Europe
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No place for white men in key Cabinet posts in Liz Truss govt
London: Liz Truss is expected to become UK Prime Minister on Tuesday and appoint a Cabinet featuring no white men in…
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Liz Truss trounces Rishi Sunak in Tory leadership battle, to be next UK PM
London: UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was on Monday announced the victor of the contest for the Conservative Party leader, defeating…
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Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader passes away at 91
Moscow: One of the most influential politicians of the 20th Century and former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev has passed…
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Body of missing man found on Swiss glacier after over 30 yrs
Berlin/Bern: The body of a man from Germany who has been missing since 1990 has been found on a glacier near…
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800 fire fighters battle blaze in German national park
Berlin: Some 800 emergency workers were battling a forest fire in Germany’s Saxon Switzerland National Park on Monday with little improvement…
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Truss, Sunak face off in TV debate for UK’s premiership
London: In yet another televised debate, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, the contenders for the UK’s Prime Ministerial race, faced off…
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‘UK will collapse into a year-long recession by the end of 2022’
London: The UK will collapse into a year-long recession by the end of 2022 — its longest since the 2008 financial…
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Indian-American Congressman Krishnamoorthi visits Taiwan with Speaker Pelosi
New York: Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi visited Taiwan as a member of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosis delegation that drew Beijings…
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Sunak, Truss clash over tax plans ahead of debate
London: Former British Chancellor Rishi Sunak launched a fresh attack on the incumbent Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’s plans for tax cuts…
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New wildfires in France force evacuation
Paris: Wildfires in France’s department of Ardeche have burnt 900 hectares of land and forced evacuation in different cities. According to…
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Britain blocks University of Manchester to sell camera tech to Chinese firm
London: In a first, the UK government has blocked University of Manchester from sharing motion camera technology with a Chinese firm…
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Nord Stream 1 resumes gas deliveries to Germany after maintenance
Berlin: Gas deliveries through the German-Russian pipeline Nord Stream 1 resumed on Thursday morning after 10 days of maintenance, the German…
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Britain’s inflation hits fresh 40-year high as fuel, food prices surge
London: Amid rising prices for motor fuels and food, Britain’s Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 9.4 per cent in the…
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UAE President visits seat of French National Assembly in Paris
Paris: UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited the Palais Bourbon in Paris, the seat of the French National…
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Authorities on alert for toxic fumes after cargo plane crash in northern Greece
Athens: Greek authorities were on alert for toxic fumes after a Ukrainian cargo airplane crashed near Kavala city in northern Greece,…
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Russia storing weapons in nuclear plant
Kyiv: Russia has deployed multiple missile systems on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, as per Ukrainian officials, media…
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Boris Johnson wants ‘anyone but Rishi’ to replace him
London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pushing for failed Tory leadership candidates to back “anyone but Rishi” Sunak, it was…
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UK issues first-ever red warning for extreme heat
London: The Met Office of the United Kingdom (UK), the country’s national weather service, on Friday issued a red warning for…
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Sunak still on top in UK PM race, Suella Braverman out
London: UK’s former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak still remained on top in the race to succeed Prime Minister Boris…
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Emirates blasts Heathrow ‘incompetence’ over ‘airmageddon’
London: Emirates airline has blasted one of the world’s busiest airports for its “incompetence” in failing to handle a surge in…