Category: World

The world is falling well short of the action needed to avoid serious climate disruption from rising temperatures, a major new report has warned. A “global stocktake” compiled by the…

Elon Musk has sparked a backlash as he admitted his Starlink satellite communications network was not activated near the Crimean coast – effectively thwarting a sneak attack by Ukrainian forces…

Mexico’s Supreme Court has decriminalised abortion nationwide. The decision comes almost two years after the court unanimously ruled that penalising abortion is unconstitutional, in what was hailed a “watershed moment”…

Leaders of African nations needing to pay for expensive climate measures have called for a new global tax on polluting industries like fossil fuels, shipping and aviation to help raise…

Russian mercenary group Wagner will be declared a terrorist organisation, the Home Office has said.  A draft proscription order will be laid in parliament on Wednesday, which will make it…

The body of a young girl has been recovered from the sea off the coast of southern Ireland. A search operation was launched on Tuesday afternoon at Fountainstown Beach, near…

China’s economy has slipped into deflation as consumer prices declined in July for the first time in more than two years. Ballooning local government debt, weak import and exports, challenges…

Cancer cases among young people across the world have grown by 79%, according to an “alarming” study. Scientists estimated the increase in rates for those aged under 50 between 1990…

Google celebrated the 25th anniversary of its launch this week – and it’s hard to envisage what life was like before. Few companies have become so integral to society that…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said he is “excited to see the memes,” after posting a picture of himself wearing a black eye patch. The chancellor posted a picture of…

China’s President Xi Jinping will not attend the G20 summit in India this week as bilateral relations remain icy between the two countries. Relations between China and India have grown…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced he will replace his defence minister – marking the biggest political shake-up in Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022. In his nightly…

Ten days after India’s success in landing the first ever spacecraft on the southern side of the moon, the country has launched ‘Aditya L1’, its first mission to study the…

Ukraine might have thwarted Russian ambitions to subjugate the whole of the country, but it faces a herculean task if it is to expel Russian forces from occupied territories completely.…

Two Moroccan tourists on jet skis have reportedly been shot dead after straying into Algerian waters. They were among a group who lost their bearings off the Moroccan town of…

Black Sea grain exports are likely to be discussed when Vladimir Putin meets Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Monday. The Kremlin confirmed on Friday Mr Putin will entertain his…

Taking aspirin every day could lower the type 2 diabetes risk among people over 65, a study suggests. It found a 15% reduction in the condition and a slower rate…

The anonymous buyer of the world’s largest bottle of whisky has been revealed as a world-record breaking spirits aficionado in Vietnam. Viet Nguyen Dinh Tuan added the 5ft 11in tall…

The head coach of the Spanish women’s football team could be sacked today, as the fallout from ‘kissgate’ continues. The Spanish football federation (RFEF) is considering dismissing Jorge Vilda just…

Russia has “sunk” a number of vessels by the Crimean bridge using what analysts call a “200-year-old strategy” to defend itself against the emerging threat of Ukrainian sea drones. Satellite…