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

1997 Mars buggy starts exploring Red Planet

Nasa scientists have freed a robot from the space probe Mars Pathfinder, allowing it to begin its exploration of the Red Planet at last.  The rover,

NATO nations sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland

The 30 NATO allies signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland yesterday, sending the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals

Russia declares victory in embattled Donbas region of Luhansk

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, one day after Ukrainian forces withdrew from their last remaining bulwark of

1991 International bank closed in fraud scandal

The Bank of England has closed down UK branches of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) over allegations of fraud.  The bank’s 120,000 UK

NASA satellite breaks from orbit around Earth, heads to moon

A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth yesterday and is headed toward the moon, the latest step in

Dutch farmers block entrances to supermarket warehouses

Dutch farmers angry at government plans to slash emissions used tractors and trucks yesterday to block roads and supermarket distribution centers, sparking fears of store food shortages in

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