Sri Lankans demonstrated outside the presidential office on Wednesday as lawmakers chose Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president.
Foreign secretary’s supporters say comments she made appearing to reject emergency financial help were ‘misinterpreted’
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologised to the leader of the country's opposition Socialist party for not knowing that he had been wiretapped by Greece's intelligence service in 2021, adding he would never have allowed it. The head of the intelligence service EYP, Panagiotis Kontoleon, resigned on Friday following allegations made by Socialist leader Nikos Androulakis and a journalist that they had been wiretapped. The conservative premier is expected to make a public address over the case on Monday, the semi-state Athens News Agency reported on Saturday.
Anatoly Chubais, the former privatisation tsar of post-Soviet Russia who quit his post as a Kremlin special envoy due to the war in Ukraine, has been discharged from a hospital in Italy after treatment, an Italian daily reported. Two sources close to Chubais, 67, told Reuters on Aug. 1 that he was in intensive care in Europe with a rare immune disorder. According to the sources, Chubais believed he was suffering from Guillain–Barre syndrome, a disease caused by the immune system damaging the peripheral nervous system.
Donald Trump vows to ‘keep men out of women’s sports’ and has Lia Thomas critic onstage in CPAC speechReuters
Ronaldo named among the substitutes despite lack of options up front
A motorcylist has been rushed to hospital after colliding with a car on Kilburn High Road. Police officers and the London Ambulance Service were called to the scene at 9.04am to reports of a collision involving a car and moped.
The Yeti Fire in northern California had spread to 7,721 acres and was 10 percent contained as of August 6, according to fire officials.Didi France-Poe recorded footage from her home on August 4, showing enormous plumes of smoke billowing over Seiad Valley.The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office announced that some residents subject to a mandatory evacuation were allowed to return home, but warned against complacency as the Yeti and McKinney fires were still burning. Credit: Didi France-Poe via Storyful
‘It probably won’t be cancer but catching it early can help save lives,’ says national clinical director for cancer
A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility is raging uncontrolled in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing.
The heatwave is expected to roll over into next week amid an unusually dry August
The husband of Dame Deborah James has shared details of his wife's "incredibly peaceful" last moments in his first interview since her death. Dame Deborah, also known by her social media handle Bowel Babe, died on 28 June at the age of 40 after a long battle with bowel cancer. Sebastian Bowen married the former deputy headteacher in France in 2008 and the couple share two children, 14-year-old Hugo and 12-year-old Eloise.
Former chancellor says he’s ‘particularly worried’ about policies that worsen crisis after protesters interrupt foreign secretary
'Shame on you': Activists disrupt Liz Truss speech at Tory leadership debate
A suspect in the shooting deaths of four people in Ohio has been arrested in Kansas
Barack Obama has paid tribute to his late mother, Ann Dunham, on his 61st birthday, by naming a water garden in her honour. The former US president revealed on Thursday that the Obama Presidential Center’s water garden, based in Chicago, will be dedicated to and named after Dunham. Writing on Twitter, Obama explained how his mother influenced him and said that the garden will be a place for visitors to “reflect”.
The British musician and producer avoids pigeonholing with his sublime, exploratory soundscapes
A Darwen male-focused emotional support group celebrated their one year anniversary of raising awareness for men's mental health, this week.
Antonio Conte was delighted with Tottenham’s performance during their opening-day 4-1 win over Southampton.Spurs got their Premier League season off to the perfect start, thanks to goals from Ryan Sessegnon, Eric Dier and Dejan Kulusevski, with an own goal from Mohammed Salisu rounding off the scoring. "We won three important points, but the most important thing is the way we got three points," Conte said. "Really good football, with the ball, without the ball, with important pressure and also the way we decided to win the ball when we lost the ball."
Heavy ash fell on residents miles away from the origin of the wildfire
Demonstrators lit fires near the Israeli Defense Force’s (IDF) Hawara checkpoint in Nablus, West Bank, on Sunday, August 7, in protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza.The IDF carried out strikes on areas in Gaza they said targeted Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants, as a part of what they called “Operation Breaking Dawn”.A ceasefire agreement was negotiated to take effect at 11:30 pm local time on Sunday according to local media reports.Footage posted by Quds News Network, who said the footage was taken at Nablus’ southern Hawara checkpoint on Sunday, shows people burning tires. Credit: Quds News Network via Storyful
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