World

Ukraine prepares 'biggest blow' as it claims recapture of eight villages from Russia

Ukraine said it had driven Russian forces out of an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive and a defence official vowed Kyiv’s “biggest blow” lay ahead despite tough resistance from Moscow’s troops.

June 20, 2023 1:54 pm
 

World

UK parliament backs report that Boris Johnson lied over 'partygate'

Britain’s parliament delivered another blow to the political career of former prime minister Boris Johnson on Monday when it endorsed a report that concluded that he deliberately lied about rule-breaking parties.

June 20, 2023 12:27 pm
 

World

Ships, planes search for sub that went missing on trip to Titanic wreckage

U.S. and Canadian ships and planes searched for a submarine that went missing more than a day earlier off the coast of southeastern Canada while taking tourists to explore the wreckage of the Titanic, officials said.

June 20, 2023 11:30 am
 

World

Rome to open ancient square where Julius Caesar was killed

History buffs will be able to stroll close to the spot where legend says Julius Caesar met his bloody end, when Rome authorities open a new walkway on the ancient site.

June 20, 2023 10:20 am
 

World

US judge orders Trump lawyers not to release evidence in documents probe

A U.S. judge in Florida ordered defence lawyers for former President Donald Trump not to release evidence in the classified documents case to the media or the public, according to a court filing.

June 20, 2023 9:40 am
 

World

Voters back carbon cuts as glaciers melt

Voters in Switzerland have backed a new climate bill designed to cut fossil fuel use and reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

June 20, 2023 6:15 am
 

World

Attack on Vienna's pride parade prevented

Austrian security services said they had thwarted a planned attack on Saturday’s pride parade in the capital.

June 19, 2023 4:27 pm
 

New Zealand

New Zealand PM Hipkins to visit China, meet President Xi Jinping

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said he would visit China from June 25 to 30, leading a trade delegation that includes some of the country’s biggest companies.

June 19, 2023 3:40 pm
 

World

India government direct tax collections rise 11% in April-June

The Indian government said that its net direct tax receipts rose 11% year-on-year to 3.80 trillion Indian rupees ($46.39 billion) from April 1-June 17.

June 19, 2023 1:34 pm
 

World

Russia rejects U.N. help as death toll from breached dam rises

Moscow declined United Nations offers to help residents affected by the flooding from the breached Kakhovka Dam, the world body said, as the death toll rose and filthy water has forced the closing of beaches in southern Ukraine.

June 19, 2023 12:44 pm
 

World

Biden will announce $600 million in climate investments

President Joe Biden will visit Palo Alto, California and announce over $600 million in climate investments to help coastal communities around the country fight climate change, a White House official said.

June 19, 2023 11:34 am
 

World

Trump lacked power to declassify secret nuclear arms document

Even when he was president, Donald Trump lacked the legal authority to declassify a U.S. nuclear weapons-related document that he is charged with illegally possessing, security experts said, contrary to the former U.S. president’s claim.

June 19, 2023 10:34 am

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