Letter sent on behalf of more than 500 OHCHR workers says failure to describe the war as a ‘genocide’ undermines the global rights protection system. Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025 Hundreds of United Nations staff have made an appeal to the body’s human rights chief Volker Turk to publicly describe the war in…
Beijing says 26 world leaders will attend the event in Tiananmen Square, overseen by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin will be among world leaders attending an upcoming military parade in China to mark 80 years since the end…
A senior Israeli official accused of child sex crimes in the United States has failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing in his case, weeks after he returned to Israel, prompting concerns that he may have fled to avoid facing trial. Tom Artiom Alexandrovich’s lawyer, David Chesnoff, told the court in Nevada on Wednesday…
Shane Christie, who suspected he was suffering from a degenerative brain disorder, was found dead at his home in Nelson. A New Zealand rugby player who had wanted his brain to be studied after suffering from the effects of multiple concussions has died aged 39, police said. Police were called early on Wednesday morning to…
Israel has launched hundreds of strikes across Syria following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime last December. Six Syrian army officers have been killed in Israeli drone strikes south of Damascus, Syria’s state-run El Ekhbariya TV reported, a day after Syria condemned a new Israeli “military incursion” outside the capital. Israeli drones targeted Syrian…
Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez return to the F1 grid after both drivers were dropped by their teams at the end of 2024. Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas will be back on the Formula One starting grid next season after Cadillac announced the signing of the multiple race winners as the team’s debut driver pairing….
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Here are the key events on day 1,279 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is how things stand on Tuesday, August 26: Fighting An 82-year-old woman was killed and three people were injured in a Russian attack on Kupiansk city, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. Russian attacks killed one person and injured…
Ex-US Open champ suffers meltdown in a third-set flashpoint after an errant photographer’s action caused a point replay. France’s Benjamin Bonzi sent 13th seed Daniil Medvedev crashing out of the US Open in a stormy late-night thriller that boiled over into chaos following an extraordinary third-set meltdown by the Russian. Bonzi advanced to the second…
Democratic leaders in the United States are warning that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to deploy US troops to Chicago amid reports of administration plans to send National Guard soldiers to the Midwestern city. Trump, a Republican, has said he would likely expand the deployment of federal forces to oversee policing in…
