Bobi loses ‘world’s oldest dog’ title, posthumously
Guinness World Records (GWR) has revoked the title of the “world’s oldest dog” it awarded a now-deceased Portuguese canine named Bobi last year, as it found no conclusive evidence ...
Israel hits Gaza’s Rafah; Hamas chief’s trip raises truce hopes
Israeli bombs on Rafah flattened a mosque and destroyed homes in what residents called one of their worst nights yet, while the Hamas chief was in Cairo for talks Gazans ...
Brazil’s Dani Alves jailed over nightclub rape
Catalonia’s top court on Thursday found former Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022, sentencing him to four and a half ...
Australian retired bishop charged with 19 sexual offences
A retired Roman Catholic bishop appeared in court in remote Western Australia on Thursday on charges of sexual offences against children, including two counts of rape.
The charges against Christopher ...
Shock in US after Alabama’s high court decision on frozen embryos
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Wednesday she believed frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization were babies, in comments seen as backing a controversial ruling by the ...
Casualties reported in suspected shooting attack near Jerusalem
A suspected shooting attack wounded six people on a highway on the outskirts of Jerusalem near the Maale Adumim settlement on Thursday, Israel’s ambulance service said.
Some of the ...
UK parliament descends into chaos over Gaza ceasefire vote
Dozens of lawmakers stormed out of Britain’s parliament on Wednesday with tempers flaring as the three biggest political parties sought to outmanoeuvre each other over a vote on a ...
World Bank: Emerging economies must grow ‘much faster’ to repay debt
The World Bank warned that high borrowing costs have “changed dramatically” the need for developing nations to boost sluggish economic growth.
The multilateral lender’s latest warning comes as international ...
Poland moves to summon central bank chief to state tribunal, PAP says
Lawmakers from Poland’s ruling coalition will submit a preliminary motion to put central bank chief Adam Glapinski before a state tribunal by the end of March, state news agency ...
King Charles to appear on UK banknotes from June
Banknotes featuring the portrait of King Charles will enter circulation in Britain from June 5, the Bank of England said on Wednesday, more than a year after unveiling their design.
The ...
Former London police officer convicted of multiple rapes
A former member of the Metropolitan Police has been convicted of multiple rapes, including of a child, London’s police force said on Wednesday, with some of the offences carried ...
Israeli parliament backs Netanyahu’s rejection of ‘unilateral’ recognition of Palestinian state
Israeli lawmakers voted on Wednesday to back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of any “unilateral” recognition of a Palestinian state as international calls have grown for the revival of ...
Gaza death toll rises to 29,313
Israel stepped up its bombardment of the southern city of Rafah, residents said on Wednesday, as the death toll in the war across the devastated Palestinian strip rose to 29,313, according ...
Biden administration to cancel another $1.2 billion of student loans
President Joe Biden’s administration said on Wednesday it is cancelling $1.2 billion worth of student loans for some 153,000 people who are eligible under a program used to make good on ...
Assange charged for ‘indiscriminately’ publishing sources’ names – US
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being prosecuted for publishing sources’ names and not his political opinions, lawyers representing the United States said on Wednesday as Assange fights to stop his ...
UK’s Trident nuclear-deterrent missile system misfires during test
Britain‘s Trident nuclear-deterrent system misfired during a test last month, sending a missile crashing into the ocean off the Florida coast near the submarine that launched it, The Sun ...
Turkey’s KAAN fighter jet conducts first flight
Turkey‘s KAAN, its first national combat aircraft, completed its first flight on Wednesday, part of the country’s efforts to upgrade its air force.
NATO member Turkey launched its ...
Ukraine outnumbered, outgunned, ground down by relentless Russia
As the Ukraine war enters its third year, the infantry of 59th Brigade are confronting a bleak reality: they’re running out of soldiers and ammunition to resist their Russian ...
Greek farmers join tractor protest in front of parliament for second day
Greek farmers honked their tractor horns in front of parliament on Wednesday after spending the night in central Athens as their protest against rising fuel and production costs stretched into ...
Israeli missile attack hits high-security district in Syrian capital
Several Israeli missiles hit a residential building in the Kafr Sousa district in Syria’s capital Damascus on Wednesday, Syrian state media reported.
The neighbourhood hosts residential buildings, schools and ...
China disappointed over US veto on Israel-Hamas ceasefire vote
China expressed “strong disappointment” over the United States blocking a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, Xinhua said on Wednesday, ...
Top UK pension fund Nest expects to lift private assets to 30 per cent of holdings
Nest, a 36 billion pound ($45 billion) UK workplace pension fund, expects to ramp up private assets holdings to as much as 30 per cent of its portfolio, in one of the most ...
UK’s Prince William: ‘Too many’ have been killed in Gaza war
Britain’s Prince William called on Tuesday for an end to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, saying the “sheer scale of human suffering” had brought home the need for peace ...
Greek ship attacked in Red Sea by Houthis arrives in Aden with cargo
The Greek-flagged bulk cargo vessel Sea Champion arrived in the southern Yemeni port of Aden on Tuesday after being attacked in the Red Sea in what appeared to have been ...