Getty Images From left to right: Putin, Modi and Xi Jinping at a meeting in 2019 – Brics’ original members continue to offer benefits for India For years, Western critics have dismissed Brics as a relatively inconsequential entity. But this past week, at its annual summit in Russia, the group triumphantly showcased just how far…
BBC It costs €15,000 (£12,500) for the whole “package”, we are told. For that we would be given an inflatable dinghy, with an outboard motor and 60 life jackets, to get across the English Channel. This is the “good price” offered by two small-boat smugglers to an undercover BBC journalist in Essen – a western…
Archaeologists have found the remains of two medieval cities in the grassy mountains of eastern Uzbekistan, a discovery that could shift our understanding of the fabled Silk Road. Known for the exchange of goods and ideas between the East and West, the trade routes were long believed to have linked lowland cities. But using remote…
Getty Images Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro was welcomed as a guest by Vladimir Putin – but he left empty-handed Venezuela has criticised Brazil’s decision to veto its admission to the Brics group of emerging economies. Venezuela’s foreign ministry described the move, which came at the group’s summit in Russia attended by more than 20 heads of…
When the air strike hit on Monday night, Fouad Hassan, 74, was sitting on his balcony in south Beirut’s Jnah neighbourhood, reading his phone. No evacuation order was given by the Israeli army before the rocket slammed into the home of his children and grandchildren a short walk away. “When the bombing happened, I fainted,”…
Mozambique’s ruling party, Frelimo, has won the country’s divisive, violence-marred election, extending its 49-year grip on power in the southern African nation, according to official results. Daniel Chapo, Frelimo’s relatively unknown presidential candidate, seen as an agent of change, will replace Filipe Nyusi, who has served two terms. At 47, Chapo, who gained 71% of…
FAMILY HANDOUT Mr Bradley was shot in a night-time operation involving the army near Toomebridge in February 1986. A soldier who killed a suspected IRA member in County Antrim almost 40 years ago used “reasonable and proportionate force” when he opened fire, an inquest has found. Coroner Peter Irvine said the use of lethal force…
Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa with more than 230million people living there. Lagos, the country’s largest city, has a population of 23million people, and is one of the most congested places on Earth. However, an ambitious new plan in the city plans to expand Lagos so that it can accommodate a staggering…
Surrey Police Sara Sharif’s body was found in August last year Sara Sharif’s teacher twice saw her at school with bruises on her face five months before she was found dead, a jury has heard. Helen Simmons told the Old Bailey that Sara said she “had fallen over on some roller-skates” after she saw her…
LONDON: British head of state King Charles III‘s remote private estate in the Scottish Highlands could become an exclusive location for weddings, if an application to the local council is approved.Documents submitted for consideration next week by the Licensing Board of the local Aberdeenshire Council outline plans to allow “weddings, dinners, meetings and associated events”…
