It’s been a bad day for Boris Johnson, but he could still ride out the Partygate scandal
It is now a statement of fact that the Prime Minister broke the law. He is thought to be the first British PM in history to be punished for doing so while in office and — were he to follow protocol — he would now resign from his post. Downing Street has confirmed that Johnson has been fined by London’s Metropolitan Police as part More...
Kremlin-connected children grew up in the very countries whose societies their parents claim to reject
CNN — Theirs is a world of private jets, posh Parisian apartments, Austrian ski vacations and schooling at elite universities in London and New York. Their More...
Indonesia passes landmark sexual violence bill, overcoming conservative opposition
A majority of lawmakers backed the bill at the plenary session in parliament, overcoming opposition from some conservative groups in the world’s biggest Muslim majority country after six years of deliberation. “We More...
Mexican truck drivers block major US-Mexico point of entry in protest of Texas border inspections
Reynosa Mayor Carlos Peña Ortiz declined to comment on the matter. Last week, Abbott’s office announced several actions in response to President Joe Biden’s plans to lift Title 42, a Trump-era pandemic More...
Philippines Megi: Tropical storm Agaton leaves at least 25 dead in landslides, floods
The storm — known in the Philippines as Agaton — made landfall on Sunday with sustained winds of up to 65 kilometers (40 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 80 kph (49 mph). Megi is the first storm More...
Shehbaz Sharif: Pakistan’s parliament votes in new prime minister after Imran Khan ousted
Sharif, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party and younger brother of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, received 174 out of 342 votes in Monday’s vote in parliament and is set to serve as More...
French election: Emmanuel Macron to face Marine Le Pen in French presidential election runoff
Centrist Macron and Le Pen, a long-time standard-bearer for the French far-right, were the top two candidates in the first round of Sunday’s vote, picking up 27.8% and 23.2% of the ballots respectively, More...
Adorable baby pademelon born at Chester Zoo
The youngster was actually born a few months ago, but this is the first time zookeepers caught the baby peeking out from his mother’s pouch. The zoo, which is based in Chester, England, shared a video More...
Israel, West Bank on edge as three deaths in separate incidents highlight sky-high tensions
In the first incident, on Sunday morning, a 47-year-old woman was shot as she approached a checkpoint near the West Bank village of Husan. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the woman as Ghada Sbatin, More...
Lockdowns in Shanghai and other Chinese cities pose growing threat to the economy
Shanghai — home to China’s leading financial center and some of its largest sea and airports — has been under lockdown for 12 days, and there’s no sign of it ending. Small businesses have been More...