Russian troops launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine today (Thursday), as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere would
World leaders sought yesterday to back up their tough words over Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, announcing financial sanctions, trade and travel bans and other measures meant
Deep snow and freezing temperatures continue across Britain leaving many parts of the country cut off from essential supplies. More than 70 roads in Britain are blocked by snow,
President Joe Biden highlighted his efforts to counter China’s dominance of the electric battery market yesterday as he touted domestic efforts to mine and process
The fossil of a 170 million-year-old pterosaur, described as the world’s best-preserved skeleton of the prehistoric winged reptile, has been found on the Isle of Skye in
A gunman who held a hostage for hours in the Apple Store in Amsterdam demanded a ransom of 200 million euros in cryptocurrencies before he was run over
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for an immediate cease-fire and a “return to the path of dialogue and negotiations”, arguing that the “peace-keeping” troops Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a provocative address that could be construed as a pretext to war, claimed on Feb. 21, 2022, that all of Ukraine belongs
This evening about 200 soldiers and members of the paramilitary Civil Guard stormed the lower house of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes, firing automatic weapons and
Germany has taken steps to halt the process of certifying the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said yesterday, as the
Queen Elizabeth II canceled scheduled online engagements yesterday because she is still experiencing mild cold-like symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said. The 95-year-old monarch
Russian President Vladimir Putin received no support from members of the U.N. Security Council at an emergency meeting today (Macau time) for his actions to bring separatists in eastern Ukraine
The U.S. and Russian presidents have tentatively agreed to meet in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to stave off Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine as heavy shelling continued yesterday in
Dolly, who was created at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, was actually born on 5 July 1996 although her arrival has only just been revealed. Dolly is the first
A German newspaper and other media over the weekend said a leak of data from Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s second-biggest bank, reveals details of the accounts of more
Portugal’s winter drought is getting worse, with the national weather agency reporting yesterday that 91% of the country is enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought conditions. Average rainfall
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, facing a sharp spike in violence in and around territory held by Russia-backed rebels and increasingly dire warnings that Russia plans to
A modeling agent who was close to disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell, where he was being held
The American President Richard Nixon has arrived in China at the start of a week-long summit aimed at ending 20 years of frosty relations between the two countries.
The British government confirmed Saturday that people with Covid-19 won’t be legally required to self-isolate starting next week, as part of a plan for “living
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