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WHO chief: I cannot reach ‘starving’ Tigray relatives amid government blockade

The director-general of the World Health Organisation says he cannot send money to his “starving” relatives in Ethiopia’s Tigray region amid a blockade by...

Moscow film festival opens with praise of soldiers in Donbas

The 44th Moscow International Film Festival opened on Friday with reduced foreign representation amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Festival head Nikita Mikhalkov, the Academy Award-winning director...

Blind judge who always wanted to ‘hit the gas’ gets behind the wheel

A blind judge in the US who has always wanted to get behind the wheel of a car has achieved his goal, as a...

South Korea signs $2.25 billion deal with Russia nuclear company

South Korea has signed a $2.25 billion deal with a Russian state-run nuclear energy company to provide components for Egypt’s first nuclear power plant. South...

Berlin to start repatriating looted art to Nigeria this year

The body overseeing Berlin’s public museums has said it will begin repatriating hundreds of Benin Bronzes this year, after finalising an agreement with Nigeria...

SEC questions Twitter on method of calculating fake accounts

US securities regulators are questioning Twitter about how it calculates the number of fake accounts on its platform. The Securities and Exchange Commission in June...

Chinese province plans ban on sale of petrol and diesel cars

Hainan island in the South China Sea has said it will become the first region in China to ban sales of petrol- and diesel-powered...

Rupert Murdoch’s son sues Australian website for defamation

Fox Corp chief executive Lachlan Murdoch is suing Australian news website Crikey in a Sydney court for defamation over an opinion piece about last...

Ukraine marks Independence Day six months after start of war

Residents of Kyiv woke up to air raid sirens as Ukraine observed its Independence Day on Wednesday, six months since the start of the...

Chinese workers dig deep to keep crops watered after drought hits largest lake

With China’s biggest freshwater lake reaching historic low levels thanks to drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to irrigate crops. The...

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