Yulia’s husband was different from most Ukrainians captured by the Russian army, usually prisoners of war whose fate moved crowds. He was serving time for assault in a prison in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine when Russian troops took control of the area in 2022. Ahead of the liberation of the territory by Ukrainian … Read more
Kamala Harris embarked on a bus tour of the potentially election-deciding state of Pennsylvania on Sunday, as she keeps up the momentum before her star turn at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The US vice president has reenergized the party after an astonishing month that has seen her replace President Joe Biden at the … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in Israel on Sunday as mediators seek to cement a Gaza ceasefire deal, while a senior Hamas official dismissed “American diktats” in negotiations. Making his ninth trip to the Middle East since the Gaza war broke out with the Palestinian militant group’s October 7 attack, Blinken is … Read more
For months, Safaa Yassin has dressed her child in the same white bodysuit, an all-too-familiar tale in the Gaza Strip, which has been devastated by 10 months of war. “When I was pregnant, I dreamed of dressing my daughter in beautiful clothes. Today, I have nothing to put on her,” says Yassin, one of thousands … Read more
Ukraine said Sunday it had struck a second key bridge in the Kursk region, seeking to disrupt Moscow’s supply routes as Kyiv’s unprecedented incursion on Russian soil stretched through its second week. Russia meanwhile ramped up pressure in east Ukraine, claiming to capture another village just a few kilometres from the Ukrainian-held logistics hub of … Read more
French film legend Alain Delon, a divisive star known to some as a sex symbol and to others an egotistical chauvinist, has died at the age of 88, his children announced Sunday in a statement to AFP. The actor, known for his roles in classics “Purple Noon” (1960) and “Le Samurai” (1967), died in the … Read more
Actor Alain Delon — who has died Sunday aged 88 — was France’s greatest screen seducer. To some he was the sexiest man of the 20th century who played the impeccably tailored, ice-cold killers popularised by 1960s New Wave films to perfection. To others, the man who often referred to himself in the third person … Read more
The Thai king on Sunday formally appointed Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the 37-year-old daughter of controversial billionaire ex-premier Thaksin, as Thailand’s new prime minister. Paetongtarn, the kingdom’s youngest ever PM, comes to office after a court sacked the previous premier and disbanded the main opposition party, throwing Thailand’s ever-febrile political scene into a new round of turmoil. … Read more
The smell of fuel wafts from storage tanks to Dovi Sonny’s apartment — a long-time irritant, and now a major worry after Hezbollah revealed that the facility in northern Israel was in its sights. Sonny, 66, has no idea what would happen should a rocket hit one of the towering circular containers about 100 metres … Read more
Delivering a tough message in Parliament on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor, Michele Bullock, warned it was premature to expect a cut in interest rates by the end of the year. Bullock admitted inflation remained high, and added official cash rate was a “blunt instrument” to fix the economy. “Based on what … Read more
