A newly released cache of FBI files has revealed a potential plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during her 1983 visit to California

The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group yesterday said his troops had started transferring their positions in the flashpoint eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut to the Russian military.

At least a dozen Armenian journalists, NGO workers and officials had their phones hacked with the notorious Pegasus spyware while the country fought with Azerbaijan, a rights group said yesterday.

Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel were named Tuesday winners of the International Booker Prize with the novel “Time Shelter” -- a first for a book in Bulgarian.

British author Salman Rushdie said yesterday he was back at his writing desk after being repeatedly stabbed at an event last year in the United States.

The UK government yesterday announced a package of measures aimed at international students, including a ban on some family members, as ministers come under growing pressure to cut immigration.

At least 20 people were killed and several injured Sunday in a school dormitory fire in Guyana, the government said in a statement, with the nation’s president calling it a “major disaster.”

US President Joe Biden yesterday said the Group of Seven nations were agreed in their approach to China and the need to diversify their supply chains so they are not dependent on one country.

Climate advocacy group Greenpeace on Friday criticised Russia’s decision to label it an undesirable organisation, which criminalises its work, as absurd and destructive.

Russia’s Wagner private army claimed yesterday to have finally captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after the longest and bloodiest battle of the war, while Kyiv denied the city had fallen though it called the situation there critical.

Russian authorities have put International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan on a "wanted" list after the Hague-based court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin in March.

A billion people in 43 countries are at risk of cholera, the United Nations warned yesterday, and though the outbreaks could be stopped, the United Nations said resources were desperately lacking.

Nearly 337 million life years were lost in the two first years of the Covid-19 pandemic, as millions of people died prematurely, the World Health Organization said yesterday.

More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a study published on Thursday found. 

Ukraine said yesterday it had downed nearly an entire barrage of Russian missiles overnight, the latest in an “unprecedented” wave of aerial attacks on the capital Kyiv.

The world must halve single-use plastics and slash throwaway consumption to stem the tide of environmental pollution, according to a UN report yesterday that warns the next few years are critical.

Artificial sweeteners, used to replace sugar in a vast range of products, do not help in losing weight and can have serious health effects, according to the World Health Organization.

Ukraine said yesterday it had shot down six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a superweapon Moscow had previously touted as all but unstoppable.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday called Germany a “true friend” in his country’s battle against Russia, as Berlin pledged unwavering support for Kyiv ahead of a widely expected counter-offensive.

Germany averted a crippling 50-hour train strike as transport union EVG today called off the industrial action after reaching a wage deal with rail operator Deutsche Bahn.