Al Jazeera: Since the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran six months ago, petrol prices have risen in at least 145 countries, adding to the burden on consumers worldwide. The figures are based on data from GlobalPetrolPrices, which tracks fuel prices in 170 countries and territories. Petrol prices in Myanmar rose the […]
BBC: Andy Burnham is marking his first foreign visit as prime minister with a trip to Kyiv – and will hand over blueprints so Ukraine can build its own long-range missiles. The prime minister will chair his first meeting of the “coalition of the willing”, set up by the UK and France under his predecessor, […]
BBC: After almost 30 years of rescuing people up and down Ireland’s coastline from helicopters, Jim O’Neill thought he’d seen almost everything. That was until the call came in just before last Christmas. The French fishing vessel Fastnet, and its 14-strong crew, was stranded on rocks in County Kerry, having suffered engine failure while leaving […]
Al Jazeera: The United States has imposed 50 percent tariffs on about $20bn worth of Canadian goods after trade negotiators from the two countries failed to finalise a trade deal despite three days of talks in Washington, DC. With a deadline imposed by US President Donald Trump expiring at 12:01am Eastern Time (04:01 GMT) on Saturday, US […]
BBC: Fourteen people were killed in military air strikes at a monastery in Myanmar early on Friday, opposition fighters and a local rescue worker have said. All of those killed were elderly and a number of monks were also injured, the rescue worker told BBC Burmese, adding that the site was struck twice. The attack […]
BBC: TikTok has agreed to pay $400m (£293m) to the US to end a lawsuit alleging its platform violated children‘s privacy, marking one of the largest ever settlements over the issue. The deal stems from a 2024 suit by the Department of Justice under former President Joe Biden alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance […]
BBC: One person has been killed in a sword attack at a high school in central Sweden, authorities have said. Police were called to the Brinell School in Fagersta shortly after 14:00 local time (13:00 BST) on Friday, where officers arrested an 18-year-old man. In an update on Friday, police said officers fired at the […]
BBC: A plane crash at a remote US Air Force site in Alaska has killed all eight people on board, the US military has said. The civilian-contracted aircraft crashed shortly after midday local time (20:00 GMT) on Thursday near Cape Newenham, which hosts the airport of a long-range radar site. The US Army Corps of […]
(Reuters) KYIV, Aug 21 – Ousted Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov will go to the United States to raise money for new defence technology projects as he seeks new ventures after losing his post, a source close to the former minister told Reuters. Fedorov’s dismissal from the defence ministry in July led to weeks of […]
BBC: A rare collection of handwritten notes by Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi has been sold for $1.69m (£1.3m) at an auction in Mumbai city. The notes, owned and preserved by the family of close associate and freedom fighter Anand T Hingorani, include 688 of Gandhi’s handwritten messages on truth, non-violence and self-restraint written between […]
