French National Rally has new leader Bardella to replace Le Pen
PARIS France’s far-right National Rally (RN) has confirmed 27-year-old Jordan Bardella as the replacement as party leader for Marine Le…
Shyam Saran Negi: Man dubbed ‘India’s first voter’ dies aged 105
NEW DELHI — The man dubbed “India’s first voter” has died at the age of 105. Shyam Saran Negi is…
South Korea miners survive nine days underground on coffee
SEOUL — Two miners who spent nine days trapped in a collapsed South Korean zinc mine living on instant coffee…
Musk defends mass layoffs saying he had ‘no choice’
NEW YORK — Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, has defended laying off around half of the online platform’s…
Italy silent as ships with 1,000 rescued migrants seek help
ROM Humanitarian groups caring for nearly 1,000 rescued migrants on three ships in the central Mediterranean are sounding an alarm…
Finland Prime Minister Marin cleared of wrongdoing over summer ‘partygate’ videos
HELSINKI Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has been officially cleared of breaching any ministerial rules for partying with friends in…
Drunken man shoots ‘flare gun’ in Russian bar, sparking blaze that kills 15
MOSCOW — A “drunk man” fired a “flare gun” in a bar in Russia, sparking a blaze that killed 15…
Putin endorses Kherson ‘evacuations’, Kiev condemns ‘forced displacement’
MOSCOW/KIEV — Vladimir Putin on Friday publicly endorsed the evacuation of civilians from parts of Ukraine’s Kherson region — his…
Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group opens first official HQ in St Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG — The Russian paramilitary group Wagner opened its first headquarters in St Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, an AFP…
Despite diplomacy, Hungary & Turkey still blocking Sweden and Finland from NATO
BRUSSELS — In the corridors of power in Stockholm and Helsinki, the celebrations are on ice. After four months, 28…