Since Russia invaded Ukraine, global oil prices have skyrocketed, prompting some countries to seek imports of discounted Russian crude Sri Lanka’s president says he urged his Russian counterpart to help his cash-strapped island nation import fuel as it faces its worst economic crisis in decades. Short of foreign exchange due…
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Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid have resigned from Boris Johnson’s cabinet. The PM has filled these two key roles with Nadhim Zahawi as chancellor, and Steve Barclay as health secretary, but he now also has a number of ministerial jobs to consider, as resignations continue to mount. So who is…
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Boris Johnson has apologised for appointing Chris Pincher to a government role after being told about a misconduct complaint against the MP. The PM admitted he had been told about the complaint in 2019 – but had made a “bad mistake” by not acting on it. Chancellor Rishi Sunak and…
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A man suspected of killing six people at a 4 July parade near Chicago planned the attack for weeks, police say. Law enforcement believe that Robert Crimo III, 21, legally bought the high-powered rifle he used in the attack. The suspect is believed to have disguised himself in women’s clothing…
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The G7 would need to get large consumers like India and China involved for such a plan to work. As military battles continue in the Ukraine war, the parallel skirmish over energy continues to escalate, with the West announcing plans for price caps to try and stem Russia’s soaring oil revenues…
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Novelist and former journalist Susie Steiner, best known for writing the Manon Bradshaw detective series, has died from a brain tumour aged 51. Steiner wrote three DS Bradshaw books including 2016’s Missing, Presumed, which was shortlisted for the Theakston crime novel award and picked for the Richard and Judy Book…
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FIFA has lifted the suspension of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) which was imposed due to undue third-party interference. A group of officials led by Ashfaq Hussain Shah, which was elected by the Supreme Court in 2018 to run the PFF but was not recognised by FIFA, took over the…
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The US says the bullet that killed a Palestinian-American journalist was too badly damaged to reach a definitive conclusion about whether the origin was Israeli or Palestinian gunfire. However, findings from both sides led the US to conclude that Israeli forces had likely but unintentionally fired the shot that hit…
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Thousands of residents in Sydney’s suburbs are ordered to evacuate amid torrential rains and the threat of flash floods. Thousands of residents have been ordered to evacuate southwest Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, with torrential rain and damaging winds pounding the east coast and floods expected to be worse than those…
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Argentina’s economy minister, Martin Guzmán, has resigned as the country’s economic crisis intensifies. Mr Guzmán had been in office since late 2019 and led negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the restructuring of Argentina’s debt. He called for “a political agreement within the governing coalition” to choose his…
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