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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a phone call with UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, during which they discussed the situation surrounding Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Victims of crash were aged between four and 18 years old, US authorities say.

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have temporarily shuttered more than half of the tourist resorts in the scenic Himalayan region after last week’s deadly attack on tourists raised tensions between India and Pakistan and led to an…

The case of Erin Patterson, accused of killing three with toxic Beef Wellington, has gripped the nation.

A powerful speech in the Bundestag made her famous and has inspired young voters to fight back against the far rightThe latest tattoo on Heidi Reichinnek’s lower right arm reads “Angry Woman”. A “present to myself”, she says, after the unexpected return to the German parliament of her party, Die Linke (The Left), in February’s elections.Months before the vote, it had been widely predicted the far-left party, successor to the east German communists, would be decimated. But the naysayers were proved wrong: Die Linke won nearly 9% of the vote, an increase of almost 4% on the previous election, giving them a healthy 64 seats in the new Bundestag. Continue reading…

The turn to India for accounting talent echoes similar moves in tech over the past two decades, where global companies including Walmart, Microsoft and JPMorgan Chase have set up offices in the country.

PM Mark Carney declared win in Canada’s election, vowing to push back any attempt to undermine their sovereignty.

Jagmeet Singh – the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party and a known pro-Khalistan figure, who repeatedly accused India of being involved in the death of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar – has lost the election.

Museums in Belfast, Cardiff, Perth, Warwickshire and County Durham compete for £120,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year awardFive UK museums, all “alive with ideas and energy”, in Belfast, Cardiff, Perth, Warwickshire and County Durham are to compete for the world’s largest prize given to a museum.The Art Fund Museum of the Year prize offers the winner a gamechanging prize of £120,000, with £15,000 going to each of the other finalists. Continue reading…