July 13, 2022
Sri Lanka: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country on military jet
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country on a military jet, amid mass protests over its economic crisis. The country's air force confirmed the 73-year-old flew to the Maldives with his wife and two security officials. They…
February 26, 2022
Fighting reaches the outskirts of Kyiv
Putin urges Ukraine military to overthrow leaders Zelenskiy takes to the streets to rally citizens Artillery rounds and gunfire heard in Kyiv on Friday evening EU and Britain to freeze assets of Putin and Lavrov KYIV, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The…
February 22, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II tests positive for COVID; mild symptoms
LONDON -- Queen Elizabeth II tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and is experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms, Buckingham Palace said, adding that she still plans to carry on working. The diagnosis prompted concern and get-well wishes from across…
February 22, 2022
Putin orders troops into pro-Russian regions of eastern Ukraine
Kyiv and Lviv, Ukraine (CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into separatist-held parts of eastern Ukraine in what the Kremlin called a "peacekeeping" mission, just hours after he signed decrees recognizing the independence of the…
January 1, 2022
South Africa holds state funeral for Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The funeral mass for South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu has taken place at the Anglican cathedral in Cape Town. Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped end the racist regime in South Africa, died last Sunday aged……
December 30, 2021
US cities scale back New Year’s Eve events and urge people to scrap parties
Americans are again facing a stay-at-home New Year’s Eve as US political leaders and senior health advisers have urged people to scrap party plans and avoid larger public events as daily cases of Covid-19 break all previous records. In New York,…
December 30, 2021
EU mulls arms embargo, more sanctions on Myanmar after ‘appalling’ violence
(Reuters) - The European Union is ready to impose further sanctions on Myanmar after a new escalation of violence by the army and is also urging an international arms embargo on the country, its top diplomat said on Thursday. More than 30 people,…
December 29, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell convicted in Epstein sex abuse case
NEW YORK (AP) — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual…
December 22, 2021
Nigeria destroys 1M donated jabs
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria on Wednesday destroyed more than a million doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccines in a bid to assure a wary public that they have been taken out of circulation. The destruction came more than a week after health authorities…
December 22, 2021
Europe reinstates Covid restrictions
A swathe of European countries have introduced further coronavirus restrictions to battle the Omicron wave. Germany and Portugal were the latest two countries to introduce fresh post-Christmas restrictions in a bid to curb the new variant. Hans…