Liz Truss named as Britain's next prime minister

Published On: September 5, 2022 05:33 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, Sept 5: Liz Truss was named as Britain's next prime minister on Monday, winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative party at a time when the country faces a cost of living crisis, industrial unrest and a recession.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy warns of hard winter, reports war progress

Published On: September 5, 2022 07:31 AM NPT By: Reuters

KYIV, Sept 5: European leaders on Sunday sought to ease the impact of high energy prices across the continent, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned of a difficult winter, even as he reported progress in a counter-offensive against Russian troops.

Hamas authorities execute five Palestinians in Gaza

Published On: September 4, 2022 02:16 PM NPT By: Reuters

GAZA, Sept 4: Gaza's ruling Hamas Islamists executed five Palestinians on Sunday, two of them on charges of espionage for Israel that dated back to 2015 and 2009, the Interior Ministry said.

Nuclear plant loses power line as Moscow, West energy row escalates

Published On: September 4, 2022 07:36 AM NPT By: Reuters

KYIV, Sept 4: A critical nuclear power plant in Ukraine again lost external power, international energy officials said on Saturday, heightening concerns as the energy battle between Moscow and the West ramped up in recent days amid the ongoing war.

Sri Lanka’s ousted president returns home after fleeing

Published On: September 3, 2022 10:05 AM NPT By: Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Sept 3: Sri Lanka’s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the country’s economic crisis, has returned to the country after seven weeks.

WASHINGTON, Sept 3: The FBI recovered more than 11,000 government documents and photographs during its Aug. 8 search at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, as well as 48 empty folders labeled as "classified," according to court records that were unsealed on Friday.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, Sept 2: United Nations nuclear experts who crossed into Russian-held territory in Ukraine to assess the safety of Europe's biggest atomic energy plant were seeking on Friday to assess physical damage to the facility, where both sides warn of possible disaster.

Sri Lanka gains IMF's provisional agreement for $2.9 billion loan

Published On: September 1, 2022 08:15 PM NPT By: Reuters

COLOMBO, Sept 1: Sri Lanka has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan of about $2.9 billion, the global lender said on Thursday, as the country seeks a way out its worst economic crisis in decades.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, Sept 1: United Nations inspectors in Ukraine were due on Thursday to visit a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, where nearby shelling has prompted bitter recriminations and global fears of disaster.

August 31: Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said.