‘Be serious… don’t speak every day’: Macron criticises Trump approach to Iran war
The comments were an apparent jab at the US leader’s sometimes contradictory stance on the US-Israeli war against Iran.
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Iranian Nobel laureate suffered suspected heart attack in prison, family says
Narges Mohammadi’s brother says he fears her life is in imminent danger and she needs to be transferred to a hospital.
Continue ReadingMacron calls Trump’s remarks on his marriage ‘inelegant’
French President Emmanuel Macron has said that Donald Trump’s comments about his marriage were “neither elegant nor up to standard”. The US president was delivering a national address in Washington on the war in Iran, when he claimed that Brigitte Macron, Macron’s wife, treated her husband “extremely badly”. “He’s still recovering from the right to […]
Continue ReadingWorld’s oldest known tortoise, Jonathan, dies aged 193
The vet who cared for the giant tortoise said he had left behind a “legacy of resilience and longevity”.
Continue ReadingBrazil grants joint custody over pets in new law for separated couples
Lawmakers in the Brazilian Congress on Tuesday viewed the law change as a reflection on the importance people place on their pets.
Continue ReadingMan dies in storm as Saharan dust shrouds Crete
A man dies in flooding near Athens as rain lashes several regions in Greece, while a Saharan dust storm enveloped Crete.
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s SpaceX set to go public in $1 trillion share listing
The firm, which makes rockets, space exploration technology and Starlink satellites, is privately held, but on Wednesday it made a confidential filing with authorities for an initial public offering (IPO), which would allow its shares to be traded on the stock market.
Continue ReadingMagnitude 7.4 earthquake hits off Indonesia, killing one
The quake struck between the islands of Manado and Ternate. Tsunami warnings have now been lifted.
Continue ReadingTrump offers few answers as he seeks to calm nerves over Iran war
One moment he is demanding Iran allow tankers through, and the next he is telling allies to go and sort it out for themselves. “Go to the strait and just take it, protect it, use it for yourselves,” he said on Wednesday. “The hard part is done, so it should be easy.”
Continue Reading‘We go for all humanity’ – emotional moment as Artemis II blasts off
There was giddy euphoria at the Kennedy Space Center after the launch, writes the BBC’s Pallab Ghosh.
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