The new British Prime Minister Liz Truss has selected a cabinet where for the first time a white man will not hold one of the country’s four most important ministerial positions.

President Vladimir Putin yesterday said it was “impossible” to isolate Russia and hailed Asia’s growing global influence, as Moscow looks east in the face of unprecedented Western sanctions over Ukraine.

The European Union proposed a price cap on Russian gas on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin threatened to cut off all energy supplies if it took such a step, raising the risk of rationing in some of the world's richest countries this winter.

A coalition of European news agencies, backed by funding from the European Commission, launched a new joint newsroom in Brussels yesterday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency yesterday called for the establishment of a security zone around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russia and the site of fighting in recent weeks.

The Conservative Party election has been proclaimed Liz Truss the winner, and she took over for Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom. But given the country’s cost of living issue, it won’t be an easy feat. As UK PM, she must address the following major issues:

Russia yesterday revoked the licence of a magazine launched by top independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, which had its own print licence revoked a day earlier.

The European Union is preparing emergency plans to cap gas prices or separate power prices from the soaring cost of gas - as well as longer-term reforms aimed at ensuring electricity prices reflect cheaper renewable energy.

Canadian police scoured Saskatchewan and neighboring provinces yesterday in a major manhunt for two fugitives suspected of carrying out a stabbing spree that killed 10 people and wounded 15.

Two men suspected of killing 10 people in a stabbing rampage that devastated an indigenous community in Canada were at large yesterday as authorities tried to determine a motive for attacks that shocked a nation where mass violence is rare.

It could be raining diamonds on planets throughout the universe, scientists suggested, after using common plastic to recreate the strange precipitation believed to form deep inside Uranus and Neptune.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader beloved of the West who lived long enough to see all the reforms he had championed in his homeland undone, was buried yesterday without state honours or the presence of the current Kremlin incumbent.

After a gruelling nationwide tour, a dozen hustings and three televised debates, Liz Truss appears poised to take over as the UK’s next prime minister heading into the close of voting by Conservative party members yesterday.

The EU’s foreign policy chief has voiced hope at reviving the Iran nuclear deal within days as Israel’s leader, a strong opponent, made his case with US President Joe Biden.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev due to scheduling issues, his spokesman said yesterday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to miss the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, denying the man who failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet empire the full state honours granted to Boris Yeltsin.

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev triggered an outpouring of tributes from Western leaders yesterday but reaction was muted in Russia, where many blamed the last Soviet leader for the loss of the country’s status as a global superpower.

The UN rights chief was set to release a long-awaited report on alleged violations in China’s Xinjiang region before leaving office later yesterday, despite strong

Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, has died at 91, Russian media reported Tuesday.

A 75-year-old Austrian citizen of Iranian origin, jailed in Iran on charges of espionage, has been given a five-day release from prison, his daughter told AFP yesterday.