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

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

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