Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison secretly appointed himself to five key ministries during the coronavirus pandemic. Former PM has defended the move, saying he felt sole responsibility for the nation. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will seek legal advice on the legality of Morrison’s actions. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on … Read more
Governor Eric Holcomb is the latest US official to visit Taiwan, defying Chinese pressure to avoid such visits. China claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory. Holcomb will meet Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and semiconductor companies. The governor of Indiana arrived in Taipei on Sunday, becoming the latest US official to visit Taiwan and … Read more
Colombia’s new president reinstates peace talks with left-wing guerrilla group. Gustavo Petro suspends arrest warrants and extradition requests for members of the National Liberation Army. The ELN was founded in 1964 by radical Catholic priests. Previous peace talks were called off in 2019. Colombia’s new president announced on Saturday that he was suspending arrest … Read more
Pope Francis calls for an “open and sincere” dialogue between the Church and the government. He made his first comments on the crisis in Nicaragua following the arrest of a bishop. Bishop Rolando Alvarez is a vocal critic of President Daniel Ortega’s government. Pope Francis called for a “open and sincere” dialogue between the Church … Read more
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tested positive for COVID-19. Forced him to cancel a planned trip to Tunisia to attend a conference on African development. Comes as Japan experiences a record resurgence in coronavirus cases. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, he tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him to cancel a planned trip to Tunisia … Read more
Russian President Vladiir Putin agrees to allow inspectors to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Fighting near the site has raised the prospect of a disaster worse than Chernobyl. A US defense official says Ukraine’s forces have halted the Russian advance. Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to allow independent inspectors to visit the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia … Read more
An 81-year-old man has died following a collision involving three vehicles in South Lanarkshire. The incident took place on the A721 Kilncadzow Road in Carluke on Tuesday. The male driver of the third vehicle, a white Audi, walked away unharmed from the accident. A collision involving three vehicles in South Lanarkshire resulted in the … Read more
Indonesia confirms its first monkeypox infection, which was discovered in a person who had returned from an unidentified country. The 27-year-old male tested positive late Friday in Jakarta, the health ministry says. So far, it has tested 22 suspected cases from across the country and all have come back negative. Indonesia had confirmed its … Read more
An Ebola-related death occurred in the city of Beni, which was one of the centres of an outbreak that occurred from 2018 to 2020. The virus causes fever, body aches, and diarrhoea. It is naturally contained in Congo’s dense tropical forests, which are a natural reservoir for the virus. World Health Organization on Saturday, … Read more
Olaf Scholz praised Alexei Navalny on the second anniversary of his attempted poisoning. Navalny was sentenced to 11 1/2 years in prison after being found guilty of parole violations, fraud, and contempt of court. The 46-year-old returned to Russia in 2021 after being treated in Germany for what Western laboratory tests revealed was an attempt … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Algeria next week. It will be his second official visit to the North African country, which has strong commercial ties with France. Relations between Macron and Tebboune deteriorated last year after remarks made by the French president about Algeria’s history. French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Algeria next … Read more
China’s President Xi Jinping is expected to visit Saudi Arabia in the coming months. Relations between China and Saudi Arabia are being strengthened on multiple fronts. Russia surpassed Saudi Arabia as China’s top oil supplier for the second month in a row last month. Only a few weeks before Biden’s visit, Chinese President Xi … Read more
Body of Angola’s former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos is scheduled to arrive in Luanda on Saturday. Dos Santos died in Spain in July at the age of 79 after a long illness. Some fear repatriation of his body could be used to divert attention from the election campaign. The body of Angola’s former President … Read more
Three firefighters, four emergency medical personnel and two drone operators are among the dead. They were attending an earlier accident on a highway near the city of Gaziantep. Turkey has a poor track record when it comes to road safety. Sixteen people were killed on Saturday in southeast Turkey when a bus collided with emergency … Read more
Attack on Voznesensk was described as “another act of Russian nuclear terrorism” by the state-run Energoatom. The attack damaged several private houses and a five-story apartment building. The town is about 19 miles from the Pivdennoukrainsk Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine’s second largest. A Russian missile struck a residential area of a southern Ukrainian town near … Read more
The UN is collaborating with the United States and European Union to overcome barriers to Russian food and fertiliser reaching global markets. More than 650,000 metric tonnes of grain and other food have already been exported under a U.N.-brokered deal agreed in Turkey last month. Ukraine’s grain exports have been cut off since Russia’s invasion … Read more
Russia accuses Ukraine of poisoning some of its servicemen in late July. Interior ministry adviser in Ukraine says alleged poisoning could have been caused by Russian forces eating expired canned meat. The Russian defence ministry announced an additional investigation into the illness of Volodymyr Saldo. Russia’s defence ministry accused Ukraine on Saturday of poisoning some … Read more
A man has been charged in the abduction and sexual assault of a six-year-old girl. Lewis Jones, 23, is accused of two counts of sexual assault by penetration and one count of abduction. The girl was reunited with her family shortly after the assault in Tameside. A man has been charged in the abduction … Read more
