Sophie Countess of Wessex joined in the Liberation Day Tea Dance with TV personality Judge Rinder in Guernsey on Monday.
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Empty playgrounds, lonely dogs and a constant backdrop of shelling fill the otherwise ghostly towns of Soledar and Bakhmut, located in the besieged Ukrainian east. The only movement is people boarding a bus -- storing their suitcases in the hold and preparing to flee.
Despite recurring mass-casualty shootings, multiple initiatives to reform gun regulations have failed in the US Congress
The price of shares in Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras fell Tuesday in reaction to President Jair Bolsonaro firing its boss after only 40 days on the job.
Sexual harassment and assault are rife in the factories that supply some of the world’s leading fashion brands. In Tamil Nadu, union leader Thiyva Rakini is trying to change that ‘When the factory owners see me, they turn pale’ … Thivya Rakini, president of Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union. Photograph: Sivaram V/The Guardian
Cathay Pacific Airways will rehire hundreds of cabin crew who were previously laid off or resigned ahead of plans to ramp up its flight services, the Post has learned. The airline company invited former staff who had said they would like to be contacted for future jobs to send a priority application in an email seen by the Post on Wednesday. “I’m pleased that as we look to resume our flight operations, it is the right time for us to begin rebuilding our team,” Jeanette Mao, the airline’s general
Amid Singapore's 55th year of national service, Chief of Army David Neo thanks the servicemen for their sacrifices to ensure Singapore's existence.
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and his delegation leave their hotel in the Solomon Islands ahead of meetings with the Honiara government. It comes as China puts forward a wide-ranging draft agreement and a five-year plan to ten nations in the Pacific, as part of Wang's tour of Pacific nations, which began Thursday. The South Pacific is increasingly a theatre for competition between China and the United States -- which has been the primary power in the region for the last century. IMAGES
Nazia said she had lost four children to malnutrition — two daughters and two sons under 2 years old
Pope Francis says his "heart aches for the massacre at the primary school in Texas," which left at least 19 children and two teachers dead. "It is time to say enough is enough to indiscriminate arms trafficking," he adds after his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square.
Cathay Pacific Airways flight crew have been told to use a newly created app to record all their activities during the first seven days of their two-week medical surveillance period in order to comply with the Hong Kong government’s pandemic requirements. The move, which came into effect last week, was in response to the government’s call last month for airlines to introduce “robust” mechanisms to ensure that aircrew fully complied with the requirements of the medical surveillance period upon re
The city's mayor Demba Diop said the fire was caused by 'a short circuit and spread very quickly'
After two years of a total shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Parks Agency (ANPN) has decided to resume public observations of Gabon's gorillas, hoping the iconic species will serve as a booster for niche tourism. "Through tourism, it allows bringing needed funds into the park's system to protect the gorillas and actually all other species through them as well," explains Koro Vogt, the Loango Gorilla Project manager.
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares bucked broader market weakness to end higher on Thursday as investors picked up beaten-down financial and metal stocks after three straight sessions of losses. The NSE Nifty 50 index rallied in the last hour of trading to close 0.90% higher at 16,170.15, while the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 0.94% to 54,252.53. "After the heavy selloff, the market showed signs of exhaustion and could bounce for the short to medium term," said Vinod Nair, head of research at Geojit Financial Services.
A head pops out of the toilet, a woman gets pregnant from birth control pills -- South Korean Booker Prize nominee Bora Chung's short stories are full of horror, inspired by her own lonely life.
Forced to flee fighting, Lyudmyla was assured the authorities would rehouse her in a town in western Ukraine. But when she arrived, they took one look at her and turned her away.
China has put forward plans to dramatically expand security and economic cooperation with South Pacific nations, with one regional leader calling it a thinly veiled effort to lock them into "Beijing's orbit" and Washington warning against "shadowy" deals.
Japan announced Thursday it will reopen to tourists from 36 countries starting June 10, ending a two-year pandemic closure, but travellers will only be allowed in with tour groups.
A high-octane documentary on David Bowie has delighted fans at the Cannes Film Festival which is having a vintage year for music lovers.
The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide has reached 219 outside of countries where it is endemic, according to an update released by the European Union's disease agency.
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday said it would sell its patented drugs on a not-for-profit basis to the world's poorest countries, as part of a new initiative announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
