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An advisor to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that unannounced restrictions to the Starlink satellite system were “depriving” Ukraine of its means of defence. Ukraine uses the network owned by Elon Musk to conduct battlefield operations including drone flights. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Heavy overnight Russian strikes killed at least six people in Ukraine and cut power to hundreds of thousands of people, authorities said on Wednesday. Russia's defence ministry said it had downed 902 drones over Russian regions overnight, Interfax news agency reported. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.
Greta Thunberg has thrown her support behind high school protesters in France
The remains of 731 people believed killed during the 1968 Tet Offensive have been laid to rest in Ho Chi Minh City, nearly six decades after North Vietnamese communist forces launched coordinated surprise attacks across South Vietnam during the Lunar N...
About 300 Hong Kong students applied this year for roughly 30 places on an overseas programme to help children in need, up from about 50 applicants last year. Dream Compassioneers co-founder Chan Yik-yeung said the response also showed what students could achieve when trusted with responsibility. Founded in 2020, the organisation runs local and overseas service programmes and is a member of the In...
Ukraine on Wednesday accused Russia of wilfully flouting Donald Trump’s purported “energy ceasefire” and passing up an opportunity to ease hostilities, after a renewed wave of deadly strikes across the country that also hit vital power supplies. Kyiv in particular faced a barrage of powerful ballistic missiles and attack drones targeting energy facilities and critical infrastructure, despite the U...
Heavy overnight Russian strikes killed at least six people in Ukraine and cut power to large parts of the capital Kyiv, authorities said on Wednesday. The attacks on multiple regions came after President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had received no advance warning from Western allies before a Russian strike on a Kyiv power plant. Ukraine relies heavily on Western intelligence to detect incoming...
From taxes and wages to pensions, housing and tuition fees, the 2027 State Budget contains several measures that will directly affect household incomes.
Portuguese hospitality has once again won over international travellers. Porto was voted Europe's friendliest city, with Lisbon second in Condé Nast Traveller readers' ranking.
Spain is under pressure on multiple fronts: war in Ukraine, a housing crisis, snap elections, and tension with Morocco over Ceuta. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares tells Maria Tadeo how Madrid is coping. Plus: Drone attacks in the Black Sea, an EU-China reset, and Ireland's EU budget plan.
Just 10 cities and regions made the cut, with South Lake Tahoe in California topping the list ahead of Hyogo in Japan and Punta del Este in Uruguay.
Golf clubs, private schools and car washes may face tighter rules from water companies as England’s drought continuesThree water companies are seeking to impose severe restrictions on businesses as the drought continues across most of England, putting rivers and wildlife under huge pressure.Golf clubs and private schools could be barred from using mains water to irrigate playing fields and courses...
Special forces officer Serhii Kuznetsov denies involvement in the 2022 blasts that left pipelines badly damaged A Ukrainian soldier is to go on trial in Hamburg accused of taking part in one of the most brazen acts of sabotage in postwar European history – the 2022 attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany.Serhii Kuznetsov, a special forces officer from the Ukrainian milit...
Travellers will be going full Kate Bush, indulging their inner child and taking shorter breaks in between their bigger holidays next year and beyond.
Chinese researchers have built a self-propelled crawler robot that harvests iron from sand and have tested the device in the dunes of the vast Taklamakan Desert – an area the size of Germany – in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. In Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel Dune, mobile factories traverse the sands of the fictional planet Arrakis to extract the drug melang...
Chinese researchers have built a self-propelled crawler robot that harvests iron from sand and tested the device in the dunes of the vast Taklamakan Desert – an area the size of Germany – in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. In Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel Dune, mobile factories traverse the sands of the fictional planet Arrakis to extract the drug melange, al...
Participants in Hong Kong’s stock market may need to wait longer for shorter transaction settlement times, as market participants want more time to prepare for the change, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) said in a consultation paper in April that it aimed to implement a so-called T+1 system – under which trades would be set...
Madeleine King says national gas reservation scheme, expected to come into effect from 2028, will reduce power pricesFollow our Australian politics live blog for latest updatesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastThe resources minister, Madeleine King, says Australian industry will be reliant on gas for the “foreseeable future”, and that the national gas reservation scheme wi...
A new initiative faces serious questions about military influence, but its critics should not write it off prematurely.
Lille suffered heavy defeat at Arsenal (3-0) in Champions League matchday 2. Olivier Giroud made his return to Arsenal, his former club.
The proposal comes as European football leaders seek a candidate to try to unseat Gianni Infantino as FIFA president.
Asian countries must remind themselves about what happened during the region’s financial crisis in the late 1990s and guard against a recurrence of such shocks, the head of the Philippine central bank said on Wednesday. Before the Asian financial crisis started in 1997, regional economies saw huge capital inflows that prompted the World Bank to describe it as the “East Asian miracle”, Eli Remolon...
In today’s newsletter: The collapse of the UK’s ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal with France exposes the limits of border enforcement that did little to stop crossings, and only made them more dangerousGood morning. You’d be forgiven for missing it. Earlier this month, the government quietly scrapped its “one in, one out” deal with France. The partnership was supposed to eliminate small boat crossin...
As a London borough moves to cut ties with Haifa, test your knowledge of the world's twin cities.
Enrique, a friend of former Man City boss Guardiola, hopes the club can avoid the sanction of losing its titles.
Nithya Tammana, a passionate young advocate, noticed rampant water wastage at home, prompting her to launch Save Drop. This initiative has attracted over 450 young changemakers dedicated to preserving water resources. Through impactful campaigns, she stresses the necessity of altering daily water conservation habits. Furthermore, she developed BioLayer, a nature-inspired water filter designed to e...
The announcement comes four weeks after the U.S. signed a deal with Greenland and Denmark to bolster American military presence on the island.
The announcement comes four weeks after the U.S. signed a deal with Greenland and Denmark to bolster American military presence on the island.
Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia missing out on $45bn of revenue from resources: GreensAs Labor prepares to introduce its bill for a gas reserve, the Greens are pointing out that there are tens of billions being left on the table because the government won’t properly tax the resource.We’re giving away billions in resource wealth while ...
Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das will spend spend five days in prison for entering Delhi’s Jantar Mantar – a historic protest site that has been closed by authoritiesTwo leaders of India’s youth-led Cockroach movement have been sent to jail for five days for violating a ban on protests at a site in central Delhi.A court ordered that Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, leaders of the Cockroach Janata party...
