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Wed, 25 May 2022 08:32:11 GMT
UK PM faces 'Partygate' report reckoning
A photograph published by the Daily Mirror newspaper showed a Downing Street table laden with wine bottles and doughnuts, and it said an accompanying WhatsApp message told staff: "Time to open the Covid secure bar." But the Mirror said that particu...

Wed, 25 May 2022 08:12:10 GMT
Pakistan capital blockaded ahead of opposition protest
Since being removed from power through a no-confidence vote last month, the international cricket star-turned-politician has heaped pressure on the country's fragile new coalition government by staging mass rallies demanding fresh elections. In a c...

Wed, 25 May 2022 07:12:11 GMT
Chelsea sale gets green light from UK government
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries said she had issued a licence permitting the deal late on Tuesday, shortly after it won approval from the Premier League. "We are satisfied the proceeds of the sale will not be...

Wed, 25 May 2022 07:08:12 GMT
Pfizer offers to sell medicines at cost to world's poorest countries
"An Accord for a Healthier World" focuses on five areas: infectious diseases, cancer, inflammation, rare diseases and women's health -- where Pfizer currently holds 23 patents, including the likes of Comirnaty and Paxlovid, its Covid vaccine and ora...

Wed, 25 May 2022 06:58:11 GMT
UK government authorises sale of Chelsea FC
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries said she had issued a licence permitting the deal late on Tuesday, shortly after it won approval from the Premier League. "We are satisfied the proceeds of the sale will not be...

Wed, 25 May 2022 06:54:13 GMT
'The state of being lonely': South Korean horror writer shortlisted for Booker
An academic specialising in Slavic literature, Chung was considered a "genre writer" and excluded from South Korea's mainstream literary scene. Until recently, she was relatively unknown to local readers. Her stories -- which combine science fictio...

Wed, 25 May 2022 06:40:14 GMT
Boeing's Starliner faces one more challenge as it returns to Earth
The spaceship is scheduled to autonomously undock at 2:36 pm Eastern Time (1836 GMT) and touch down in New Mexico just over four hours later, at 2249 GMT, wrapping up a six-day mission crucial to restoring Boeing's reputation after past failures. O...

Wed, 25 May 2022 06:38:12 GMT
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka appoints PM to helm finance ministry
The South Asian island nation has suffered months of dire shortages and anti-government protests, with importers unable to finance vital food, fuel and medicines. Wickremesinghe, 73, was sworn in as finance minister after two weeks of wrangling amo...

Wed, 25 May 2022 06:32:10 GMT
Mathews, de Sliva guide Sri Lanka to 210-4 in Bangladesh Test
Angelo Mathews was on 25 alongside Dhananjaya de Silva, 30, before rain forced an early lunch in Dhaka in reply to Bangladesh's first innings total of 365. Sri Lanka resumed on 143-2 but suffered a blow on the second ball of the day when Ebadot Hos...

Wed, 25 May 2022 06:14:10 GMT
Xi speaks with Bachelet, defends China's rights progress
Beijing is accused of detaining over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-western region as part of a years-long crackdown the United States and lawmakers in other Western countries have labelled a "genocide". Bachelet is expe...

Wed, 25 May 2022 05:48:22 GMT
In Sierra Leone, football offers hope to amputees
Sheku Turay and others like him have found much-needed support and a new lease of life through his team of footballing amputees. "Playing football makes me feel like an important person in society when I see spectators cheering us during matches," ...

Wed, 25 May 2022 05:44:13 GMT
Pakistan capital blockaded ahead of opposition protest
Since being removed from power through a no-confidence vote last month, Khan has heaped pressure on the country's fragile new coalition government by staging mass rallies across the country. The international cricket star-turned-politician plans on...

Wed, 25 May 2022 05:38:15 GMT
Water shortages test Ukraine's Mykolaiv as hardships bite
With her husband bedridden, the 79-year-old spends two to three hours a day hauling water back to her home. "I am very tired," she admits. And such trips are only likely to get more exhausting as late spring turns to summer. Since fighting alon...

Wed, 25 May 2022 05:36:13 GMT
Biden channels personal losses to console families after Texas gun atrocity
Over his long years in public office, the 79-year-old Democrat has often spoken about the tragic death of his infant daughter. Naomi, aged one, died in a 1972 car crash, which also took the life of Biden's first wife Neilia. Biden has also publicl...

Wed, 25 May 2022 04:48:12 GMT
Oil, gas firms use Ukraine war to resist climate efforts: report
The London-based think tank InfluenceMap analysed advertisements and declarations by the companies in the weeks before and after Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24. It said the companies spread the misleading message that US climate change...



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