US President Donald Trump publicly urged his Attorney General Pam Bondi to take action against his prominent political enemies, California Senator Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James - both Democrats.
UK Prime Minister is expected to formally recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday, according to UK media reports. Starmer said in July that the move would contribute to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, something vehemently opposed by the Israeli government.
The UK and Portugal were on Sunday expected to recognise a Palestinian state ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York this week, where the so-called two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be front and centre. Thousands of Gazans on Saturday continued to flee Gaza City, the focus of the Israeli military’s expanded offensive. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
Its history echoes with grandeur. The first student, the son of the Maharajah of Alwar, arrived in 1875 with pomp, seated in a palanquin and accompanied by 300 servants. "We try to preserve a certain tradition of the past," said Saurav Sinha, principal of the school in Rajasthan's Ajmer. "But only to the extent it enriches our culture, and lets our students remember who they are, and where they come from." Nicknamed the "Eton of the East" and modelled after England's elite boarding schools, Mayo was founded by the British viceroy... Читать дальше...
Since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad in December, Saudi Arabia has showered the new leadership with millions of dollars in assistance and investment pledges in the hope of steering it further into the kingdom's sphere of influence, analysts told AFP. Syria was a battleground for outside powers throughout the conflict, with Iran and Russia backing Assad, and Turkey and the United States supporting various armed groups. As the Assad allies withdraw and Syria seeks to rebuild, Saudi Arabia... Читать дальше...
The vote, which Guineans and the international community have been awaiting for years, opens the way for stalled political elections in the West African nation. The country has been ruled with an iron fist by junta chief General Mamady Doumbouya since he overthrew elected civilian president Alpha Conde in 2021. Some 6.7 million Guineans will be able to cast a ballot, out of a population of approximately 14.5 million people, when polling stations open at 8:00 am (same time GMT) on Sunday. After polls close at 6:00 pm... Читать дальше...
The sartorial street known for dressing the world's elite, from royalty to spies, is celebrating its trainees at a showcase coinciding with London Fashion Week, which runs until Monday. "In the last year and a half, we've seen a big surge... of people applying for apprenticeships," said Simon Cundey, managing director and owner of Henry Poole & Co, one of the oldest bespoke tailors on Savile Row. For years, apprenticeships at the street's exclusive houses were informal and even unwelcome, with... Читать дальше...
The 75-year-old owner, Manfred Lindicke, said that rising global temperatures over the decades had helped his grapes sweeten and ripen earlier. "When I started here in 1996, we used to harvest around October 1," he said. "Now we start on September 1." The climate crisis may be wreaking havoc globally on island nations, deserts and coastal regions, and intensifying disasters from droughts and wildfires to hurricanes and floods. But in some regions, businesses have benefited from some of its impacts... Читать дальше...
The project, known as CIGEO, is meant to build an underground storage centre outside the northeastern village of Bure to bury the most dangerous waste from nuclear power plants and hold it for hundreds of thousands of years. Organisers said 2,000 people had taken to the street in Bure to protest the plan by the National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (ANDRA) -- though authorities put the number of demonstrators at around 700. "Get out, ANDRA!" protesters chanted under heavy police presence... Читать дальше...
