The Bank of England has raised its key interest rate to the highest level in 13 years on Thursday as policymakers around the world combat inflation fueled by high energy prices, Russia’s war in Ukraine and lingering concerns about COVID-19. The central bank hiked rates […]
Israeli medics have said at least three people were killed in a stabbing attack near Tel Aviv on Thursday night. Police said the attacker fled in a vehicle. Security forces set up roadblocks in the area around where the killings occurred in the town of […]
One of Colombia’s most notorious drug traffickers shipped “outrageous quantities of cocaine” into the United States, a top US prosecutor has said, hours after Dairo Antonio Usuga was extradited to face charges in New York. Usuga, better known as Otoniel, is expected to be arraigned […]
A UN convoy is on its way to Mariupol to evacuate more civilians from the Ukrainian port city. UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths says Mariupol evacuations carried out so far offer “glimmer of hope”. The Ukrainian army says Russian troops made “unsuccessful” attempts to advance […]
For nine years, France was Mali’s staunchest ally in its fight against rebel fighters who have killed thousands of people and driven hundreds of thousands from their homes. Now, French forces are pulling out after a breakdown with the country’s military government which this week […]
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has warned that the invasion of Ukraine could be replicated in East Asia if leading powers do not respond as one, saying peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait must be maintained. Kishida, speaking in London via a translator after […]
Karine Jean-Pierre will be the next White House press secretary, the Biden administration has announced, as Jen Psaki is stepping down from the post next week. In a statement on Thursday, US President Joe Biden said Jean-Pierre would step into the press secretary role when […]
Oil jumped to the highest since late March after a report said the U.S. plans to seek bids this fall to replenish its emergency crude reserves. West Texas Intermediate jumped more than 3% to surpass $111. The Biden administration plans to seek bids for 60 […]
Rights groups have decried a decision by an Israeli court that paves the way for Israeli forces to forcibly expel Palestinian Bedouin communities in Masafer Yatta, an area in the southern occupied West Bank. Israeli human rights group B’Tselem called on the international community on […]
The US Senate will vote next week on a bill asserting that abortions are legal in the United States, Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said, in a push that will likely be blocked by Republicans. Speaking on the Senate floor on Thursday, Schumer suggested […]
