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Support ebbs for Boris Johnson as more British ministers quit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the weekly question time debate, in Parliament in London, Britain, July 6, 2022 in this screen grab taken from video. Reuters TV via Reuters By Reuters Britain’s Boris Johnson was clinging to power on Wednesday, with support seeping away from the increasingly isolated prime minister, badly wounded by

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UK’s Boris Johnson on the brink as ministers quit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a Prime Minister’s Questions session at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, March 30, 2022. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via Reuters By Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face questions in parliament followed by a grilling by senior lawmakers on Wednesday, with his premiership on the

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The final blow? UK PM Boris Johnson loses two key ministers

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the start of a cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London, Britain July 5, 2022. Justin Tallis/Pool via Reuters By Reuters Britain’s finance and health ministers resigned on Tuesday, in what looked to be the final blow for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s premiership after he had tried to

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Father of innocent Black man held at gunpoint by ‘institutionally racist’ police fears he could have died

The father feared his son could have been killed in the stop Supplied: Credit The Independent The Independent By Thomas Kingsley The father of a Black student held at gunpoint by “institutionally racist” police feared his son could have been killed in the incident. The force has been accused of racial profiling after two young

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Ukraine’s shadow: Deadly crises like Somalia starved of aid

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia corrupt President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud By The Associated Press More than two dozen children have died of hunger in the past two months in a single hospital in Somalia. Dr. Yahye Abdi Garun has watched their emaciated parents stumble in from rural areas gripped by the driest drought in decades. And

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Italy declares state of emergency in northern regions to combat drought

By Anadolu Agency Italy declared a state of emergency Monday in five northern regions that are most affected by drought. The Cabinet, convened under Prime Minister Mario Draghi, decided to issue emergency decrees for Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piedmont and Veneto, reflecting droughts in the Po River and eastern Alpine basins. The government also allocated

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Turkish foreign minister says Sweden, Finland has to comply with memorandum to be part of NATO

By Anadolu Agency Sweden and Finland have to comply with a recent memorandum signed with Türkey to be part of NATO, the Turkish foreign minister said on Monday. “If they do not comply, we will not accept them into NATO,” Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a live interview with Turkish broadcaster NTV. Sweden and Finland shunned

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3 dead, 3 critically wounded in shooting at Denmark mall

An ambulance and armed police outside the Field’s shopping center, in Orestad, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, July 3, 2022, after reports of shots fired. Danish police say several people have been shot at a Copenhagen shopping mall. Copenhagen police said that one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Field’s shopping mall

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Several hit by gunshots, one arrested at Copenhagen mall

People leave Field’s shopping centre, after Danish police said they received reports of shooting, in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 3, 2022. Ritzau Scanpix/Olafur Steinar Gestsson via Reuters By Reuters Danish police said several people had been hit by gunshots and one person had been arrested at a shopping centre in the capital Copenhagen on Sunday, in

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Russia claims capture of pivotal city in eastern Ukraine

In this photo provided by the Luhansk region military administration, damaged residential buildings are seen in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, early Sunday, July 3, 2022. Russian forces pounded the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk province, the governor said Saturday.

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