalating crackdown

Iran has arrested an internationally renowned filmmaker, several newspapers reported yesterday, the third Iranian director to be locked up in less than a week as the government escalates

Putin extends fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree yesterday expanding a fast-track procedure to receive Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians, in yet another effort to expand Moscow’s

UK Conservatives jostle in crowded, testy leadership race

Candidates to replace Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister are scattering tax-cutting promises to their Conservative Party electorate, as party officials prepared yesterday to quickly narrow

1986 Orange Parade sparks riots

Dozens have been injured in the second consecutive night of violence in Portadown, County Armagh.  Violence flared when Orangemen converged on the town yesterday evening after

New coronavirus mutant raises concerns in India and beyond

The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries,

For EU, Johnson exit won’t change much; damage already done

From his days stoking anti-European Union sentiment with exaggerated newspaper stories, to his populist campaign leading Britain out of the bloc and reneging on the

2000 Britain pioneers HIV vaccine

The World Aids Conference in South Africa has announced trials for a new HIV vaccine will begin in Britain.  Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris (pictured) will

Russian rocket attack kills 15 in Ukraine; others trapped

Dozens of Ukrainian emergency workers labored Sunday to pull people out of the rubble after a Russian rocket attack smashed into apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine. The strike

Britain’s Boris Johnson resigning as PM amid scandal

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation yesterday amid a mass revolt by top members of his government, marking an end to three tumultuous years in

1965 Ronald Biggs escapes from jail

Ronald Biggs - a member of the gang who carried out the Great Train Robbery in 1963 - has escaped from Wandsworth prison.  Biggs, 35, escaped by scaling

US jobless claims rise to 235k, most in nearly six months

More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week and while layoffs remain low, it was the fifth consecutive week that claims topped the 230,000 mark and

EU chief warns of danger of complete cut-off of Russian gas

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday that the 27-nation European Union needs to make emergency plans to prepare for a complete cut-off of

Diplomacy Russian foreign minister stops in Vietnam ahead of G-20

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Vietnam yesterday as part of an effort to bolster ties with a country that has not openly condemned its invasion

2005 Bomb attacks on London

A series of bomb attacks on London’s transport network has killed more than 30 people and injured about 700 others.  Three explosions on the Underground left

Ukrainian mathematician awarded prestigious Fields Medal

Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska was named Tuesday as one of four recipients of the prestigious Fields Medal, which is often described as the Nobel Prize in mathematics.

July 4 parade shooting leaves six dead, 30 hurt; man detained

A shooter fired on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in suburban Chicago, spraying the crowd with gunshots initially mistaken for fireworks before hundreds of panicked

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