ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan extended his two decades in power in elections today, winning a mandate to pursue increasingly authoritarian policies which have polarised Turkey and strengthened its position as a regional military power.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The British government is looking at plans to have retailers cap the prices of basic food items such as bread and milk, the Telegraph reported, as the cost of such essentials continued to rise in the double digits.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s new parliament building today, a modern complex which is part of his Hindu nationalist government’s grand plan to give a makeover to the British colonial-era architecture in the nation’s capital.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy have reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, ending a months-long stalemate.
LUBBOCK, Texas, (Reuters) – The Texas House yesterday voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, a conservative firebrand and ally of former President Donald Trump who has been accused by his fellow Republicans of abuse of office.
KYIV, (Reuters) – At least one person died and three were injured in Russia’s night air raid on Kyiv with the defence systems downing at least 20 drones moving towards the capital, city officials said last night.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Lloyd’s of London became the sixth organisation to quit a net-zero alliance for insurers within 36 hours on Friday, as a U.N.-backed
CANNES, (Reuters) – French director Justine Triet became the third female director to win the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or on Saturday, beating out 20 other films in competition for the top prize.
ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turks vote today in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a third decade and intensify Turkey’s increasingly authoritarian path, muscular foreign policy and unorthodox economic governance.
DUBAI/CAIRO, (Reuters) – Khartoum was calmer yesterday as a seven-day ceasefire appeared to reduce fighting between two rival military factions although it has not yet provided the promised humanitarian relief to millions trapped in the Sudanese capital.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – One of Hong Kong’s biggest democratic parties said today it would disband after a vote by its party members, dealing another blow to the city’s already beleaguered democratic opposition under pressure from China.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China will make concrete efforts for a political solution to the Ukraine crisis, the Chinese foreign ministry quoted special envoy Li Hui as saying today.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democratic President Joe Biden and a Republican negotiator said yesterday they were working on a deal to raise the U.S.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Institutional Relations Minister Alexandre Padilha said yesterday the government still has the instruments to maintain its sustainability agenda, even as Congress moves to weaken key ministries’ environmental powers.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India plans to push back against “agenda-driven”, “neo-colonial” country rankings produced by global agencies on topics like governance and press freedom, a key advisor to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Reuters in an interview yesteday.
(Reuters) – Pressure mounted on oil majors yesteday as Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund said it would vote against CEOs at Chevron CVX.N
TOKYO, (Reuters) – The United States and Japan will deepen cooperation in the research and development of advanced chips and other technologies, they said on Friday, the latest sign of the two allies strengthening ties in semiconductors.
PARIS, (Reuters) – TotalEnergies TOTF.PA shareholders rejected an activist resolution today urging faster cuts to the oil major’s greenhouse gas emissions programme after police intervened to stop climate protesters disrupting its annual general meeting.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The founder of the far-right militant Oath Keepers Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison yesterday for seditious conspiracy, the longest sentence imposed to date over the Jan.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy are closing in on a deal that would raise the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling for two years while capping spending on most items, a U.S.
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