Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country and the African leaders attending a summit in St Petersburg have agreed to promote a multipolar world order and fight “neocolonialism” as he offered debt write-offs and grain to woo allies. “Russia’s attention to Africa is steadily growing,” Putin...
Sinead O’Connor’s final post on social media before her death was a heartbreaking tribute to her son, Shane, who died last year by suicide aged 17. O’Connor, a force of nature as famous for her activism as she was for her music, died at the age...
A towering construction crane caught fire high above the West Side of Manhattan on Wednesday morning, then lost its long arm, which smashed against a nearby building, dangled and plummeted to the street as people ran for their lives on the sidewalk below. Four people suffered...
A third successive heat wave in Greece pushed temperatures back above 40 C (104 F) across parts of the country Tuesday following more night-time evacuations from fires that have raged out of control for days. The latest evacuations orders were issued on the islands of Corfu...
Serbian police said Monday they have arrested two people suspected of helping smuggle Cubans toward Spain as part of an international crime group. The two Serbian citizens were arrested in a month’s long investigation in cooperation with Spain, the Interpol and Europol, police said in a...