A Nobel laureate known as the “banker to the poor” will aim to bring stability to Bangladesh after he answered a call by student protesters for him to temporarily lead the restive country following weeks of deadly anti-government demonstrations. Muhammad Yunus, 84, will head an interim government following the toppling of the South Asian country’s prime minister and dissolution of ...
A Thai court on Wednesday ordered the kingdom’s most popular political party to be disbanded, a verdict that delivers a major blow to a vibrant progressive movement and one that threatens to bring more political turbulence to Thailand. The Move Forward Party won a stunning electoral victory in 2023, winning the most parliamentary seats on an anti-establishment reform agenda that ...
At least one person has died and several people have been injured after a hotel collapsed in the popular wine village of Kröv in western Germany overnight. There were 14 people in the building at the time of the collapse, the spokesperson said. While the building is still partially intact, it is moving by 4 millimeters (0.16 inches) an hour, so rescue operations ...
A 39-year-old Polish man has been found guilty of assaulting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in June, national broadcaster DR reported on Wednesday. The man could face four months in prison and deportation from Denmark for six years, according to DR. Frederiksen was “hit by a man” in a public square in the capital Copenhagen on June 7, her office said. ...
Elon Musk’s claim that “civil war is inevitable” in the UK is “totally unjustified”, a government minister has said, after the billionaire clashed with Sir Keir Starmer over the remarks. Musk, the owner of X, has been engaged in a war of words with the prime minister over riots gripping the UK, amid concerns online disinformation is fuelling the unrest. ...
A major NHS IT provider faces a penalty of just over £6m for failures which led to a cyber attack and the theft of nearly 83,000 medical records. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been investigating Advanced, which supplies vital systems for the health service, since the breach on 4 August 2022. The cyber attack had wide-ranging implications, affecting the ...
Elon Musk’s X has launched legal action against a string of companies after they stopped advertising on the social network. The tech giant, formerly known as Twitter, alleges the firms unlawfully conspired to boycott the site and caused it to lose “billions of dollars” in revenue. The lawsuit was filed in Texas against the World Federation of Advertisers and member ...
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A month ago, the 2024 presidential election was slated to feature the two oldest candidates in American history. President Biden, 81, was seeking to defend his position in the face of a challenge from former president Donald Trump, 78. Despite the relatively narrow difference in their ages, polling showed that the issue posed more of a challenge for the incumbent ...
Voters in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District will head to the polls Tuesday as Rep. Cori Bush fights to hold on to her seat in the Democratic primary against St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell, who is backed by a powerful pro-Israel lobbying group. The race between two liberal Black candidates in this district gets to the heart of a fissure ...