Putting salt in tap water and drilling wells in parks: one country's desperate quest to avoid running dry
Uruguay, grappling with a multi-year drought and high temperatures, is running dry.
2023-06-26 18:20
Tech Startup Byju’s Seeks to Calm Investors as Crisis Escalates
The billionaire founder of Byju’s, the Indian education-technology firm that lost its auditor and three board members in
2023-06-26 13:27
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, undergoes surgery after breast cancer diagnosis
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, has undergone surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer, she revealed in an episode of her "Tea Talks" podcast released Monday.
2023-06-26 10:16
China throws support behind 'strategic partner' Russia after Wagner insurrection challenges Putin
China has voiced support for Russia after a short-lived insurrection posed the gravest challenge to the 23-year rule of Vladimir Putin, a close partner of Chinese leader Xi Jinping in his push for a new world order and strategic alignment against the US.
2023-06-26 09:47
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis wins repeat election, securing clear parliamentary majority in early results
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece's center right New Democracy party, has won a second four-year term as prime minister in a resounding electoral victory Sunday, preliminary results show.
2023-06-26 04:22
Nine dead, dozens injured after Russian warplanes attack near Syrian market
Nine people have been killed and dozens injured after Russian fighter jets bombed a city in Syria's rebel-controlled northwestern Idlib province, according to the local White Helmets emergency response group.
2023-06-26 01:20
Rubens painting 'lost' for centuries could sell for $7.7 million
A Rubens painting lost to history and misidentified for almost 300 years has re-emerged with the help of X-ray analysis and could now fetch up to £6 million ($7.7 million) at auction next month.
2023-06-26 00:16
Bizarre and chaotic 36 hours in Russia feels like the beginning of the end for Putin
Desperately projecting that everything is as it was, the Kremlin is only emphasizing how much has changed.
2023-06-25 22:50
Netanyahu urges Israeli settlers not to 'grab land illegally,' following West Bank violence
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stark warning Sunday instructing Jewish settlers not to "grab land illegally" in the occupied West Bank, after humanitarian bodies raised the alarm over a series of deadly attacks on Palestinian villagers.
2023-06-25 22:45
Belarus leader Lukashenko's purported mediation in Kremlin crisis stretches credibility to the limit
Nearly three years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin stood by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in his hour of need, backing Europe's longest-running dictator as he faced a wave of street protests.
2023-06-25 21:55
Russia pulls back from brink of crisis after deal reached to end Wagner insurrection
In the end, the uprising was short-lived. But for a brief and chaotic 36 hours, Russian President Vladimir Putin's grip on power appeared to be under serious threat, as thousands of Wagner fighters led by warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin closed in on the country's capital.
2023-06-25 14:28
Moscow has stepped back from civil war with Wagner. But the danger's not over, experts warn
Within a remarkable day and a half, Russia faced the very real threat of an armed insurrection, with President Vladimir Putin vowing to punish Wagner fighters marching toward Moscow and occupying cities along the way -- before a sudden deal with Belarus seemed to defuse the crisis as rapidly as it emerged.
2023-06-25 12:26