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Iran says nuclear deal salvageable but will not negotiate forever
Iran said on Saturday it believes a reinstatement of its 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers is possible but warned that Tehran “will not negotiate forever”.
26 June 2021, 16:48 PM
Victims in Miami condo collapse came from around the world
A Filipino-American who loved to play the piano and her Chilean husband lived on the 10th floor of the building. One flight down were Cuban immigrant grandparents who had dreamed of retiring at the beach. And just a week ago, a young Paraguayan arrived to work as a nanny.
26 June 2021, 14:58 PM
British naval destroyer that angered Russia docks in Georgia
The British destroyer Defender, which angered Russia by sailing through waters off Crimea, docked at the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi on Saturday.
26 June 2021, 14:00 PM
Britain could face food shortages due to lorry driver crisis
Britain could face gaps on supermarket shelves this summer and an "unimaginable" collapse of supply chains after the pandemic and Brexit led to a shortage of more than 100,000 truck drivers, industry leaders have warned.
26 June 2021, 11:32 AM
Trudeau says Pope should apologize on Canadian soil for church's role in residential schools
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he has asked the pope to come to Canada to apologize for the Catholic Church's role running residential schools for indigenous children, after nearly 1,000 bodies were found in two mass graves.
26 June 2021, 07:03 AM
French woman who killed rapist stepdad-turned-husband walks free
A French woman who killed her rapist husband was spared more jail time on Friday (June 25) in a case that has become a rallying cause for feminists.
26 June 2021, 06:57 AM
3 killed, 5 seriously injured in Germany knife attack
Three people were killed and five seriously injured in a knife attack in southern Germany on Friday by a 24-year-old Somali immigrant, described by officials as having been placed under compulsory psychiatric treatment in recent days.
26 June 2021, 05:20 AM
Ex-cop to be sentenced for Floyd murder
Former policeman Derek Chauvin could be ordered behind bars for 30 years yesterday when he is sentenced for the murder of African American George Floyd.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Canada shaken by discovery
More than 750 unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic boarding school for indigenous children in western Canada, a tribal leader said Thursday -- the second such shock discovery in less than a month.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Most vulnerable may need booster shots every year
The World Health Organization (WHO) forecasts that people most vulnerable to Covid-19, such as the elderly, will need to get an annual vaccine booster to be protected against variants, an internal document seen by Reuters shows.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
EU leaders rebuff push for Putin summit
EU leaders yesterday said the bloc had rejected a push by Germany and France to relaunch meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin after fierce resistance from member states worried about Moscow’s aggressions.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Time is running out
The United States and France yesterday warned Iran that time was running out to return to a nuclear deal, voicing fear that Tehran’s sensitive atomic activities could advance if talks drag on.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Saline water for vaccine!
Indian police yesterday said that around 2,000 people were injected with fake Covid-19 vaccines in Mumbai, and another 500 -- some of them disabled -- may have suffered the same fate in Kolkata.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Khamenei gets homemade jab
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 81, yesterday received the first dose of a domestically produced coronavirus vaccine, his social media announced.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Martial arts school fire kills 18
At least 18 people were killed and 16 injured when a fire broke out at a martial arts school in central China in the early hours of yesterday, according to the local government.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Hazardous kiss
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock apologised yesterday for breaching social distancing guidelines after pictures appeared of him embracing and kissing his top aide, and the prime minister said he believed the matter was now closed.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1945 - The United Nations Charter was signed by 50 nations in San Francisco, creating a successor to the League of Nations. It became effective on October 24.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
A king who really cares
Wearing a baseball cap and knee-length traditional Gho robe, carrying a backpack, Bhutan’s king has walked through jungles infested with leeches and snakes, trekked mountains and quarantined several times in a hotel in the capital.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Quotes of the day
For me, Hungary has no place in the EU anymore.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte slams Hungary over new bill banning LGBTQ
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1950 - North Korea invaded the South, heralding the beginning of the Korean War.
24 June 2021, 18:00 PM