The Hungarian parliament has voted to remove President Tamás Sulyok from office, who was widely seen as a loyalist of former prime minister Viktor Orbán who lost power in April after 16 years. Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s Tisza party used its two thirds majority to steamroll through the 17th amendment to the constitution, ending the […]
Continue ReadingA brother of Ecuador’s most notorious drug lord was killed on Sunday by gunmen who had disguised themselves as police officers. Police said David Macías, 35, was a regional leader in Los Choneros, the powerful criminal gang which was until recently headed by his brother, Adolfo. Adolfo Macías, also known by the alias “Fito”, is […]
Continue ReadingAt least 27 people have died and 25 are critically injured after a fire tore through a bar in a popular Bangkok district. Footage shared on social media shows several people escaping as huge flames roar from the doorway behind them. Preliminary investigations by Bangkok’s disaster mitigation department suggest the fire could have been caused […]
Continue ReadingIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, “Lindsey understood that the security of Israel and America are inseparable.” Israel lost “one of its greatest friends”, he added. Graham had previously been a critic of Trump, and ahead of the 2016 presidential election said: “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed… and we will […]
Continue ReadingFernandez played youth football in his home city of Guadalajara, but stepped away from the game at the age of 15 because of a knee injury. Having moved to London, he was cast in the award-winning Ted Lasso, the story of an American football coach who is hired to manage the fictional Premier League team […]
Continue ReadingThe beloved actor’s career ranged from box office blockbusters to thrillers and award-winning dramas.
Continue ReadingAt least 51 people have died and more than a million affected by heavy rainfall in Bangladesh in recent days. Thousands have lost their homes as flash floods and landslides hit large parts of the country, including the capital Dhaka. More than half the deaths so far have occurred in Cox’s Bazar, home to a […]
Continue ReadingSpaceX investors have swung from celebration to apparent concern in its first month as a publicly traded company. When shares in the firm, co-founded and led by Elon Musk, first became available for individuals to buy on the public stock market on 12 June, there was an investor frenzy. Although the company had decided to […]
Continue ReadingThe BBC’s South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head has visited the site where at least 27 people were killed during a bar fire in Thailand. The deadly blaze broke out at Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao – the local name of the bar – which is situated in the Chatuchak district of Bangkok. Read more […]
Continue ReadingThe US launched a new attack on Iran on Sunday evening, continuing days of strikes between the two countries. Iranian state media reported that the strikes killed one person in southwestern Iran, while four were injured. Within hours of the fresh US strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had struck US military […]
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