Ranil Wickremesinghe will contest the forthcoming Sri Lanka presidential election as an independent candidate. According to the Sri Lankan news site Newswave, a group of lawyers including president’s lawyer Ronald…
Sometimes nothing compares to the real thing – as Dublin’s wax museum discovered after it unveiled a figure of Irish singer Sinead O’Connor. Many reacted with shock when the waxwork…
NEW DELHI/ CHENNAI: The Indian links of some US presidential election contenders probably mean little additional benefit for ties, experts said, against the backdrop of bipartisan support for closer relations…
Former president Barack Obama told Kamala Harris he “couldn’t be prouder” as he endorsed her to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic candidate for the US election. Mr Obama had…
Bones unearthed from a wartime Army Medical School site in Tokyo decades ago, potentially linked to victims of Japan’s notorious Unit 731, remain in a repository awaiting identification.Activists, historians, and…
Vandals have carried out arson attacks on France’s high-speed train network causing major travel disruption ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. The state-owned railway operator SNCF said fires had…
Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, co-founder of the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel and the son of his former partner, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the two top leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug…
The Paris Olympics opening ceremony is tomorrow, but celebrities have already made the city of lights shine, as they arrived for the Prelude event on Thursday. A-listers spotted on the…
California authorities have announced the arrest of a suspect linked to the state’s largest wildfire this year, which began when a burning car was pushed into a gully. The Park…
A €10,000 (£8,420) grant scheme for restaurants that serve traditional Austrian food has started to take effect amid claims it is “discriminatory”. The state government of the Lower Austria region…