CNN reported that a 61-year-old man is planning to sail from the United States to France, travelling 4,000 miles on his lonesome. Peter Harley intends to row from Virginia Beach to La Trinité-sur-Mer, France. He expects the journey to take at least three months. “I’m not nervous,” Harley stated. “I’ve spent a lot of time … Read more
Boris Becker, a former German tennis player, was sentenced to two years and six months in prison by a London court on Friday for concealing hundreds of millions of pounds in assets after being declared bankrupt. Following a bankruptcy trial, Becker was found guilty of four offences under the UK’s Insolvency Act, including failing to … Read more
PARIS: Preliminary statistics released on Friday revealed that French inflation hit a new high in April, spurred by rising energy prices, putting pressure on newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron to implement anti-inflation measures promised during his campaign. Consumer prices grew 0.5 percent in April, for an annual rate of 5.4 percent, the highest since France … Read more
Fabrice Leggeri, a symbol of impenetrable European borders who has been accused of permitting illegal “pushbacks” of refugees, has resigned as the head of Frontex, the border agency announced on Friday. The announcement came after the Frontex board met for two days “in light of the European Anti-Fraud Office’s (OLAF) investigations against three staff employees, … Read more
During the UN Secretary-visit General’s to Kyiv, a radio journalist was killed in Russian forces’ nighttime strikes. Vira Hyrych was at home in Kyiv on Thursday night when a Russian missile damaged the building. On Friday morning, her body was recovered from the wreckage. The journalist worked for RFE/Ukrainian RL’s service and RFE/Ukrainian RL’s service. … Read more
LONDON – Following the arrest of the territory’s leader in the United States on accusations of alleged drug trafficking and money laundering, the UK government announced on Friday that it will send a minister to the British Virgin Islands. Following a sting operation by the US Drug Enforcement Agency, Premier Andrew Fahie and the BVI’s … Read more
British intelligence will help Ukrainian war crimes investigators identify the line of command between Moscow’s authorities and Ukrainian ground commanders. According to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, a team of UK war crimes experts will travel to Poland in early May to aid Ukrainians in gathering evidence of Russian atrocities on the ground. Experts in the … Read more
Mykhailo Vovchynskyi had just recently moved into his Kyiv flat when it was damaged by a “high precision” missile attack that Russia said was aimed at a factory across the street, a claim he found ominous. The massive blast on Thursday evening not only severely damaged the structure, injuring at least ten people, but it … Read more
Denmark just negotiated an arrangement with Kosovo to send their inmates there and pay them a large sum in exchange for hosting them. Food and electronics trade deals are normal, but Denmark and Kosovo have struck a one-of-a-kind agreement to import and export convicts. According to international media reports, Denmark will send 300 inmates to … Read more
The United Nations announced Friday that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to several West African countries beginning this weekend to emphasize the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the African continent. Following visits to Russia and Ukraine this week, Guterres is scheduled to arrive in Senegal on Saturday evening for an official visit … Read more
Only in 1991 did the House of Lords make marital rape illegal. This was only one of many facts brought to my attention by barrister Harriet Johnson’s riveting and forensically written book Enough: The Violence Against Women and How to End It. As I read it, I understood that the great steps that have been … Read more
In the race to buy Chelsea Football Club, a US group led by Todd Boehly, a banker and co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball franchise, has been chosen as the preferred bidder. The decision comes as UK chemicals tycoon Jim Ratcliffe attempted to gatecrash the transaction with a last-minute bid. Current owner Roman Abramovich … Read more
Russia’s campaign to seize control of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine is moving slowly and behind schedule According to a Pentagon official. Ukrainian troops’ stiff resistance and caution in the aftermath of Russia’s failure to capture Kyiv have resulted in “slow and uneven progress” in Donbas, the official told reporters. “We believe that essentially … Read more
After Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, a huge explosion killed more than 50 people, according to the mosque’s leader, the latest in a string of strikes on civilian targets in Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The incident occurred in the early afternoon at the Khalifa Sahib Mosque in the capital’s west, … Read more
Russia’s economy is in shambles as a result of tough sanctions imposed by the West in reaction to the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. While the ruble has made a dramatic comeback in recent months, returning to pre-war levels, the central bank expects sanctions to cause major economic loss this year. The country’s central bank reduced … Read more
According to his own account, Moscow businessman Ilias Sabirov had been supplying Russia’s military with high-performance computer chips manufactured in the United States for years. Then, in 2014, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, prompting the United States to impose a slew of new sanctions and export controls on Russia, including a ban on the sale … Read more
Hundreds of people demonstrated in front of the national assembly in Bangui on Friday, calling for a constitutional change that critics fear will be used to keep the Central African Republic’s president in power, according to an AFP correspondent. A proposal to change the constitution sparked the ire of civil society during reconciliation talks with … Read more
On June 9, the Pietro Mennea Golden Gala, part of the Wanda Diamond League, will feature a rematch between two world long jump champions and a rematch between the world and Olympic discus medalists. Malaika Mihambo, a German star, has dominated the women’s long jump in recent years, winning European gold in 2018, global gold … Read more
The Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss, has stated that investigators will be sent to Ukraine to seek evidence of Russian forces’ war crimes. Despite Moscow’s claims, Ukrainian officials and the International Criminal Court have been examining alleged Russian war crimes since the invasion began on February 24. “We will also use British … Read more
