British head of state King Charles III will make a limited return to public duties next week after doctors said they were “very encouraged” by the progress of his treatment for cancer. His first engagement with Queen Camilla would be to a cancer treatment centre on Tuesday. The couple will also host Emperor Naruhito and…
Queen Camilla has presented a series of medals to active and retired members of the regiment her father served with in World War Two. The Queen presented five Buchan Medals to Royal Lancers at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire on Monday. There was homage to her late father, Maj Bruce Shand, who served with the…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel will increase “military pressure” on Palestinian militant group Hamas in a bid to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza. “In the coming days we will increase the military and political pressure on Hamas because this is the only way to free our hostages,” Netanyahu said…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been accused of making poor children his “political priority” after he pledged to keep a “nasty” benefit cap. The Prime Minister said the Tory manifesto will include a vow to keep the controversial two-child benefit cap in place. Campaigners argue that lifting it would pull a quarter of a…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he is running out of patience over UK’s inability to push through its flagship Rwanda deportation plan, as he prepares to publish legislation to force the controversial policy past the courts. Sunak is under intense pressure from members of his governing Conservative Party after the Rwanda plan — which Tory…
A man from central Indiana who won a primary election for a township board position while charged with killing his estranged wife has been found guilty of the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. A Boone County jury convicted Andrew Wilhoite, 41, of Lebanon on Thursday. Wilhoite was charged with murder in the death of his…
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh says three of his sons lost their lives in an Israeli air strike in Gaza Haniyeh, who lives in Qatar, tells Al Jazeera that several of his grandchildren were also killed in the strike It follows reports in a Hamas-affiliated news agency in Gaza that Hazem, Amir, and Muhammad Ismail Haniyeh…
7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan on Wednesday, killing four people and leaving hundreds as casualties. Taiwan’s government revealed that four people had died in the populated eastern county of Hualien near where the epicentre was, also 711 people injured. The fire department said 77 people remained trapped, some in collapsed buildings in Hualien. Taiwan television…
Universities in the United Kingdom are on the verge of cutting off courses over the reduction of international student enrollment, which is beginning to affect the funding of some institutions. The Times, on Saturday, reported that university leaders warned that the loss of one-third of foreign students has threatened to push institutions into loss, forcing…
A Former Lawmaker in New Zealand, Golriz Ghahraman has pleaded guilty to shoplifting on Wednesday, a scandal that has derailed a promising career in politics. Ghahraman, the first refugee elected to New Zealand’s parliament, stepped down from her political duties on January 16, citing the need to address her mental health. Soon after, police charged…
