Trump tried to join Capitol riot

Former US president Donald Trump angrily lunged at his Secret Service driver and grabbed at the steering wheel of his limousine in a bid to join the crowd as it marched on the Capitol on the day of the deadly insurrection, an aide testified Tuesday. 
29 June 2022

Israel faces snap polls

Israel’s parliament is expected to dissolve yesterday, ending PM Naftali Bennett’s year-long tenure and triggering a fifth election in less than four
29 June 2022

Palestinian killed by Israel army in West Bank

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian early yesterday during clashes in the hotspot town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. 
29 June 2022

Russian invasion: Nato vows to modernise Ukraine’s military

Nato yesterday branded Russia the most “direct threat” to allied security after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and vowed to modernise the beleaguered Ukrainian military, saying it stood four-square with Kyiv in “the heroic defence of their country”.
29 June 2022

Scotland sets October 2023 for new independence vote

Scotland’s government on Tuesday drew the battle lines for a historic tussle with London as it announced plans to hold a second independence referendum on October 19, 2023. 
29 June 2022

Greece picks up 172 migrants in difficulty in Aegean

Greek coastguards said yesterday 172 migrants had been picked up from a wooden fishing vessel that was struggling in heavy seas as it sought to reach Italy.
29 June 2022

US must ditch ‘Trump method’ in nuke talks: Iran

Iran warned the US to abandon the “Trump method” yesterday after the two sides opened indirect talks to revive a nuclear deal that was torpedoed by the former American president.
29 June 2022

NATO invites Finland, Sweden to join

NATO invited Sweden and Finland on Wednesday to join the military alliance in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades after Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed Helsinki and Stockholm to drop their traditional of neutrality.
29 June 2022

India's biggest cement producer using Chinese yuan to import Russian coal

India's biggest cement producer, UltraTech Cement, is importing a cargo of Russian coal and paying using Chinese yuan, according to an Indian customs document reviewed by Reuters, a rare payment method that traders say could become more common.
29 June 2022

$68bn UK firm CEO quits job to “just sit at the beach, do nothing”

After announcing his resignation as CEO of Jupiter Fund Management Plc, a $67.9 billion asset management company, Andrew Formica caught everyone off guard.
29 June 2022

Boris Johnson says if Putin "were a woman", there'd be no Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have started the war in Ukraine if he was a woman, according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
29 June 2022

2 gunmen killed, 6 officers wounded during gunfight in Canada

Canadian police shot dead two men and six officers were wounded during a gunfight at a bank in British Columbia on Tuesday, and nearby homes were evacuated after the discovery of a possible explosive device, police said.
29 June 2022

Death of 51 migrants in Texas truck: 2 Mexicans charged

At least 51 migrants have died after being trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer truck found abandoned in Texas, authorities said on Tuesday, as two Mexican nationals tied to the unprecedented smuggling tragedy were charged in U.S. federal court.
29 June 2022

Trump wanted to join Capitol riot, tried to grab limo's steering: Aide testifies

Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his presidential limousine on Jan. 6, 2021, when his security detail declined to take him to the U.S. Capitol where his supporters were rioting, a former aide testified on Tuesday.
29 June 2022

Finland, Sweden back on track to NATO membership as Turkey lifts veto

NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden's bid to join the Western alliance on Tuesday after the three nations agreed to protect each other's security, ending a weeks-long drama that tested allied unity against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
28 June 2022

Jail escape bid: 49 inmates die, dozens hurt in Colombia

At least 49 inmates were killed and dozens more injured early yesterday during an attempted prison escape in southwestern Colombia, an official from the national prisons agency told AFP. 
28 June 2022

Argentina, Iran apply to join BRICS

Iran, which holds the world’s second largest gas reserves, has applied to join the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
28 June 2022

G7 to launch ‘climate club’

G7 leaders will create a “climate club” by the end of the year to allow willing nations to coordinate and speed up efforts to tackle global warming, they said in a statement yesterday. 
28 June 2022

‘A horrific human tragedy’

At least 46 migrants were found dead Monday in and around a large trailer truck that was abandoned on the roadside on the outskirts of the Texas city of San Antonio. 
28 June 2022

Armed robbers raid top int’l art fair in Netherlands

Armed robbers raided one of the world’s leading art fairs in the Dutch city of Maastricht yesterday, police said, with video showing them smashing a display case using a sledgehammer.  
28 June 2022