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Italy’s Giorgia Meloni coalition government has lost a crucial vote on an amendment to electoral reform – a significant setback ahead of next year’s general election. n a secret ballot in Italy’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday…
Jamaican reggae singer Fantan Mojah has died at the age of 49. This came just three weeks before his 50th birthday, leaving fans and the reggae community mourning the loss of a powerful voice known for his uplifting, Rastafarian-inspired…
The US House of Representatives has voted to make daylight saving time permanent by passing the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday. With a 308-117 vote, members of both parties approved the bill, which would remove the need for Americans…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been told to halt most vehicle stops nationwide immediately, following a pair of fatal shootings in Texas and Maine involving ICE agents. The suspension will apply to most…
Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s name has haunted the proceedings of South Africa’s major inquiry into alleged police corruption and, if things go to plan on Wednesday, the controversial businessman will at last be questioned himself. He has been…
China has detained an American scientist for nearly two years on espionage charges without trial, his family says. Chen Youlin, 54, was arrested in November 2024 during a personal trip to Beijing to visit family, according to hostage…
US President Donald Trump has paid writer E Jean Carroll more than $5m (£3.7m) in damages three years after he was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her in a civil case, her lawyers confirmed. “Today, we are pleased to report…
Twelve states have sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent, kicking off a high-stakes antitrust battle that could impede the media mega-merger. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the antitrust…
Mining giant De Beers is suspending production at South Africa’s biggest diamond mine for two years, as changing consumer habits continue to shrink profits. Prices across the industry have fallen because fewer people are buying diamonds…
Inflation in the US eased last month as the cost of energy and filling up at the pumps fell, official figures show. Prices rose 3.5% in the year to June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), down from 4.2% recorded in May.…
The European Union (EU) has banned the purchase, import and transfer of gold from Sudan, saying the trade has become a key source of financing for the country’s civil war that erupted in April 2023. The conflict between the regular army…
The UAE accused Iran of a “brazen” attack on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, killing one and wounding eight, as Donald Trump said the US would impose a 20% charge as part of a new blockade on the waterway. The US president…
A US judge voided a legal agreement between President Donald Trump and federal agencies that granted him immunity from tax audits and allowed his administration to create a since-abandoned $1.8bn (£1.3bn) “anti-weaponisation” fund. The…
The Hungarian parliament has voted to remove President Tamás Sulyok from office, who was widely seen as a loyalist of former prime minister Viktor Orbán who lost power in April after 16 years. Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s Tisza party used…
The sister of US Senator Lindsey Graham will serve as his temporary replacement after the South Carolina lawmaker died from an aortic tear on Saturday. Darline Graham Nordone was formally chosen by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster on…
The chief executive of the German car giant Volkswagen Group has confirmed it is looking to cut up to 100,000 jobs – twice as many as previously stated. The group, which includes Porsche, Audi, Seat and Skoda as well as the VW brand, had…
President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. The blockade would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or…
A person was killed Monday in an ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, according to the state’s speaker of the house — just days after a federal agent fatally shot a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop in Houston, sparking mass…
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) will be designated a threat to national security. Mahmood will use new government powers to ban support for the group, which has been linked to…
Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, a key figure in an ongoing police corruption inquiry in South Africa, has withdrawn from a controversial plea deal, serving a blow to prosecutors. The business tycoon pulled out of the agreement after a South…
Sudanese court on Sunday sentenced Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (“Hemedti”) and 15 other defendants to death in absentia after convicting them in connection with the killing of West Darfur Governor Khamis…
At least 27 people were killed in a fire that tore through a bar in Bangkok, Thailand’s prime minister said. Firefighters were called to the scene just after midnight on Monday, and discovered patrons fleeing through the flame-enveloped…
US Senator Mitch McConnell says he will not be returning to the Senate “quite yet” after suffering from a fall and “a mild case of pneumonia”. It is the first statement from the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican after weeks of speculation…
The US insisted Sunday the Strait of Hormuz is open, despite Iran saying it has closed the waterway amid renewed strikes. Hostilities, which flared up again this week, continued on Saturday after the US said it had struck more than 140…
