UK inflation hits new 40-year high
LONDON — Surging petrol and food prices last month pushed British inflation to its highest rate in 40 years, according to official figures that bolstered the chances of a rare half percentage-point Bank of England (BoE) interest rate hike next month.
China warns of ‘forceful measures’ if US House Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan
BEIJING - China's government warned on Tuesday that it would take "forceful measures" if US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, after the Financial Times said she would go to the Chinese-claimed island...
Australians urged to work from home as winter Omicron wave swamps hospitals
SYDNEY - Australians admitted to hospitals from COVID-19 neared record levels on Wednesday as authorities urged businesses to let staff work from home and recommended people wear masks indoors and get booster shots urgently amid a...
Putin says Ukraine did not make good on preliminary peace deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Moscow did not see any desire from Ukraine to fulfil the terms of what he described as a preliminary peace deal agreed to in March.
Mr. Putin, speaking to...
Sri Lanka could tip back to chaos if six-time PM voted president
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's parliament will choose between three candidates for president on Wednesday, hoping the new leader will be able to pull the island out...
The 2.5 seconds that sealed Shinzo Abe’s fate
NARA, Japan — Bodyguards could have saved Shinzo Abe if they shielded him or removed him from the line of fire in the 2.5 seconds between a missed first shot and a second round of gunfire that fatally wounded him, according to eight security experts who reviewed footage of the former Japanese leader’s assassination.
Britain braces for record temperatures as heatwave ripples across Europe
MADRID/LISBON — Britain was heading for its highest temperatures on record and firefighters battled blazes across southern Europe as a heatwave sent people hunting for shade and compounded fears about climate change.
Scientists find an exotic black hole deemed a ‘needle in a haystack’
WASHINGTON — Astronomers have spotted in a galaxy adjacent to our Milky Way what they are calling a cosmic “needle in a haystack” -— a black hole that not only is classified as dormant but appears to have been born without the explosion of a dying star.
How China became ground zero for the auto chip shortage
TAIPEI/SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE - From his small office in Singapore, Kelvin Pang is ready to wager a $23 million payday that the worst of the chip shortage is not over for automakers...
Russia strikes cities across Ukraine, gas supplies in focus
KYIV - Russian forces kept up their bombardment of cities across Ukraine, with intense shelling of Sumy in the north, cluster bombs targeting Mykolaiv and a missile strike in...
US advisers say no need for Disinformation Governance Board
WASHINGTON - Advisers to the US Homeland Security Department said there was no need for the Disinformation Governance Board created by President Joe Biden's administration earlier this year.
The recommendation from a Homeland Security Advisory...
Russia’s Gazprom tells European buyers gas supply halt beyond its control
LONDON - Russia's Gazprom has told customers in Europe it cannot guarantee gas supplies because of "extraordinary" circumstances, according to a letter seen by Reuters, upping the ante in an...