Sun 08 May 2022: Six young people disrupted UK Home Secretary Priti Patel’s speech at the Conservative Party dinner on Friday. The group was driven out of the venue, but not before filming themselves provoking the chaos. A cameraperson was among the group of six. Patel’s address was about to begin at the Basset Bassetlaw […]
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Sun 08 May 2022: President Volodymyr Zelensky is also set to hold talks with G7 leaders via video conference to discuss the situation in his country, which fears a renewed intensity to Moscow’s offensive after the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks. The complex — the final pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the devastated […]
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Sat 07 May 2022: A Florida pension fund has filed a lawsuit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk to block the billionaire from buying Twitter. Musk is violating Delaware law, according to the pension fund, because he has additional obligations to Tesla’s stockholders. However, Musk has reached deals with Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and Morgan Stanley, […]
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Sat 07 May 2022: On Saturday, Kyiv announced the sinking of another Russian warship on Snake Island in the Black Sea, where Ukrainian servicemen were honored for valor after defying Russian demands to surrender. In a statement, Ukraine’s defense ministry said an armed drone had destroyed a Serna-class landing craft and a missile defense system […]
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Sat 07 May 2022: On Saturday, Russia’s top legislator accused the US of coordinating military actions in Ukraine, which he claimed amounted to direct US military action against Russia. “Washington is essentially coordinating and developing military operations, thereby directly participating in military actions against our country,” Vyacheslav Volodin wrote on his Telegram channel. Kyiv has received heavy weapons […]
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Sat 07 May 2022: Emmanuel Macron has been sworn in for his second term as France’s president at a ceremony at the Elysee Palace, followed by the firing of canons at the Invalides Gardens. In a country where presidents rarely get re-elected, Macron won 58.5 percent of the votes in the second round in April against the […]
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Sat 07 May 2022: The world’s largest white diamond will be auctioned next week in Geneva, as part of a Christie’s sale that includes two stones weighing more than 200 carats each. “The Rock”, a 228.31 carat pear-shaped stone roughly the size of a golf ball, is expected to sell for up to $30 million, […]
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Sat 07 May 2022: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) called for the reopening of Ukrainian ports in the southern city of Odesa on Friday to aid locals in combating the worldwide hunger crisis brought on by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. “Right now, Ukraine’s grain silos are full. At the same time, 44 million […]
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Sat 07 May 2022: According to a report released on Friday by EU agencies, Europe is becoming an increasingly important global hub for the manufacturing and trafficking of narcotics, particularly cocaine. According to a joint assessment by law enforcement agency Europol and drugs agency EMCDDA, the methamphetamine market in Europe is also a “rising menace,” […]
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Sat 07 May 2022: Tories also dropped into third place in Scotland behind the dominant SNP and a resurgent Scottish Labour. Britain‘s Conservatives suffered a net loss of almost 400 councillors as a day of vote counting delivered a bruising set of local election results for Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Ministers conceded it had been “tough” […]
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