UK to work with Belgium, Bulgaria and Serbia to tackle people smuggling
October 05, 2023 5:34 AM British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will agree bilateral initiatives with Belgium, Bulgaria and Serbia on Thursday aimed at tackling organised crime linked to illegal migration,…
Relatives arrive in Italy for loved ones after deadly Venice bus crash
October 05, 2023 5:15 AM Twenty-one people, including a toddler, were killed, when a bus carrying tourists broke through an overpass guardrail and fell to the ground. Read More
Canada apologises for top honour awarded to ex-Nazi soldier in 1987
October 05, 2023 5:15 AM OTTAWA – Canada’s Governor-General Mary Simon has apologised for a top Canadian honour awarded in 1987 to a former Nazi soldier who moved to Canada…
Wildfire on Spain’s Tenerife forces 3,000 people to evacuate
October 05, 2023 5:15 AM MADRID – A wildfire raging on Spain’s holiday island of Tenerife amid unseasonably hot temperatures forced the evacuation on Wednesday of around 3,000 people from…
Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan bid to fill top job in leaderless US House
October 05, 2023 3:06 AM Republican lawmakers emerging from a private meeting mainly named the two as leading candidates. Read More
Kyiv expects first results on US-joint air defence production by year-end, says minister
October 05, 2023 3:03 AM The two countries have already started working on joint production. Read More
Ukraine’s economy set to continue to grow next year, deputy head of IMF mission
October 05, 2023 3:02 AM Growth is expected to be close to the IMF’s upper estimate of 3 per cent. Read More
Kenya President reshuffles cabinet, swaps foreign affairs minister
October 05, 2023 2:54 AM Kenya’s President William Ruto on Wednesday reshuffled eight members of his cabinet, and folded the foreign affairs ministry into the office of the chief minister.…
Mexico declares country free of H5N1 bird flu
October 05, 2023 2:39 AM Mexican authorities declared the country free of H5N1 avian influenza almost a year after starting a bird vaccination campaign in high-risk areas to prevent its…
Biden says he is worried Republican infighting could hurt Ukraine aid
October 05, 2023 2:34 AM U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he is worried Republican infighting in Congress could hurt Ukraine aid and promised to deliver a speech…