LONDON, United Kingdom - Former prime minister Boris Johnson on Thursday defended his decision to delay a national lockdown during the UK's second wave of Covid, as he faced a second day of questioning at a public inquiry. Johnson also defended his use of the phrase "let it rip" during meetings...
LONDON (AFP) -- Disgraced former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales behaved inappropriately towards England players after the Women's World Cup final, according to Football Association chairwoman Debbie Hewitt. Former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales (AFP) World...
What makes Finland the happiest country in the world for the past six years? Finnish Ambassador to the Philippines Juha Markus Pykko explained that the ranking came from having a “well-functioning society” wherein people know where their taxes are going. Finnish Flag (Photo from Finnish...
PARIS, France - A man suspected of stabbing a German tourist to death near the Eiffel Tower was charged on Wednesday with carrying out a terror attack and placed in solitary confinement, his lawyer said. A forensic police officer works at the scene of a stabbing in Paris on December 2, 2023. A...
LAS VEGAS, United States - At least three people were hospitalized after a shooting at a US university on Wednesday, police said, with the suspect dead. Emergency crews and law enforcement respond to a shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus in Las Vegas on December 6, 2023....
WASHINGTON, United States - Republican senators blocked a White House request for $106 billion in emergency aid primarily for Ukraine and Israel Wednesday as conservatives balked at the exclusion of immigration reforms they had demanded as part of the package. The vote marked a...
WASHINGTON, United States - The president of Harvard University on Wednesday faced criticism and calls for her resignation over her comments at a Capitol Hill hearing on campus anti-Semitism. Claudine Gray The deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas militants has ignited tensions on many...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - The UN secretary-general, warning he expects public order in Gaza to break down completely and soon, struck a rare and powerful alarm bell in a letter Wednesday to the Security Council. TENT SHELTERS – This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar...
BOSTON, United States - US President Joe Biden called on Tuesday for global condemnation of what he said was "horrific" sexual violence by Hamas during the October 7 attacks on Israel. US President Joe Biden walks to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on December 5, 2023. Biden...
WASHINGTON, United states - Several Republican senators walked out of a classified briefing on Ukraine Tuesday as it descended into a row over the border crisis, after President Volodymyr Zelensky unexpectedly canceled a videolink appearance to appeal for continued US funding. (FILES) Ukrainian...
LOS ANGELES, United states - An off-duty US pilot who tried to shut down the engines of a commercial passenger plane in mid-flight has been indicted on 84 counts, prosecutors said Tuesday. (FILES) An Alaska airlines plane seen at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on January 11, 2023. An...
PARIS, France - Members of the Iranian security forces raped and used other forms of sexual violence against women and men detained in the crackdown on nationwide protests that erupted from September 2022, Amnesty International said Wednesday. Amnesty said in a report it had documented 45 such...
