China is expected to have at least 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, according to a new projection by the US military – a significant acceleration of its nuclear weapons programme. […]
Sudan: At least seven killed and 140 injured as troops open fire following coup
At least seven people have been killed and 140 injured after Sudan’s military seized power, a health ministry official has said. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan dissolved the military-civilian Sovereign Council […]
Pakistan: At least four dead as banned Islamist group TLP continues protest march
Thousands of supporters of a banned radical Islamist party have clashed with police in Pakistan for a second day in a row. Protesters began a “long march” from the eastern […]
Two tigers at the Denver Zoo test positive for COVID-19.
Two 11-year-old Amur tigers at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19. The tigers, Yuri and Nikita, were tested after “animal care staff observed coughing, sneezing, lethargy, and nasal […]
Spain: Swimmers banned at beaches after shark sighting at Playa del Portet in Teulada
Swimmers have been banned from entering the water at a Spanish beach following the sighting of a shark. A police diver spotted the animal close to the shore off the […]
Rockets fired at Kabul airport in waning hours of US pullout The Denver Post
By KATHY GANNON, TAMEEM AKHGAR and JOSEPH KRAUSS KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Islamic State militants fired a volley of rockets at Kabul’s rapidly emptying international airport on Monday, with just […]
Vladimir Putin hits back at Joe Biden’s ‘killer’ assessment
Vladimir Putin has hit back at Joe Biden after the US president said he agreed that his Russian counterpart was a “killer”. Mr Putin suggested the US president was accusing […]
Volunteers are key at vaccine sites. It pays off with a shot
SEATTLE — When Seattle’s largest health care system got a mandate from Washington state to create a mass COVID-19 vaccination site, organizers knew that gathering enough volunteers would be almost […]
India: At least 40 dead after bus crashes into canal in Madhya Pradesh
At least 40 people have been killed after a bus veered off a bridge in central India and crashed into a canal, officials have said. District magistrate Ravindra Kumar Choudhary […]
COVID-19: Footfall at shopping centres well below 2019 levels – despite England’s lockdown ending
The end of England’s lockdown has not led to a full recovery in footfall at UK shopping destinations, new figures suggest. Shopping visits from Wednesday to Saturday were down 31.2% […]