Categories
Lyrics

Putin: China plan could end war, but Ukraine and West not ready for peace

Mr Putin says China’s plan could end the war – but he claims Ukraine and the West are not ready for peace.

Categories
Lyrics

Japanese and Chinese leaders visit opposing capitals in Ukraine war

Both leaders are on strategic foreign visits on opposing sides of the conflict.

Categories
Lyrics

Conspiracy theorists led family to death in Switzerland

Swiss investigators say adults in the family were obsessed with conspiracy theories.

Categories
Lyrics

Memorial raids: Russia targets leaders of banned Nobel Prize-winning group

Nine leaders of Memorial are targeted, months after their organisation was shut down by the courts.

Categories
Lyrics

Ban lifted on Israelis’ return to evacuated West Bank settlements

Lawmakers vote to allow Israelis back into four West Bank settlements that were evacuated in 2005.

Categories
Lyrics

Ukraine war: UK defends sending uranium shells after Putin warning

The UK says the depleted uranium shells, which it is sending to Ukraine, are “standard”.

Categories
Lyrics

Ukraine says Russian missiles destroyed in Crimea

If confirmed, the strike suggests Ukraine’s capacity to deploy drones has increased.

Categories
Lyrics

Journalist opens USB letter bomb in newsroom

Ecuador’s government condemns the attack after journalists nationwide are targeted.

Categories
Lyrics

Amritpal Singh: Sikh separatist preacher continues to elude police

Punjab’s top court questions efforts to find Amritpal Singh, who’s being sought by thousands of police.

Categories
Lyrics

Bad Bunny sued for $40m by ex-girlfriend over ‘Bad Bunny baby’ recording

The woman says the Puerto Rican pop superstar used a recording of her in songs without permission.

Categories
Lyrics

Police surround NY Courthouse, DC Capitol in case of Trump arrest

Police in New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles are prepared to mobilise if Trump is arrested.

Categories
Lyrics

Hungary official takes on German MEP in AI ‘rap battle’

It’s fair to say neither man’s effort is likely to dominate the streaming charts.

Categories
Lyrics

What a man freed from a 241-year prison sentence finds strangest of all

Bobby Bostic was released in November – after being told as a teenager he would die in prison.

Categories
Lyrics

The South African choir that performed for Queen Victoria

The group of South African singers wowed 19th Century British audiences but also faced discrimination.

Categories
Lyrics

Dreams of space that ended in shipwreck off Italy

Maeda, 17, wanted to be an astronaut – and took huge risks to pursue her goal.

Categories
Lyrics

Adani Group: Chhattisgarh tribes’ year-long protest against tycoon’s coal mine

Why Chhattisgarh’s tribal people are against a new coal mine owned by the Adani Group.

Categories
Lyrics

New Jersey Fountain of Life Center church engulfed in flames

A senior pastor at the Fountain of Life Center says it is a devastating loss for his community.

Categories
Lyrics

Here’s what would happen if Trump were arrested

Could the former president the former President gets indicted? Our correspondent explains.

Categories
Lyrics

Putin to Xi: We will discuss your plan to end the war in Ukraine

China’s leader, whose Ukraine plan has been criticised in the West, gets a warm welcome in Moscow.

Categories
Lyrics

EU gives Ukraine €2bn of ammunition after shell plea

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hailed the “game-changing decision” from the EU.

Categories
Lyrics

UN climate report: Scientists release ‘survival guide’ to avert climate disaster

Technology is providing solutions but the climate forecast is worsening, scientists say in major report.

Categories
Lyrics

France pension reform: Macron’s government survives no-confidence vote

The votes came after the pension age was raised to 64 last Thursday without a vote.

Categories
Lyrics

Kenya protests: Raila Odinga’s convoy tear-gassed in Nairobi

Police crack down on the biggest opposition-led protest since President Ruto took office last year.

Categories
Lyrics

Rupert Murdoch set to marry for fifth time at 92

The billionaire tycoon announces his engagement to former police chaplain, Ann Lesley Smith.

Categories
Lyrics

XXXTentacion: Three men found guilty of murdering rapper in 2018

The rapper, 20, real name Jahseh Onfroy, was shot and killed during a Florida robbery in 2018.

Categories
Lyrics

Jeffery Woodke and Olivier Dubois finally freed in West Africa

The journalist and aid worker are finally released after efforts by Nigerien authorities.

Categories
Lyrics

Jeffrey Epstein banks to face sex trafficking case

A US court says the banks must face claims they enabled the deceased financier’s sex trafficking.

Categories
Lyrics

Sri Lanka: $2.9bn IMF bailout for struggling economy

The deal is a lifeline for the country which is facing its worst economic crisis in over 70 years.

Categories
Lyrics

China’s President Xi Jinping condemns killings of miners in CAR

President Xi Jinping condemns the killing of nine Chinese nationals in the Central African Republic.

Categories
Lyrics

Australian former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz held over alleged war crime in Afghanistan

Oliver Schulz, 41, faces charges over the 2012 murder of an Afghan man, Australian police say.