President Joe Biden and his wife Jill visited the site where a white gunman allegedly murdered 10 African Americans on Saturday. During his visit, Biden warned that the white supremacist ideology motivating the alleged gunman is tearing the country’s soul apart. The shooting happened in Buffalo, New York. President Joe Biden laid flowers and prayed … Read more
Soldiers are seen around piles of sand used for blocking a road in Ukrainian capital, Kyiv amid Russian attacks. Aytac Unal, Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The 42-member team from the ICC comprises investigators, forensic experts and support staff. The team will work with Ukrainian authorities and French experts who are already in Ukraine. … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Picture Alliance/Getty Images Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday that his purchase of Twitter would not go ahead unless he was given assurances on the bots that he says plague the platform, further complicating his acrimonious bid for the social media giant. The chief of SpaceX as well as Tesla, Musk … Read more
(Photo: Michele D’ottavio, EyeEm, Getty Images) Photo: Michele D’ottavio, EyeEm, Getty Images President Nayib Bukele launched war on criminal groups terrorising the country in March. A state of emergency was also announced following the death of 87 people in gang-related violence. El Salvador has also increased sentences for gang membership up to 45 years. … Read more
Elisabeth Borne becomes the second woman prime minister of France in 30 years. Edith Cresson briefly occupied the office in the early 1990s. Borne had a brief stint as environment minister in 2019 when she pushed through bicycle-friendly policies. French President Emmanuel Macron picked Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne as his new prime minister on Monday … Read more
French automaker Renault has handed over its Russian assets to the Russian government, both parties announced Monday, marking the first major nationalisation since the onset of sanctions over Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine. Renault controlled 68 percent of AvtoVAZ, the largest carmaker in Russia with the country’s top brand Lada, but was under pressure to … Read more
A Palestinian gunmen, brother of a prominent militant in the occupied West Bank, died in an Israeli hospital on Sunday, two days after being wounded in clashes with Israeli forces. The Palestinian Health Ministry announced Daoud Zubeidi’s death, citing information from Israeli authorities, and armed groups vowed revenge. He was the brother of Zakaria Zubeidi, … Read more
A gunman in the US was arraigned hours after shooting and killing 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York. The 18-year-old suspect drove from several hours away to a predominantly black neighbourhood and live-streamed the attack. Authorities said the attack would be investigated as both a hate crime and as an act … Read more
A silhouetted man (L), The grounds of Sergey Protosenya’s rented Catalonian villa (R). Getty Images, Google Streetview At least seven Russian oligarchs have been found dead in recent months. Some have died in suspected murder-suicides along with their wives and children. Several of the dead oligarchs had links to major Russian gas companies Gazprom and … Read more
Communal workers carry a body of a civilian man in town of Bucha, not far from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on April 3, 2022. US and NATO leaders voiced shock and horror at new evidence of atrocities against civilians in Ukraine, and warned that Russian troop movements away from Kyiv did not signal … Read more