Royals William and Kate start Caribbean tour amid colonial reckoning
Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate arrive in Belize on Saturday for a week long Caribbean tour that sparked controversy before it even began amid growing scrutiny of ...
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Putin ‘in better shape than ever’, Belarus leader says
Russian President Vladimir Putin is healthy, sane and “in better shape than ever”, his close ally Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has said in an interview with the Japanese television channel ...
Dead buildings tower over uncollected corpses in Mariupol
In Mariupol daily life is a series of harrowing escapes from bomb blasts and basic survival rituals, amid the rubble that lies everywhere.
Uncollected corpses wrapped in blankets, coats or ...
Greek star Sakkari sets up Indian Wells final showdown with Swiatek
Maria Sakkari knocked out reigning champion Paula Badosa in Friday’s Indian Wells semi-finals and will take on Iga Swiatek in the title decider after the world number four fought ...
Three bids submitted for Chelsea as deadline passes
Three bids have been made to purchase English Premier League club Chelsea by groups led by British property developer Nick Candy, Chicago Cubs owners the Ricketts family and the pairing ...
Putin, Zelenskiy and the West face deadly Ukraine decision points
By Peter Apps
As Britain teetered on the edge of Nazi invasion in 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill reportedly waylaid legendary American war reporter Edward Murrow in a corridor in Downing ...
Xi says improper handling of Taiwan issues will hit China-U.S. ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping told his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Friday that the Taiwan issue needs to be handled properly to avoid a negative impact on Sino-U.S. ...
US warns China of ‘consequences’, Xi calls for Nato-Russia talks
U.S. President Joe Biden warned Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday of ‘consequences’ if Beijing gave material support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House said, while ...
At least 12 migrants, most of them Syrians, drown off Tunisia in shipwreck
At least 12 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy on Friday, a civil protection official told Reuters.
The official added that ...
Russia blasted by West at UN for spreading bioweapons ‘nonsense’ over Ukraine
The United States and Western allies slammed Russia on Friday for spreading propaganda, disinformation and “nonsense” at the United Nations Security Council by alleging that parts of biological weapons were ...
Greek farmers on tractors protest ‘unbearable’ fuel, fertiliser costs
Hundreds of Greek farmers, some on tractors, protested in Athens on Friday, demanding more tax cuts and subsidies to combat high fuel and fertiliser prices which have soared since Russia’...
Coronavirus: Canadian Pfizer partner sues to head off patent lawsuit over Covid-19 vaccine
The biotech company that makes mRNA-delivery technology for Pfizer’s PFE.N Covid-19 vaccine sued Arbutus Biopharma Corp ABUS.O in Manhattan federal court on Friday, seeking to head off ...
Russia’s biggest cargo airline to suspend all Boeing flights
Russia’s biggest cargo airline Volga-Dnepr Group has suspended all flights using Boeing BA.N aircraft due to Western sanctions, it said on Friday.
Sanctions have cut off the supply ...
Bangladesh seeks $22.4 m after missile hits ship in Ukraine
State-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corp is seeking $22.4 million from its insurer for a cargo ship hit by a missile in March, government officials with knowledge of the talks said, in the ...
Russia tells Google to stop spreading threats against Russians on YouTube
Russia on Friday demanded that Alphabet Inc’s GOOGL.O Google stop spreading what it called threats against Russian citizens on its YouTube video-sharing platform, a move that could presage ...
Google internet cable lands in Africa, promising fast connection
A subsea cable owned by Google GOOGL.O that promises to double internet speeds for millions in Africa arrived in Togo on Friday, the company said, the latest step in ...
World Food Programme says food supply chains ‘falling apart’ in Ukraine
A World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Friday that food supply chains in Ukraine were collapsing, with key infrastructure such as bridges and trains destroyed by bombs and many ...
CAS upholds FIFA ban on Russian teams while court deliberates
Russia’s hopes of competing at the 2022 World Cup were effectively ended after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected a request from the Russian Football Union to freeze ...
Abramovich handed Chelsea director control of Cyprus-based firm on day of Ukraine invasion
By Andrew MacAskill and Paul Sandle
Russian businessman Roman Abramovich transferred a company he controlled with tens of millions of dollars of investments to a director of English soccer club ...
Microsoft data centres to heat Finnish homes, cutting emissions
Finnish utility Fortum (FORTUM.HE) said on Thursday it will use waste heat from two new Microsoft (MSFT.O) data centres to warm homes and businesses in and around the ...
Russia contemplates ‘parallel imports’ after top brands halt sales
Russia is considering allowing retailers to import products from abroad without the trademark owner’s permission, the competition regulator said on Friday, after global brands halted sales or stopped exports ...
Russians have up to $213 billion stashed offshore in Swiss banks
Switzerland’s secretive banks hold up to $213 billion of Russian wealth, the country’s financial industry association estimates, as sanctions on Russia give a rare glimpse inside Swiss vaults.
The ...
Russian sovereign bond payment received by JPMorgan and processed
Coupon payments on Russian sovereign bonds due this week were received by correspondent bank JPMorgan (JPM.N), processed and the bank then made an onwards credit to the paying agent ...
Holders Chelsea to face Real Madrid in Champions League, Man City v Atletico
The Champions League draw threw up a mouthwatering range of possibilities on Friday as troubled holders Chelsea were drawn to play 13-time winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
The three ...