Kiev’s foreign backers will likely remove Vladimir Zelensky as soon as he outlives his usefulness, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Read Full Article at RT.com

The US-led military bloc is creating security threats to all Asia-Pacific countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Ms Reeves yesterday said the Budget would not be held for at least ten weeks to allow time for the Office for Budget Responsibility to draw up a new economic forecast.

Have you ever felt that your child is special? That they seem far more sensitive, caring, perceptive and creative than their peers, more spiritually inclined?

The Reform UK leader has adopted the 2002 hit as his anthem as he embarks on an eighth attempt to be elected an MP and enter the House of Commons.

Piglet the Jack Russell seemed to be fading away. He was half blind, barely able to walk and spent most of his days asleep.

Products from Asda, Calypso and Bondi Sands all failed the watchdog's tests to assess their SPF (sun protection factor) and UVA protection.

Four men were shot and injured in Slim Lane, Curatoe Hill, Clarendon, on Wednesday,  in what sleuths theorise was a reprisal attack for the February murder of a man in the same community.  Well-placed Gleaner sources allege...

New tensions emerged this week between President Joe Biden's administration and Benjamin Netanyahu over the Israeli premier's criticism of US weapons deliveries -- comments the White House described Thursday as «vexing» and «disappointing.» The issue began when Netanyahu claimed in a video posted on social media earlier this week that the US administration -- Israel's main military backer -- has been «withholding weapons and ammunitions» from his country in recent months. «Those comments were deeply disappointing and certainly vexing to us, given the amount of support that we have and will continue to provide,» National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told journalists. «No other country is doing more to help Israel defend itself against the threat by Hamas and, quite frankly, other threats that they're facing in the region,» Kirby said. The previous day, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that «we genuinely do not know what he's talking about.» With the exception of «one particular shipment of munitions,» Jean-Pierre said «there are no other pauses. None.» She was referring to a shipment of 2,000 pound bombs that Washington has said is under review because of concerns about their use in densely populated areas. - Biden-Netanyahu tensions - But Netanyahu appeared to double down later on Thursday, saying in a statement that he is «prepared to suffer personal attacks provided that Israel receives the ammunition from the US that it needs in the war for its existence.» The spat is not the first between the head of the Israeli government and Biden's administration since the start of the Gaza war, which began with an unprecedented Hamas attack in October. Biden previously stated his strong opposition to a major Israeli operation in Rafah in southern Gaza, where more than a million civilians were located, and threatened to stop certain arms deliveries if his warning was not heeded. On Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also warned Israel against escalating tensions in Lebanon as fears of a wider regional war grew with Hezbollah militants firing dozens of rockets into northern Israel. During a meeting with top Israeli officials in Washington, Blinken «underscored the importance of avoiding further escalation in Lebanon and reaching a diplomatic resolution that allows Israeli and Lebanese families to return to their homes,» the State Department said in a statement. The Gaza war is a particularly thorny issue for 81-year-old Biden, who is seeking a second term in office this year. The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the ever-rising death toll has led to sharp criticism of the president from the progressive wing of his party -- pressure Biden has had to balance with a long-standing US policy of backing Israel. The latest round of bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas was triggered by an unprecedented October 7 attack by Palestinian militants on southern Israel, which resulted in the deaths of 1,194 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures. The militants also seized 251 hostages. Of these, 116 remain in Gaza, although the army says 41 are dead. Israel's retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed at least 37,431 people, also mostly civilians, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory. © Agence France-Presse

