European bison reintroduced to the UK

As the sun rose on Monday over southeast England, three bison emerged from a corral into a new woodland home as part of an ambitious project to transform the natural environment.
19 July 2022

Court battle opens in Musk, Twitter buyout fight

The high stakes court battle between Elon Musk and Twitter kicked off yesterday, as the social media firm tries to force the entrepreneur to honour their $44 billion buyout deal.
19 July 2022

UK’s Sunak tops Tory MPs’ vote

Britain’s former finance minister Rishi Sunak again topped the latest vote by Conservative MPs to choose a new prime minister, as another candidate was
19 July 2022

Act now or risk tougher Covid measures later

European nations must accelerate vaccine uptake and bring back mask wearing to tackle a surge in Covid-19 cases driven by an Omicron offshoot and avoid
19 July 2022

The Brazilian Amazon: 18 trees lost per second in 2021

The Brazilian Amazon lost about 18 trees per second in 2021 as deforestation in the country increased by more than 20 percent, according to a satellite data-based report released Monday.
19 July 2022

Peace in Ukraine will be on Moscow’s terms: Medvedev

A senior Russian security official said yesterday that peace in Ukraine when it came would be on Moscow’s terms as Russian forces struck targets across the country with missiles even as their ground offensive stuttered.
19 July 2022

At 98, Italy's oldest student completes MA in history, philosophy

Giuseppe Paterno, who is 98, has become Italy's oldest graduate - again.
19 July 2022

Major fire incident declared in London as temperatures hit 40C

London's firefighting authority declared a major incident in the British capitalon Tuesday in response to the surge in fires amid a record-breaking heatwave in Britain and Europe.
19 July 2022

Rishi Sunak wins 4th round in race to become UK PM

Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak won the fourth round of voting in the contest to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday.
19 July 2022

EU to amend sanctions on Russia to allow food trade

The European Union will amend its sanctions on Moscow on Wednesday by allowing the unfreezing of some funds of top Russian banks that may be required to ease bottlenecks in the global trade of food and fertilisers, a draft document showed.
19 July 2022

Military strike on Syria will "benefit terrorists", Iran's Supreme Leader tells Erdogan

A military strike on Syria would destabilise the region, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan who is in Tehran for a summit on the Syrian conflict, state TV reported.
19 July 2022

Putin to hold talks with Turkey, Iran leaders in Tehran

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Iran starting Tuesday is intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow’s challenge to the United States and Europe amid its grinding campaign in Ukraine.
19 July 2022

Russia targets Ukraine’s long-range missiles

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered generals to prioritise destroying Ukraine’s long-range missile and artillery weapons after Western-supplied weapons were used to strike Russian supply lines.
18 July 2022

US school shooter faces death penalty at sentencing trial

A young man who gunned down 17 people at his former high school in Parkland, Florida went on trial yesterday, with jurors set to hand down either the death penalty or a life sentence.
18 July 2022

Ghana reports first cases of deadly Marburg virus

Two cases of the deadly Marburg virus have been identified in Ghana, the first time the Ebola-like disease has been found in the West African nation, health authorities announced Sunday.
18 July 2022

Content violations: Russia fines Google $370m

Alphabet’s GOOGL.O Google was fined 21.1 billion roubles ($373 million) by a Russian court for a repeated failure to remove content that
18 July 2022

UK TV debate axed over Tory image fears

Television bosses were yesterday forced to scrap a planned debate between contenders for the leadership of Britain’s Conservative party, as MPs voted again to narrow down the field.
18 July 2022

Nearly half of EU territory ‘at risk’ of drought

Researchers at the European Commission warned yesterday that nearly half of the EU’s territory is currently at risk of drought, as southwest Europe wilted under a punishing heatwave.
18 July 2022

Putin vows to overcome “colossal” high-tech problems due to West's sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to overcome the “colossal” high-tech problems the country is facing due to the onset of unprecedented Western sanctions over Ukraine.
18 July 2022

Crash of plane carrying defence products for Bangladesh: Greece complains to Serbia

Greece filed an official complaint with Serbia on Monday after a cargo plane carrying mortar ammunition crashed while attempting an emergency landing in northern Greece.
18 July 2022