NASA names chief of UFO research; panel sees no alien evidence
NASA on Thursday said it has named a new director of research into what the government calls “unidentified anomalous phenomenon,” or UAP, while the U.S. space agency’s chief ...
Kremlin says Karabakh tensions rising, Armenia warns of ‘critical’ humanitarian situation
The Kremlin expressed concern on Thursday that tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh were increasing, as Armenia’s prime minister described the situation in the ...
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu to meet Elon Musk amid antisemitism storm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to California on Monday to meet Elon Musk, the tech entrepreneur accused by civil rights groups of amplifying anti-Jewish hatred on his X ...
Dominican Republic to shut Haiti border from Friday morning
The Dominican Republic will shut its entire border with neighboring Haiti from 6 a.m. (1000 GMT) on Friday, President Luis Abinader told reporters, amid a conflict over the construction of a ...
Biden’s son Hunter hit with criminal gun charge in US special counsel probe
U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden was criminally charged on Thursday, after efforts to reach a plea deal failed, leading to the first ever prosecution of a ...
Carrefour sticks price warnings on food to shame suppliers
French supermarket chain Carrefour has slapped price warnings on products from Lindt chocolates to Lipton Ice Tea to pressure top consumer goods suppliers Nestle, PepsiCo and Unilever to reduce inflation ...
Italy’s Lampedusa ‘in crisis’ with thousands of migrant arrivals
The small Italian island of Lampedusa is being overwhelmed by the number of migrants arriving on its shores, its mayor said on Thursday, after thousands of people landed from North ...
ECB raises rate to record high and signals end of hikes
The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate to a record high of 4% on Thursday but, with the euro zone economy in the doldrums, signalled this was likely to ...
Nigeria power grid collapse causes nationwide blackouts
Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies reported “a total system collapse” on Thursday, causing widespread blackouts across Africa’s biggest economy.
Power generation fell to zero in the early hours and ...
‘Smash the gangs’: Labour leader sets out plans for illegal migration
British opposition leader Keir Starmer said on Thursday a Labour government would set up a new police unit to tackle illegal migration and suggested he was open to a returns ...
Drug kingpin El Chapo’s wife released by US
Emma Coronel, the wife of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was freed in Los Angeles on Wednesday following her arrest in 2021 on drug trafficking charges, according to ...
North Korean security disinfected Kim’s chair at Putin summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s security detail spent several minutes disinfecting the chair that Kim sat on during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kommersant newspaper ...
Beijing blasts ‘protectionist’ EU probe as China EV stocks slip
Beijing on Thursday blasted the launch of a probe by the European Commission into China’s electric vehicle (EV) subsidies as protectionist and warned it would damage economic and trade ...
France halts sales of Apple’s iPhone 12 over radiation concerns, Belgium to follow?
Belgium said on Thursday it would review the potential health risks linked to Apple’s iPhone 12, becoming the latest European country to react after France ordered a halt to sales ...
Russia tells the United States: don’t lecture us over ties with North Korea
Russia on Thursday said the United States was hypocritical to criticise President Vladimir Putin’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because Washington had sown chaos and sent ...
British and Turkish foreign ministers discuss Cyprus issue
The Cyprus issue was among the topics discussed in Ankara by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his British counterpart James Cleverly.
According to a post by the Turkish foreign ...
Kim invites Putin to North Korea
Kim Jong Un invited Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin to visit North Korea during a rare summit, stoking U.S. concerns that a revived Moscow-Pyongyang axis could bolster Russia’s military ...
London police apologise and pay compensation to women held at vigil
London’s police force has apologised and paid “substantial damages” to two women detained at a vigil held in memory of Sarah Everard who was raped and murdered by a ...
BoE official says public need reassurance on digital pound and privacy
A “national conversation” is needed to assuage public fears that a digital version of the pound would allow the government to spy on them, Bank of England deputy governor designate ...
Russia’s VTB to launch cross-border money transfers to India
Russia’s VTB Bank (VTBR.MM) said on Wednesday that it will launch money transfers in Indian rupees by the end of September.
Retail customers will be able to send ...
Canada PM Trudeau dismisses talk of quitting, acknowledges public ‘grumbling’
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday brushed aside the idea he might quit due to poor polling numbers, saying he still had plenty of work to do, but acknowledged ...
Mexican Congress holds hearing on UFOs featuring purported ‘alien’ bodies
Mexican lawmakers heard testimony that “we are not alone” in the universe and saw the alleged remains of non-human beings in an extraordinary hearing marking the Latin American country’s ...
US will impose sanctions on Russia, North Korea for any new arms deals-State Dept
The Biden administration “won’t hesitate” to impose more sanctions on Russia and North Korea if they conclude any new arms deals, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
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Baby drowns during migrant rescue operation off Italy’s Lampedusa
A five-month-old baby boy drowned during a rescue operation off the Italian island of Lampedusa after a boat carrying migrants across the sea from North Africa capsized, ANSA and other ...