The death toll from this year's hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said Thursday, more than half unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. The new deaths reported Thursday included 58 from Egypt, according to an Arab diplomat who provided a breakdown showing that of 658 Egyptians who died, 630 were unregistered pilgrims. Around 10 countries have reported 1,081 deaths during the pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam which all Muslims with the means must complete at least once. The hajj, whose timing is determined by the lunar Islamic calendar, fell again this year during the oven-like Saudi summer. The national meteorological centre reported a high of 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit) this week at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. A Saudi study published last month said temperatures in the area are rising 0.4 degrees Celsius each decade. Each year tens of thousands of pilgrims try to join the hajj through irregular channels as they cannot afford the often costly official permits. Saudi authorities reported clearing hundreds of thousands of unregistered pilgrims from Mecca this month, but it appears many still participated in the main rites which began last Friday. This group was more vulnerable, because without official permits they could not access air-conditioned spaces provided for the 1.8 million authorised pilgrims to cool down. «People were tired after being chased by security forces before Arafat day. They were exhausted,» one Arab diplomat told AFP on Thursday of Saturday's day-long outdoor prayers that marked the hajj's climax. The diplomat said the main cause of death among Egyptian pilgrims was the heat, which triggered complications related to high blood pressure and other issues. Egyptian officials were visiting hospitals to obtain information and help Egyptian pilgrims get medical care, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday. «However, there are large numbers of Egyptian citizens who are not registered in hajj databases, which requires double the effort and a longer time to search for missing persons and find their relatives,» it said. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has ordered that a «crisis cell» headed by the prime minister follow up on the deaths of the country's pilgrims. Sisi stressed «the need for immediate coordination with the Saudi authorities to facilitate receiving the bodies of the deceased and streamline the process,» said a statement from his office. - Burials begin - More fatalities were also confirmed on Thursday by Pakistan and Indonesia. Out of around 150,000 pilgrims, Pakistan has so far recorded 58 deaths, a diplomat told AFP. «I think given the number of people, given the weather, this is just natural,» the diplomat said. Indonesia, which had around 240,000 pilgrims, raised its death toll to 183,  its religious affairs ministry said, compared with 313 deaths recorded last year. Deaths have also been confirmed by Malaysia, India, Jordan, Iran, Senegal, Tunisia, Sudan and Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. In many cases, authorities have not specified the cause. Friends and relatives have been searching for missing pilgrims, scouring hospitals and pleading online for news, fearing the worst. Two diplomats told AFP Thursday that Saudi authorities had begun the burial process for dead pilgrims, cleaning the bodies and putting them in white burial cloth and taking them to be interred. «The burial is done by the Saudi authorities. They have their own system so we just follow that,» said one diplomat, who said his country was working to notify loved ones as best it could. The other diplomat said that given the number of fatalities it would be impossible to notify many families ahead of time, especially in Egypt which accounts for so many of the dead. Jordan's foreign ministry said on Thursday that Saudi authorities had granted 68 permits for Jordanian pilgrims to be buried in Mecca. Sixteen Jordanians remain missing and 22 are in hospital, including seven who are in critical condition, the foreign ministry said in a statement. - 'Extreme danger' - Saudi Arabia has not provided information on fatalities, though it reported more than 2,700 cases of «heat exhaustion» on Sunday alone. Last year various countries reported more than 300 deaths during the hajj, mostly Indonesians. The timing of the hajj moves back about 11 days each year in the Gregorian calendar, meaning that next year it will take place earlier in June, potentially in cooler conditions. A 2019 study by the journal Geophysical Research Letters said because of climate change, heat stress for hajj pilgrims will exceed the «extreme danger threshold» from 2047 to 2052 and 2079 to 2086, «with increasing frequency and intensity as the century progresses». Hosting the hajj is a source of prestige for the Saudi royal family, and King Salman's official title includes the words «Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques», in Mecca and Medina. The hajj has seen a number of disasters over the years, most recently in 2015 when a stampede during the «stoning the devil» ritual killed up to 2,300 people. © Agence France-Presse

A crappy new trend? Two separate incidents of commuters finding poop on public transport started circulating online on June 19. A video of one incident was shared by SGFollowsAll follower who wrote: «Today, I boarded bus 87 from CDC (ComfortDelGro Driving Centre) Ubi and someone took a s*** in the back of the bus.» The video shows someone walking to the rear of the bus to see some brown substance on the floor in the corner under the rear seat. One Instagram user commented: «I really hope that is fudge.» Two photos of the other incident on the MRT train was posted on Reddit with the caption: «Spotted in the first cabin on the brown line. Probably the reason why the brown line is, well, brown.» The brown line refers to the Thomson-East Coast Line. One Redditor commented: «The smell must have been intense.» Defecating in public is an offence under the Environmental Public Health Act and offenders are liable to a maximum fine of $1,000 for the first conviction.

Midway through their journey to work, two passengers were horrified to spot several cockroaches roaming around the private-hire vehicle. Taking to TikTok on Wednesday (June 19), the passenger, who gave her name only as Tiffany, dubbed the 40-minute Gojek ride from Kembangan to Newton that morning as «nightmarish». The 26-year-old told AsiaOne that she and her boyfriend spotted at least six cockroaches in the car, three of which she filmed on video. The 18-second video she uploaded on social media starts with a clip of a roach crawling across the passenger-side door. Another clip shows a cockroach on the backseat of the car, and the camera pans to reveal another one slinking up the car window. One of the cockroaches moves across the backseat and the video zooms out to show both passengers balancing on the edge of their seats. «My boyfriend's butt was hovering [over the seat] and I was sitting on his knees at this point,» she wrote in the video, adding that he was «in distress». The video ends after showing a roach nestled in the crevices of the seat belt buckle.

