World

‘Your energy price ceiling will become price floor:’ Top Russian lawmaker warns Europe

Sep 09, 2022 12:27

Russia has denounced European attempts to cap Russian energy prices, saying such measures are doomed to fail and prices will rise far beyond the attempted artificial ceiling.
Raging wildfire in southern California triples in size, forcing evacuations

Sep 09, 2022 07:42

A raging wildfire outside Los Angeles in the US state of California has forced massive evacuations, spreading to 23,919 acres with five percent containment, according to reports.
N. Korea says it will never surrender nukes or give up right to self-defense

Sep 09, 2022 07:36

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has stressed that his country will never surrender its nuclear arsenal or use it as a bargaining chip for denuclearization with the US, state media said on Friday.
UN chief arrives in flood-hit Pakistan, urges 'massive support' from world

Sep 09, 2022 06:50

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Pakistan on Friday for a two-day visit to show support and solidarity with the South Asian country hit by devastating floods.
North Korea passes law allowing it to conduct preventive nuclear strikes

Sep 09, 2022 03:44

North Korea has passed a law, declaring itself a nuclear weapons state and enshrining the right to use preemptive nuclear strikes to protect itself.
Bannon, ex-Trump advisor, pleads not guilty in border wall scheme

Sep 09, 2022 03:36

Steve Bannon, the onetime top advisor to former US President Donald Trump, has pleaded not guilty to numerous new charges levied against him by officials.
Suspect arrested in Memphis after daylong shooting spree that killed four

Sep 09, 2022 03:13

A teenager has been arrested after an hours-long shooting spree across the city of Memphis that left four people dead in a series of separate attacks, including one that was broadcast live on Facebook, police said on Thursday.
Californians urged to cut power use during extreme heat

Sep 09, 2022 03:10

California's power grid urged customers to conserve energy for the ninth day in a row on Thursday as homes and businesses crank up their air conditioners to escape a brutal heat wave lingering over the drought-stricken region since the start of September.
Queen Elizabeth's death stirs calls in Caribbean for reparations, abolition of monarchy

Sep 09, 2022 03:01

The death of the UK's longest-reigning monarch and the subsequent coronation of her successor has rekindled the long-running debate about colonialism and how the British monarchy spawned systems of oppression and slavery worldwide.
UK's new PM called monarchy ‘disgraceful’ as a teenager

Sep 09, 2022 02:52

The newly appointed UK Prime Minister Liz Truss had called the British monarchy "disgraceful" as a teenager.