Category: News Desk

Sat 08 July 2023: Scotland announced plans on Friday to decriminalise the possession of all drugs for personal use, with the goal of addressing the worrying drug fatality rate, which is now the highest in Europe. According to Reuters, the Scottish devolved government stressed that these measures should be imposed by the British government in […]

Sat 08 July 2023: Caribbean leaders criticized economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Venezuela, according to media reports Friday. The criticism emerged in reports about the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Conference in Trinidad and Tobago on July 3 – 5. Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt criticized the sanctions […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, at the end of a joint news conference following their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, early on July 8, 2023. Sat 08 July 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also called for a return to peace talks saying, ‘a fair peace creates […]

Sat 08 July 2023: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced his resignation, after almost 13 years in government. The differences among the four coalition parties on migration policy were irreconcilable, he said in The Hague on Friday evening. “It is no secret that the coalition partners have very different views on migration policy,” Rutte […]

Fri 07 July 2023: Former US President Donald Trump roasted President Joe Biden and his son over the discovery of cocaine in the White House, suggesting it may have belonged to them. According to US officials, none of the Bidens were present at the time the stash was found. On Sunday, Secret Service agents found […]

Fri 07 July 2023: A senior Ukrainian official says Ukraine will welcome the delivery of cluster munitions from the United States because they would have an “extraordinary psycho-emotional impact” on Russian forces. “Undoubtedly, the transfer of additional volumes of shells to Ukraine is a very significant contribution to the acceleration of de-occupation procedures,” presidential political […]

Titan submersible, from OceanGate Expeditions. Source: OceanGate Expeditions Fri 07 July 2023: The Titanic submersible’s maker, OceanGate, has announced that it will stop operations in the wake of last month’s tragic implosion. On Thursday, a red banner reading “OceanGate has suspended all exploration and commercial operations” appeared at the top of its website. No other […]

Thu 06 July 2023: More than 2,000 police officers could be sacked over the next year under new measures to make it easier to remove those suspected of misconduct, according to Government ministers . The Home Office is expected to announce a simplified disciplinary system in the coming weeks in response to anger about high-profile cases […]

Thu 06 July 2023: Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.  The Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, who last month […]