Possible changes in Russia’s nuclear doctrine, a treaty on military aid with North Korea, peace initiatives and sanctions were among the issues raised by the Russian president

The list of the invited arbiters includes Michael Geistlinger, Alexandre Genko-Starosselsky, Alexander Korochkin, Dmitry Morozov and others

The Palestinian side claims that the Israelis subject Palestinian inmates to starvation, electrocution and sleep deprivation

No casualties were reported, the region’s crisis response center said

The US authority claims that the use of Kaspersky Lab software may result in a data transfer to the Russian government

Le Championnat de France de cyclisme sur route (amateurs) se déroule du 20 au 23 juin Saint-Martin-de-Landelles, en métropole. Taruia Krainer et Leo Cazaubiel, représentants du fenua, participent à l'épreuve Élite Amateurs, prévue le 21 juin.

Les images ont fait le tour de la presse nationale. Mardi 18 juin, alors que le parcours de la flamme se poursuit en métropole, un relais sous-marin historique a été organisé en Alpes-Maritimes. Alice Modolo a récupéré la torche à quarante mètres de profondeur...

RIYADH: Automated decision-making allows businesses to make faster, more accurate and more consistent decisions by analyzing large datasets without the risk of human error. That is why, as Saudi Arabia expands its digital economy, such tools are becoming more widely used in the Kingdom. One firm that is leading the charge in this area is the Saudi startup Braincell, which helps businesses streamline processes and enhance decision-making through automation and artificial intelligence integration.

A section of Bogue in Montego Bay, St James, in the vicinity of the sewage plant, was hit by a freak storm, causing damage to some buildings, including the National Water Commission (NWC) office on Thursday.  About 2:45 p.m., dark clouds...

[allAfrica] Nairobi -- Scholars across Africa are linking conflict prevention and peacebuilding to reducing economic, social and environmental stresses. The African Union's declaration of 2024 as the 'Year of Education' should spur progress. This guest column is among a series of articles that look at such critical issues as food security, which are essential for keeping and building a peaceful world. Peacebuilding reporting on AllAfrica is supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Russia and Vietnam have signed over a dozen documents improving their strategic partnership during Vladimir Putin’s trip to Hanoi Read Full Article at RT.com

The West must realize that defeating Russia on the battlefield is not only unlikely, but impossible, President Vladimir Putin has argued Read Full Article at RT.com

The Manitoba government says a robust, comprehensive and thorough search to recover the remains of two Indigenous women in a Winnipeg area landfill is underway, with excavations of the landfill expected to begin this fall.

Calgary police have laid charges in a brazen case of theft that saw an estimated $5,000 of meat taken from a local business.

A 17-year-old boy, who was in critical condition in a Vancouver Island hospital after he was rescued from drowning in a Langford, B.C., lake over the weekend, has died.

Draper faced only one break point, served eight aces and will be favourite when he faces American Tommy Paul in the quarter-finals today.

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Le ministre des Comptes publics Charles M'BA a reçu à son cabinet,le mercredi 19 juin 2024 une délégation de la société Africa carbon Solutions. Les représentants de cette entité sont venus présenter au membre du gouvernement la contribution d'une taxe crédit carbone dans le développement du Gabon. Paul Sébastien, Directeur exécutif de Africa carbone solutions estime qu'une taxe sur les principales unités industrielles pollueuses à l'instar du matériel naviguant, des industries (...) - ECONOMIE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

The Patriot and NASAMS systems are the two most sophisticated air defense munitions the West has provided to Ukraine.

On this week's episode, the crew discusses former president Donald Trump's upcoming busy month, from Supreme Court decisions to the first presidential debate. The Washington Post's Libby Casey sits down with senior video journalist JM Rieger to discuss the Supreme Court and several Trump-related cases that could be decided in the coming days – and how the decisions the court makes could reshape presidential power in America. Then, national political reporter Isaac Arnsdorf joins the show to discuss Trump's campaign trail rhetoric, and what to expect from his debate with President Biden next week.

The former New York mayor, who receive a presidential medal of freedom last month, has been one of the biggest Democratic donors in recent years

The National Works Agency (NWA) says it is finalising a plan to execute critical flood mitigation works in Clarendon, Manchester, and St Elizabeth. The planned works are to be done as part of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season preparation efforts....