‘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 ...
Greek prosecutor orders investigation into deadly floods
A prosecutor for Greece’s top criminal court has ordered a probe into the causes and handling of floods triggered by a storm that killed at least 15 people, swamped houses ...
Migrants ‘from all over the globe’ gather between California border barriers
Hundreds of migrants, including families, from Africa, Asia and Latin America gathered on Tuesday between the two massive border barriers that separate the United States and Mexico near San Diego, ...
Iraq jails police for failing to halt torching of Swedish embassy after Koran burning
An Iraqi court sentenced 18 police officers to prison after they were found guilty of failing to prevent protesters from setting fire to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in July over ...
Pennsylvania fugitive captured after two weeks on the run
A convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail was recaptured on Wednesday after eluding an expanding manhunt for two weeks and unnerving residents in the suburbs west of Philadelphia, ...
Israel recommends some wear masks indoors amid rise in COVID cases
Israel’s health ministry has advised people with compromised immune systems to wear masks in crowded indoor spaces as it marks an increase in COVID-19 hospitalisations ahead of the Jewish ...
US House’s McCarthy opens long-shot impeachment probe of Biden
Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday launched an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, propelling Congress toward a long-shot effort to remove the Democratic president following two impeachments ...
Libya storm death toll expected to swell as sea washes bodies ashore
Residents of the devastated Libyan city of Derna desperately searched for missing relatives on Wednesday and rescue workers appealed for more body bags, after a catastrophic flood that killed thousands ...
Spanish police arrest man for touching reporter’s bottom while live on air
Police in Spain arrested a man for alleged sexual assault of a journalist after he touched her rear while she was live on air, with the man’s actions prompting ...
ECB criticises new Italian tax on windfall bank profits
The European Central Bank (ECB) on Wednesday criticised the Italian government’s proposed tax on windfall bank profits, saying it did not consider lenders’ long-term prospects and could make some ...