Russia says its forces have seized control of the eastern Ukrainian town of Soledar after weeks of intense battles but Kyiv said its troops were still fighting in the town. The Russian defence ministry claimed on Friday that its forces had wrested control of the […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook will take a more than 40 percent pay cut this year from a year earlier as the company adjusts how it calculates his compensation partly based on a recommendation from Cook himself. Apple Inc said in a regulatory filing late Thursday […]
A gas pipeline connecting Lithuania and Latvia was hit by an explosion in northern Lithuania with no immediate evidence of an attack. A raging fire was later put out at the blast site in the Panevezys county on Friday, Lithuanian gas transmission operator Amber Grid […]
Frene Ginwala, the speaker of South Africa’s first post-apartheid democratic parliament, has died aged 90, the president’s office said on Friday. The constitutional expert, feminist and journalist passed away at her home on Thursday night, two weeks after suffering a stroke. Frene Noshir Ginwala was […]
United States President Joe Biden has announced he will deliver the annual State of the Union address on February 7, giving him a chance to present his legislative agenda before both chambers of Congress. As per tradition, Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy issued a formal […]
Tesla has slashed prices globally on its electric vehicles by as much as 20 percent, extending an aggressive discounting strategy and challenging rivals after missing Wall Street delivery estimates for 2022. The move was announced after CEO Elon Musk warned that the prospect of a […]
At least nine people are reported dead across the southeast United States after a band of severe storms tore across the region on Thursday, with the death toll predicted to rise as authorities survey the damage. The US National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center received […]
Canada has imposed new sanctions against two “Haitian elites” accused of enabling criminal gangs, the latest measure in an international campaign to stem a surge of deadly violence in the Caribbean nation. Canada’s foreign affairs ministry said on Friday that it was sanctioning former member […]
An investigation by a special counsel has been ordered into why classified papers were kept at US President Joe Biden’s home and private office. That’s as a similar inquiry is continuing into why secret documents were found stored at the residence of his predecessor Donald […]
Farmer Shiv Lal barely slept this week, overcome by worry about the deep cracks scarring his land and hundreds of other homes and buildings in a sinking town in India’s Himalayas. On January 2 and 3, Lal and other residents of Joshimath in northern Uttarakhand […]
