LONDON: Boris Johnson is expected to become Britain’s next prime minister this week, vowing to deliver Brexit on October 31 come what may, in the face of fierce opposition in parliament. The former London mayor is the runaway favourite to win the governing Conservative Party’s leadership contest and replace Prime
SAN JOSA: Alcohol tainted with potentially toxic levels of methanol has killed 19 people in Costa Rica, where authorities issued an alert against drinking some half-dozen brands. The Ministry of Health issued the national warning Friday while also updating the death toll. Of 34 people who have been poisoned, 14
MOSCOW: More than 22,000 people packed a Moscow square Saturday to demand free and fair local polls, incensed by the authorities’ refusal to put popular opposition candidates on the ballot. Staging their largest protest in years, opposition leaders such as President Vladimir Putin’s top opponent Alexei Navalny and ordinary Muscovites
BELGRADE: A Serbian man has confessed to calling in a fake bomb threat to Belgrade airport because he was hoping for a date with the air hostess, local media reported Saturday. The 65-year old man, identified by initials Z.N., told a Belgrade court that he had met a Lufthansa flight
KIEV: Ukrainians yesterday went to the polls to elect a new parliament as comedian-turned-president Volodymyr Zelensky seeks to bring in political novices and consolidate his power. Zelensky’s newly-created party is expected to win the largest share of the votes in the election that should usher in a new era in
BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan): US, Italian and Russian astronauts blasted into space Saturday, headed for the International Space Station, in a launch coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Nasa’s Andrew Morgan and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency
THANH HOA (Vietnam): Thousands of daytrippers jostled for selfie space and elbowed their way to the sea at a popular north Vietnam beach over the weekend, with extra vigilant lifeguards watching worriedly over the summer surge. There are few beaches in this part of the country, and Sam Son in
SHANGHAI: Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola failed to hide his frustration yesterday about the demands of their pre-season visit to China, saying bleakly: “It’s survival.” The Premier League champions arrived in China two days late because of red tape related to their flight, which is likely to have infuriated a
LOS ANGELES: American J.T. Poston equalled the course record with a 10-under-par 62 to grab a slim lead after the first round of the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship. The 26-year-old delivered 11 birdies and one bogey at Keene Trace Golf Club’s Champion course. Canada’s Nick Taylor is one shot back
KYOTO (Japan): Details emerged yesterday of the horrifying blaze that ripped through a Japanese anime firm, killing dozens including people who tried in vain to reach the roof, but the motive for the suspected arson remained unclear. Eyewitnesses described a fire that was like “looking at hell,” after a man