Sun 30 August 2026: CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a meeting between US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a covert visit to Moscow earlier this week, Axios reported Saturday. The visit was also aimed at assessing whether Russia’s intelligence chiefs could help persuade Putin to move toward […]
Continue Reading
Sun 30 August 2026: Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez said a newly reached oil deal with the United States will las t 25 years and is intended to lift the country’s daily crude output above 1.5 million barrels. In remarks on state television channel VTV on Saturday, she called the pact “historic.”Rodríguez repeated that the […]
Continue Reading
Sat 29 August 2026: Greenland will set up a truth and reconciliation commission to examine a long-running campaign of forced contraception imposed on Indigenous girls and women, after two expert reviews could not agree on whether the practice amounted to genocide. A joint Danish-Greenlandic investigation last year found that from the 1960s through the 1990s, […]
Continue Reading
Sat 29 August 2026: Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru signed a joint declaration Thursday to strengthen regional cooperation on strategic minerals, particularly copper and lithium, local media reported. The declaration aims to promote responsible investment, strengthen regional supply chains and deepen cooperation on geological information, regulation and technological development. The four countries are seeking to […]
Continue Reading
Sat 29 August 2026: Over a third of UK employers have cut the number of entry-level roles open to 16- to 24-year-olds in the past year, a new report published on Wednesday shows. An analysis of a Survation survey of 1,001 senior UK business leaders, commissioned by the Work Foundation at Lancaster University, found that […]
Continue Reading
Thu 27 August 2026: US-based social media Meta has agreed to pay some $18 billion to settle claims brought by a coalition of dozens of state attorneys general alleging the company misled consumers about the potential harms its social media platforms pose to children and teenagers, the company said Wednesday. The agreement would also require […]
Continue Reading
Thu 27 August 2026: According to a Financial Times report, the British government will urge the public to stockpile tinned food and water in preparation for emergencies such as extreme weather or cyber-attacks. Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to encourage people to get ready, as the new administration prioritises national resilience in response to […]
Continue Reading
Wed 26 August 2026: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have returned to the UK six years after stepping away from their roles as senior working members of Britain’s royal family and starting a new life in California, according to media reports Wednesday. Prince Harry, Meghan and their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, […]
Continue Reading
Wed 26 August 2026: Australian authorities have opened a probe into the theft of roughly 400,000 young oysters from aquaculture sites along New South Wales’ Mid North Coast, local outlets reported on Wednesday. ABC News stated that about 320 bags holding the oysters were taken from Latitude 31 Oysters’ lease at Scotts Creek on Oxley […]
Continue Reading
Wed 26 August 2026: Millions of households in Britain will face their highest energy bills in three years this winter after the country’s energy regulator announced Wednesday a 4% increase in the energy price cap from October. In a statement, Ofgem said that the gas and electricity price cap will rise 4% for the period […]
Continue Reading
