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In 2022, Christopher Harborne transferred £1 million to the former UK PM, an ardent backer of Kiev, the newspaper claims A shady donor accompanied former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a staunch supporter of Kiev, on at least one of his visits to Ukraine in 2023, The Guardian has claimed, citing leaked documents. Christopher Harborne, who donated £1 million ($1.34 …

A son has revealed the heart-wrenching final text from his mother moments before the deadly Jeju Air flight crashed, killing 179 people. Geun-woo Park, who lost both parents in the crash on December 29, 2024, bound for Muan International Airport, opened up about his devastating loss during a new BBC documentary. His parents, Park Seung-ho and Oh In-kyung, had been …

The date for Nicolas Sarkozy’s imprisonment will be set on Monday, after the former French president was sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his winning 2007 campaign with funds from Libya. Sarkozy, 70, says he is innocent. He denounced the verdict as “a scandal” and filed an appeal. He is the first …

The US president has also accused former vice chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, of dishonesty and corruption US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he hopes “necessary authorities” are looking into Democratic Senator Adam Schiff for being “dishonest and corrupt.” The California lawmaker led two investigations into Trump in 2019 and 2021. During Trump’s first term, …

In a move that could dent China’s relations with the European Union, Chinese technology company Wingtech said control of its Dutch subsidiary Nexperia has been effectively frozen, following an intervention by a government ministry and court in the Netherlands. In a corporate filing dated October 13, lodged with the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Sunday, Wingtech said semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia is …

From Israel’s skirmishes with several countries and armed groups in the Middle East, continuing war in Ukraine, India and nuclear-armed Pakistan exchanging strikes earlier this year, and China continuing to rehearse a potential invasion of Taiwan, it is no surprise that some people are planning for the worst. But some have taken that to an extreme degree, going as far as …

The banishing of militants from Gaza under the US president’s plan is “absurd,” a spokesman for the group has told reporters Hamas representatives will not attend the signing ceremony for the US-mediated peace deal in Egypt on Monday, the group’s spokesman Husam Badran has told the press. He also voiced misgivings about certain points in the plan promoted by US …

Speaking to NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, US Vice President JD Vance said the release of the remaining hostages was imminent. He explained: “Well, it really should be any moment now, Kristen. The president of the United States is planning to travel to the Middle East to greet the hostages Monday morning, Middle Eastern time, which should be …

Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid overnight into Sunday, part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter. This came as Moscow expressed “extreme concern” over the United States potentially providing Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. Kyiv regional Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said two employees of Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, were wounded in Russian strikes on a …

In a congratulatory phone call from Zelensky to Trump on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said the two leaders talked about Russia’s latest strikes targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, as well as the possibility of Kyiv obtaining U.S. made Tomahawk missiles. In a post on X, Zelensky said “If a war can be stopped in one region, then surely other wars can be …