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Biden, Trump clinch nominations, setting up bruising rematch
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both clinched their parties' nomination on Tuesday, kicking off the first US presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years.
Biden needed 1,968 delegates to win the nomination,…
Ex-Tory MP defects to Reform UK
Ex-Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson has defected to Reform UK.
Mr Anderson was suspended as a Conservative MP after refusing to apologise for claims Islamists had "control" of London Mayor Sadiq Khan.…
The UK risks blackouts unless it builds new, gas-fired power stations
The UK risks blackouts unless it builds new, gas-fired power stations, Energy Security Secretary Claire Coutinho will warn today.
The new stations will replace existing plants, many of which are aging and will soon be…
No Gaza truce in sight on eve of Ramadan
Deadly fighting raged in Gaza yesterday between Israeli forces and Hamas, with no truce in sight as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan neared and a dire humanitarian crisis gripped the besieged Palestinian territory.
A Spanish charity…
Haiti PM has agreed to resign: Guyana president, US official
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to resign and make way for a transitional authority, the president of Guyana and a US official said Monday after a regional meeting on a gang uprising that has plunged Haiti into violent…
Trump says will free US Capitol rioters if reelected
Donald Trump on Monday pledged to free people jailed for taking part in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol as one of his first actions if reelected, calling them "hostages."
The rioters -- egged on by the then-president and fueled by his…
UK government pledges extra cash for Muslims’ security
The British government on Monday pledged 117 million pounds ($150 million) towards protecting Muslim communities amid a rise in Islamophobia as it promises more action to tackle extremism.
The new funding, announced just over a week…
India, European EFTA bloc sign $100 billion free trade deal
India and the four-member European trade bloc EFTA, including Norway and Switzerland, signed a $100-billion free trade agreement today to promote investment and exports, officials said.
The deal will see the European Free Trade…
Biden and Trump spar on immigration, age in battleground Georgia
US President Joe Biden and presumptive White House challenger Donald Trump traded barbs Saturday on the key topics of age and immigration, as they targeted the battleground state of Georgia.
Biden, hoping to ride the momentum from a…
Ramadan to begin in Saudi Arabia tomorrow
Tomorrow will mark the first day of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia after the crescent moon was sighted in the country this evening.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar during which Muslims fast from dawn to sunset, abstaining…