Published3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Sandip RoyKolkataThe Delhi Metro network, a symbol of sleek, air-conditioned train travel in modern India, seems to have become a hotspot for public displays of af... More »
Published3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Mariko OiBusiness reporterFalling birth rates are a major concern for some of Asia's biggest economies.Governments in the region are spending hundreds of billions ... More »
Just eight days after their fateful title decider in Astana, China’s victorious Ding Liren and his vanquished Russian opponent, Ian Nepomniachtchi, are trailing in Bucharest. The Superbet Classic, which finishes in the Romanian capital on Monday, is the first ... More »
The Conservatives’ decision to water down proposed legislation to remove 4,000 EU laws from the statute books is still a “reckless” and “irresponsible” project, leading barristers have said.While the business secretary, Kemi Badenoch, was accused of “a massive... More »
The timing of Ukraine’s counteroffensive.A Ukrainian soldier removing branches that had concealed a howitzer.Tyler Hicks/The New York TimesWhen will Ukraine’s counteroffensive come? Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, said yesterday that it needed mo... More »
Published3 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesFighting is continuing in parts of Sudan despite a 72-hour ceasefire largely holding.Speaking via phone from Omdurman, the adjoining city to the capital Khartoum, t... More »
A senior Conservative peer has urged Rishi Sunak to distance the party from Suella Braverman’s “racist rhetoric” or risk ruining his legacy as the first Asian prime minister.Sayeeda Warsi, the first Asian person to chair the Tory party, said Braverman’s ethnic... More »
Billy Porter is to play American James Baldwin in a film based on the life of the American novelist, critic and activist.The Pose star will co-produce the feature along with Byron Allen’s Media Group Pictures. Porter and Dan McCabe will write the script based ... More »
The UK government has imposed sanctions on the “financial fixers” who have allegedly helped the Russian oligarchs Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov hide their assets.The sanctions, announced by the Foreign Office on Wednesday, are targeted at what officials... More »
Three times as many people sought to reach the EU across the Mediterranean in the first three months of 2023 compared with a year before, the bloc’s border agency has said, as the UN’s migration arm decried the deadliest first quarter since 2017.Overall, the E... More »
Published1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Yuri Gripas/POOLUS President Joe Biden has said he will emphasise his country's "commitment to preserving peace" in Northern Ireland when he visits Belfast this evening.He will ar... More »
A months-long ground assault on the eastern town of Bakhmut could be stalling in the face of fierce resistance, according to US, Ukrainian and British military experts.Russian forces unleashed a wave of air strikes in the north and south of Ukraine as Presiden... More »