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US had no role in Russia mutiny
CIA Director William Burns called Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin after last week’s aborted mutiny in Russia to assure the Kremlin that the United States had no role in it, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
1 July 2023, 18:00 PM
NASA's Mars helicopter 'phones home' after no contact for 63 days
Long time, no speak: NASA has re-established contact with the intrepid Ingenuity Mars Helicopter after more than two months of radio silence, the space agency said Friday
1 July 2023, 06:58 AM
48 killed in horrific Kenya road crash
At least 48 people were killed when a truck lost control and ploughed into other vehicles and pedestrians at a busy junction in western Kenya on Friday, police said
1 July 2023, 02:11 AM
Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin dies at 89
Alan Arkin, a versatile and prolific American actor who thrived in both comic and dramatic roles and won an Oscar for playing a heroin-using grandfather in the 2006 film "Little Miss Sunshine," has died at 89, Variety reported on Friday, citing a statement from his family
30 June 2023, 14:05 PM
Police Killing: Hundreds arrested as France rocked by protests
French President Emmanuel Macron was to chair a new crisis meeting of ministers today after a third straight night of nationwide protests over the deadly police shooting of a teenager saw cars torched, shops ransacked and hundreds arrested.
30 June 2023, 08:02 AM
Taiwan says 11 Chinese aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line
Eleven Chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait today morning, an unofficial barrier between the two sides, Taiwan's defence ministry said, as China ramps up military pressure on the democratic island.
30 June 2023, 05:15 AM
South Africa to host BRICS summit despite Putin arrest warrant
South Africa said on Thursday it will host the BRICS bloc summit in August as planned, amid speculation that it may move to China so Russia's President Vladimir Putin can attend in a nation not obliged to arrest him on war crimes accusations
29 June 2023, 13:52 PM
After long wait, Virgin Galactic begins commercial spaceflights
Virgin Galactic is set Thursday to finally begin commercial spaceflights, a major milestone for the company founded in 2004 by British billionaire Richard Branson
29 June 2023, 06:41 AM
'Presumed human remains' discovered in Titan sub wreckage
Experts have recovered presumed human remains from what is left of the Titan sub that imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck, with the death of five people, the US Coast Guard said Wednesday
29 June 2023, 04:41 AM
Putin 'clearly losing' Ukraine war: Biden
US President Joe Biden said today that "pariah" Vladimir Putin is "losing" the war in Ukraine, but it is too early to tell whether the Russian president has been weakened by the mercenary Wagner group's aborted rebellion..Asked by reporters at the White House whether Putin is now weaker, B
28 June 2023, 16:11 PM
Macron deplores 'inexcusable' police killing of teenager
French President Emmanuel Macron today called the shooting dead of a 17-year-old by police during a traffic stop near Paris "inexcusable" in rare criticism of law-enforcement hours after the incident triggered unrest
28 June 2023, 15:07 PM
East Europe NATO allies say Wagner troops in Belarus spell trouble
Eastern European NATO countries on Tuesday warned that a move of Wagner's Russian mercenary troops to Belarus would create greater regional instability, but NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance is ready to defend itself against any threat
28 June 2023, 11:33 AM
Russia executed 77 civilian detainees in Ukraine: UN
Russia has executed 77 civilians being held in arbitrary detention in Ukraine, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday
27 June 2023, 09:08 AM
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims scale Mount Arafat
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims crowded Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat on Tuesday, the climax of a potentially record-breaking hajj pilgrimage held in fierce summer heat
27 June 2023, 04:45 AM
We didn't want to overthrow government: Prigozhin
Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday that a one-day mutiny by his Wagner force had been intended not to overthrow Russia's government but to register a protest over what he said was its ineffectual conduct of the war in Ukraine
26 June 2023, 20:32 PM
Putin thanks those Wagner fighters who helped avoid bloodshed
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday made a statement to the nation about Saturday's aborted armed mutiny in which he thanked Wagner mercenary fighters and commanders who had stood down to avoid bloodshed
26 June 2023, 19:55 PM
Willing to swap prisoners with US: Iran
Iran said yesterday it was hoping indirect talks with the United States could lead to a “positive” outcome for a prisoner swap.
26 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Russian air strikes kill 13 in Syria
Russian air strikes killed at least 13 people in rebel-held northwest Syria on Sunday, the deadliest attack on the country this year, a war monitor said.
26 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Montreal has worst air of any major city
Forest fires in Canada left Montreal blanketed with smog on Sunday, giving it the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a pollution monitor.
26 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Chained Indians rescued from debt slavery: rights body
About a dozen shackled workers in India were rescued from “torture” in a chain gang digging wells for 12 hours a day without wages, a government rights body said yesterday.
26 June 2023, 18:00 PM