Ukraine downs 13 Russian missiles

Ukraine said yesterday it had downed an entire barrage of 13 cruise missiles fired by Russian forces overnight targeting an airfield in the west of the country. “Thirteen of the occupiers’ cruise missiles were destroyed on June 23....
23 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Rich nations pledge to unlock billions of dollars

Multilateral development banks like the World Bank are expected to find $200 billion in extra firepower for low-income economies by taking on more risk, a move that may require wealthy nations to inject more cash, world leaders said yesterday.
23 June 2023, 18:00 PM

EU holds crisis talks with Serbia, Kosovo

The European Union yesterday held crisis talks with the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo, as the bloc seeks to ease the latest spike in tensions.
22 June 2023, 18:00 PM

WB unveils debt payment pause for disaster-hit nations

The World Bank chief announced a raft of measures yesterday to aid countries hit by natural disasters, including a pause in debt repayments to the lender, at a gathering of world leaders in Paris to give impetus to a new global finance agenda.
22 June 2023, 18:00 PM

4,000-yr-old sanctuary found in the Netherlands

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old sanctuary made up of ditches and burial mounds in the central Netherlands that they believe may have served a similar purpose to Stonehenge.
22 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Europe world’s fastest warming continent

Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping report yesterday, noting the world’s fastest-warming continent was some 2.3 degrees Celsius hotter last year than in pre-industrial times.
19 June 2023, 18:00 PM

8 villages retaken in two weeks

Ukraine confirmed yesterday it had driven Russian forces from an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive in a heavily fortified part of the front line on the most direct route to the country’s Azov Sea coast.
19 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Number of migrants arriving in UK in boats tops 10,000 this year

The number of people arriving in the UK in small boats has reached over 10,000 since the start of the year, UK government figures showed yesterday.
18 June 2023, 18:00 PM

117 migrants rescued in Mediterranean

Spanish charity Open Arms said it rescued 117 migrants yesterday crowded onto a precarious wooden boat from Libya in the latest such perilous crossing over the Mediterranean sea.
17 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Putin meets UAE leader Hails ties

President Vladimir Putin hailed Russia’s ties with the United Arab Emirates yesterday as he met the leader of the oil-rich nation, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, in Saint Petersburg.
16 June 2023, 18:00 PM

World saw hottest early June ever: EU

Average global temperatures at the start of June were the warmest the European Union’s climate monitoring unit has ever recorded for the period, trouncing previous records by a “substantial margin”, it said yesterday.
15 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Russian strikes kill 6 in Ukraine

Russian missile attacks killed three people in the Black Sea city of Odesa and three in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine yesterday,
14 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Extreme weather killed 195,000 in Europe since 1980

Extreme weather conditions in Europe have killed almost 195,000 people and caused economic losses of more than 560 billion euros since 1980, the European Environment Agency said Wednesday.
14 June 2023, 01:40 AM

Ex-Italian PM Berlusconi dies at 86

Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul and former Italian prime minister who transformed the nation’s politics with polarising policies and often alarmed his allies with his brazen remarks, died yesterday aged 86.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Unesco says US plans to rejoin body from July

The United States plans to rejoin Unesco from July this year, ending a lengthy dispute that saw Washington end its membership in 2018, the UN cultural agency announced yesterday.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM

King Charles III takes to saddle to restore royal tradition

King Charles III will become the first reigning British monarch in more than 30 years to take the salute from troops on horseback at the annual Trooping the Colour, Buckingham Palace announced yesterday.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Scottish leader says he will not suspend predecessor Sturgeon

Scotland’s leader Humza Yousaf said yesterday he will not suspend the party membership of his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon, following her arrest as part of a police probe into the ruling party’s finances.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Scots ex-leader Sturgeon held

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested yesterday, the BBC and Sky reported, after Police Scotland said a 52-year-old woman was in custody being questioned as part of its investigation into the Scottish National Party’s funding.
11 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Russia blew up dam to prevent offensive

The Khakhovka dam was blown up by Russian forces to prevent Ukrainian troops from advancing in the southern Kherson region, deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said yesterday.
11 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Could a 4-day workweek help the climate?

Working five days a week is standard practice in the Western world, but things weren't always that way.
11 June 2023, 06:47 AM