British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ordered an investigation into the tax affairs of the chairman of his governing Conservative Party, saying there are “questions that need answering” about the dealings. Sunak said on Monday that he had asked his independent ethics adviser Laurie Magnus […]
Elon Musk has testified that he was sure he had backing from Saudi financiers in 2018 to take Tesla Inc private but said the fund later backpedalled on its commitment, as he defended against claims he defrauded investors by later tweeting about his electric car […]
Poland has said it was willing to send German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine without approval, but would first seek permission from Berlin, as Kyiv presses its allies for heavy weaponry. European nations agreed on Monday to spend another 500 million euros ($543m) to arm […]
Burkina Faso’s military government has asked French troops to leave the country within one month. French forces are in the West African nation as part of a campaign to drive out rebel groups that control vast swaths of the country. The United Nations estimates that […]
A former Republican candidate for New Mexico’s statehouse, accused of orchestrating a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of Democratic officials, has been denied bail in the United States. A state judge on Monday deemed Solomon Pena, 39, a danger to the community and […]
Colombo, Sri Lanka – More than 180 prominent economists and development experts from around the world have made a global appeal to Sri Lanka’s financial lenders to forgive its debt, even as other experts are not convinced it is the best way forward for the […]
Elon Musk has testified that he was sure he had backing from Saudi financiers in 2018 to take Tesla Inc private, as he defended against claims he defrauded investors by later tweeting about his electric car company. At a trial in United States federal court […]
Recent disturbances in Iran, ignited under the pretext of protesting Mahsa Amini’s death, have found a disproportionate echo in the West, mainly due to the security context created by the Ukraine crisis, leading the European Union to assume a biased position and make unjustified decisions […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Sweden that it should not expect his backing to join NATO following the burning of the Quran outside Ankara’s embassy in Stockholm during a protest. “Those who allow such blasphemy in front of our embassy [in Stockholm] can […]
Burkina Faso has decided to end a military accord that allowed French troops to fight armed groups in the country, the government has said. Burkinabe authorities want France to pull its troops out of the country within a month, government spokesman Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo […]
