LONDON: Britain’s parliamentary speaker has warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to disobey the law by refusing to ask for a Brexit delay and vowed to thwart any attempt to circumvent legislation. Parliament passed a law earlier this month aimed at preventing a no-deal Brexit, but Johnson is adamant Britain
MOSCOW: Russian investigators on Thursday raided dozens of regional offices of top protest leader Alexei Navalny, as well as the homes of his supporters, after mass opposition rallies this summer. Navalny said the raids were the result of Kremlin “hysteria” after allies of President Vladimir Putin suffered major losses in
HARARE: Zimbabwe ex-president Robert Mugabe’s family and the government squabbled over his burial on Thursday, with the place — and even its date — still unclear after relatives snubbed a plan for him to be entombed at a national monument. Mugabe died in Singapore last week aged 95, leaving Zimbabweans
RIO DE JANEIRO: Fires recorded in the Brazilian Pantanal, a biodiversity sanctuary in the southern Amazon rainforest, have quadrupled in 2019 compared to the same period last year, the country’s space research agency said Thursday. The number of fires recorded by satellite since January in the Pantanal hit 4,515, an
Leonardo da Vinci’s famous mechanical lion on Wednesday went on display in Paris for a month, in a tribute to the Renaissance master 500 years after his death. The lion, which is two metres high and three metres long and made of wood with a metal mechanism, is a reconstruction
Afghans are bracing for fresh violence after Donald Trump abruptly scuttled US-Taliban talks, yanking this month’s presidential election back into the spotlight as the militants look to keep voters from the polls with bloody attacks. For months now a question mark has hung over the September 28 vote, in which
Crowds in a Chinese eatery ignore their drinks to gather adoringly around four fluffy white ducks, phones poised ready for pictures, at the latest addition to the country’s growing list of popular animal cafes. “Hey! We go”, a business in the centre of the southwestern city of Chengdu, is proving
GUADALAJARA (Spain): Belgian veteran Philippe Gilbert claimed a second win at this year’s Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday as Slovenian Primoz Roglic remained in the lead but with a new challenger. Deceuninck-Quick Step’s Gilbert, 37, backed up his victory on day 12 in Bilbao with a powerful finish on the
GLENEAGLES (United Kingdom): The USA have dominated the Solheim Cup, and will be aiming for a third successive victory when the 16th meeting with Europe starts on Friday at the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles. But a number of arrows point in favour of Europe, and the home team captain
Malaysia prepared to seed clouds after air quality in parts of the country reached unhealthy levels due to smog from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia, an official said. In the latest outbreak, parts of Malaysia’s eastern state of Sarawak on Borneo island have been blanketed over the past few days.
