‘It remains our brand’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has described beautiful women as part of the country’s “brand”, prompting a furious backlash from activists and on social media yesterday.
18 June 2019, 18:35 PM

300,000 flee Congo violence in two weeks

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled inter-ethnic violence in northeastern areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past
18 June 2019, 18:27 PM

Russia says victim of US cyberattacks ‘for years’

The Kremlin yesterday said Moscow had been the victim of US cyberattacks “for years” following a New York Times report that
18 June 2019, 18:27 PM

UN calls for probe into death of Morsi

The UN yesterday called for an “independent inquiry” into the death of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who died in state custody.
18 June 2019, 18:27 PM

Russia frees editor after outcry

A Russian court yesterday released a newspaper editor and former lawmaker, who had been held on extortion charges, after an outcry
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Johnson gets boost in race for UK PM’s job

Boris Johnson got a boost in his campaign to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday when one of his former rivals and EU
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM

US mulls military options

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the United States is “considering a full range of options” regarding rising tensions
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Outbreak not a ‘global’ emergency

The World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo does not qualify as an international threat, despite the spread of the virus to neighbouring Uganda carried by an infected family.
15 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Britain bans 'harmful' gender stereotypes from ads

Ads featuring "harmful gender stereotypes" which are likely to cause offence will be banned in Britain under new rules that could have a major impact on the industry.
15 June 2019, 05:32 AM

Ocean wildlife to shrink by 17pc

Climate change is set to empty the ocean of nearly a fifth of all living creatures, measured by mass, by the end of the century, researchers have calculated.
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Putin to visit Saudi Arabia in October

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia, a traditional U.S. ally in the Middle East, in October this year, Saudi Energy
10 June 2019, 18:00 PM

HK vows to push ahead

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam yesterday vowed to push ahead with amendments to laws allowing suspects to be extradited to
10 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Hunt: EU willing to renegotiate

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, a contender to replace Theresa May as prime minister, yesterday said that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had indicated the EU was willing to renegotiate the Brexit divorce deal.
9 June 2019, 18:00 PM

May quits as party leader

British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of her Conservative Party yesterday, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brexit.
7 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Explosion in southern town in Sweden injures 25, cause unclear

A powerful explosion in the southern Swedish town of Linkoping damages buildings and lightly injured 25 people, police say.
7 June 2019, 10:44 AM

UK's May quits as party leader

British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of her Conservative Party, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brexit.
7 June 2019, 07:46 AM

Swedish court rejects request to detain Assange

A Swedish court yesterday rejected a request to detain Julian Assange over a 2010 rape case, dashing the prosecutor’s hopes of having
3 June 2019, 18:00 PM

New questions over Merkel’s coalition as SPD chief resigns

The leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s junior coalition partner SPD said yesterday she was resigning as her party’s chief, raising the
2 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Bolton wants UK to leave EU: report

The United States wants Britain to leave the European Union as it would strengthen the Nato military alliance and show respect for the result of 2016’s referendum, US National Security Advisor John Bolton said in an interview published on Friday.
1 June 2019, 18:00 PM

7 South Koreans die; 21 missing

Hungarian rescuers were hunting for survivors yesterday after one of the country’s worst boat disasters that left seven South Korean tourists dead and 21 others still missing.
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM