China’s economic growth slowed sharply between the start of April and end of June as weak domestic demand and the Iran war’s impact on oil prices overshadowed the country’s strong exports. Official gross domestic product (GDP) figures showed the world’s second largest economy grew in the second quarter by 4.3%, below Beijing’s annual target, and […]
Continue Reading“Putin always escalated when he felt he was in trouble … the most natural escalation is the provocation,” said Kasparov, a former world chess champion who is now one of the Kremlin’s most prominent exiled critics. Kasparov said he expects such a move could involve an incursion into a country on NATO’s eastern flank, such […]
Continue ReadingThe pact could also be a tipping point for British alcohol and spirits companies. The reduction of customs duties on Scotch whisky from 150% to 75% immediately and then gradually to 40% over 10 years is a “real shift, not a small tweak”, says Avneet Singh of Modern Drinks Pvt Ltd, an import house based […]
Continue ReadingA US-Russian space crew has arrived at the International Space Station after launching from the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Nasa astronaut Anil Menon and Russian crewmates Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina lifted off as scheduled at 7.47pm local time aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 for an eight-month stint on the orbiting outpost. Their spacecraft […]
Continue ReadingJuly 14, 2026, 10:51 p.mJuly 14, 2026, 10:51 p.m Cuban women walk through Havana at night. (Archive image, July 10, 2026)Image: keystone For the third time in about a week, there has been a nationwide power outage in Cuba. “There has been a complete separation of the electricity system,” the Ministry of Energy announced on […]
Continue ReadingThe writer E Jean Carroll has collected more than 5.6 million dollars (£4.18 million) that a jury awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against US President Donald Trump, court records and her lawyers said. The payment, representing the five million dollar jury award, plus interest, was made on Monday from an account where […]
Continue Reading“I have to say, all the human qualities that we learn to appreciate, all those remain very important to all of us. We found with you a very reliable and friendly partner,” he added. Starmer arrived in Paris Monday for celebrations marking Bastille Day, one of his final foreign engagements as prime minister before stepping […]
Continue ReadingJuly 14, 2026, 6:55 p.mJuly 14, 2026, 6:55 p.m He was Prime Minister during the corona pandemic: Boris Johnson.Image: keystone According to a public investigation, the British central government and regional governments wasted almost ten billion pounds (around 10.8 billion francs) on the purchase of protective equipment during the corona pandemic. This emerges from the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump has reversed his threat of a 20% fee on all Strait of Hormuz cargo shipping, as the US battles to break Iran’s hold on the waterway. He said the toll would be replaced by trade and investment deals with Gulf states, just hours before the US resumes a blockade of Iranian ports. […]
Continue ReadingThe dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby’s in New York.
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