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UK foreign minister says EU willing to renegotiate Brexit deal

8:09 pm June 9, 2019

London: British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, a contender to replace Theresa May as prime minister, said Sunday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had indicated the EU was willing to renegotiate the Brexit divorce deal. Hunt, one of nearly a dozen Conservatives vying to succeed May after she resigned as party leader Friday, said he spoke […]

Vijay Mallya at The Oval for India vs Australia match

8:01 pm June 9, 2019

London: Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya on Sunday joined hundreds of cricket fans for the India versus Australia ICC Cricket World Cup match at The Oval in London. “I am here to watch the game,” he said, as he walked into the stadium with his ticket. The 63-year-old former Kingfisher Airlines boss, an avid cricket […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Bulgaria probes IS-inspired school student planning bomb attack

7:14 pm June 8, 2019

Sofia: Bulgarian prosecutors on Saturday said they had opened a probe into a bomb attack being planned by a student from an elite high school who was inspired by Islamic State. The student was “extremely intelligent” and lived in Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second city, deputy prosecutor general Ivan Gueshev said, adding that this was the first investigation of its kind […]

London police arrest 5th suspect in attack on lesbian couple

6:37 pm June 8, 2019

London: Police in London have arrested a fifth suspect on suspicion of punching two women on a bus because they are lesbians. Authorities didn’t identify the victims in the May 30 attack. But Melania Geymonat posted an image on her Facebook page showing her bloodied face and that of her girlfriend’s. Geymonat said in the […]

Venezuela reopens border crossing with Colombia

3.3 million people have fled Venezuela crisis: UN

9:00 pm June 7, 2019

Geneva: An estimated 3.3 million people have fled the crisis in Venezuela since the start of 2016, including one million who have left the country since November, the United Nations said Friday. “The pace of the outflow from Venezuela has been staggering,” the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in […]