Friday, April 26, 2024

World

King Charles to resume public duties next week

Britain’s King Charles III will resume public duties next week following “a period of treatment and recuperation,” Buckingham Palace announced Friday, two months after revealing that he was being treated for cancer. The...

Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned in New York

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction in New York has been overturned, on the basis that...

Russian deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov accused of taking bribes

A Russian deputy defence minister has been accused of taking bribes and remanded in custody by a court...

Fashion designer Nancy Gonzalez jailed for smuggling crocodile handbags into US

A celebrity handbag designer whose products have been used by Britney Spears and on Sex And The City...

TikTok faces US ban as bill set to be signed by Biden

The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It gives TikTok's...

Truck attacker kills dozens in Nice

PARIS – Dozens of people were killed in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday when a truck ploughed into crowds watching...

Trump to announce running mate Friday

WASHINGTON – Republican Donald Trump neared the end of his vice presidential search on Thursday, with Indiana Governor Mike Pence and former U.S. House...

Pokemon Go blamed for crimes but also aids embattled US police

NEW YORK – The Pokemon Go craze is blamed for several robberies of distracted mobile phone players, but the game's cartoon characters have also helped...

May names Boris Foreign Secretary

LONDON – Theresa May became Britain’s prime minister on Wednesday with the task of leading its complex divorce from the European Union (EU), and...

Race on for next UN chief

NEW YORK – Ten of the 12 candidates vying to be the next United Nations (UN) Secretary-General took part in live televised debates on...

Egypt orders Muslim preachers to deliver identical weekly sermons

CAIRO – Egyptian authorities said on Tuesday Muslim clerics would be required to read out identical pre-written weekly sermons as part of the government's...