World Bank halts new Uganda loans over anti-LGBTQ+ law
Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act contradicts the World Bank Group's values, the global financier says.
2023-08-09 21:53
Lionesses from 1971 hopeful for World Cup success
"If the England team of now played us they'd thrash us," says a former Lioness.
2023-08-09 20:26
US lottery player wins $1.58bn Mega Millions jackpot
This is the third largest in US lottery history - and a ticket in Florida belongs to the lucky winner.
2023-08-09 20:23
UK drivers warned to display clean air stickers in French cities
Crit'Air stickers come in six categories, from green for the cleanest vehicles to dark grey.
2023-08-09 20:19
Russia’s new schoolbook aims to justify war on Ukraine
The book makes numerous false claims and portrays Ukraine as an aggressive state run by nationalists.
2023-08-09 19:45
Amazon deal lacks concrete measures, say climate activists
A summit in Brazil sees the countries that share the Amazon basin agree only to a new alliance on the issue.
2023-08-09 18:22
UK signs deal with Turkey to disrupt people-smuggling gangs
It includes increased collaboration and intelligence-sharing but no deal to return failed asylum seekers.
2023-08-09 17:45
Forty-one migrants die in shipwreck off Italy
Forty-one migrants died in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, survivors tell local media.
2023-08-09 16:53
Rahul Gandhi: Congress MP blames Indian PM Modi for Manipur crisis
The Congress party MP was speaking during a no-confidence motion debate in parliament.
2023-08-09 16:18
Deflation: Why falling prices in China raise concerns
The world's second largest economy has slipped into deflation for the first time in more than two years.
2023-08-09 15:26
Royal prodigal son's return stirs up Thailand
The second of four estranged sons visits the country of his birth for the first time in 27 years.
2023-08-09 13:58
IAS, IPS and IFS: Is India stifling criticism by retired bureaucrats?
A new rule gives the federal government more power to withhold or withdraw pension of former bureaucrats.
2023-08-09 13:27