Trials of Army’s new armoured vehicles halted again Trials
Trials of the Army’s new fleet of armoured vehicles are halted for a second time over complaints about noise affecting the crew. The Ministry of Defence said trials of the…
More pupils sent home as Covid
disruption soars There has been a pointy rise in pupils sent home from school in England thanks to Covid, in step with the most recent official figures. They showed that…
Miami building collapse: Fearful relatives hunt news of missing A devoted grandmother
A beloved teacher, the sister of Paraguay’s first lady, and a mother whose now distraught daughter couldn’t take her call. All are among scores unaccounted for within the Miami building…
Afghanistan: Biden says Afghans must decide their own future
US President Joe Biden has said that Afghans “are visiting should decide their future” as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani visited the White House. Mr. Biden promised continued support for the…
Duminda Silva: Anger as Ceylon frees politician sentenced for murder
The UN and human rights groups have criticized Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decision to pardon a convicted murderer, warning it undermines the rule of law. Former MP Duminda Silva…
Why a Kenyan road sign has become a burning issue
A furious row has erupted in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, over the renaming of a road in honour of the pinnacle of the organisation representing labour unions, Francis Atwoli. The backlash…
Canada: 751 unmarked graves found at residential school
An indigenous nation in Canada says it’s found 751 unmarked graves at the positioning of a former residential school in Saskatchewan. The Cowessess First Nation said the invention was “the…
Mariam Thompson, love-struck USA linguist, jailed for 23 years
A US military linguist has been jailed for 23 years for passing classified information to a remote national linked to the Lebanese Islamist militant group Hezbollah. Mariam Thompson, 62, admitted…
Armenia’s war defeat prompts bitter vote
on the rebuilding country Armenians vote on Sunday during a snap parliamentary election which will decide their post-war future following defeat in last year’s conflict with neighboring Azerbaijan over the…
France’s Le Pen on the right track for regional power with an eye fixed on the presidency
Not see you later ago, a walkabout by French far-right leader Marine Le Pen would announce itself with some heckling, maybe a protester or two, some tight lips among observers,…