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Tuesday, June 16
World leaders will be joined by Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they try to keep Donald Trump on side
By Jakub Krupa
In today’s newsletter: An argument about money has also spotlighted questions about Britain’s place in the world and the changing face of warfare
So-called ‘good behaviour’ legislation fiercely criticised by opposition politicians and rights groups
The closures, so employees can watch a recorded lecture, will cost the company an estimated 2.1bn won ($1.4m) in sales
16 June 1976 is not just another chapter in the history books, nor is its aftermath and legacy, say those who took part and their families
In an opinion piece for the Dagens Nyheter newspaper on the day she submitted her final conclusions to the government, inquiry chair Eva Broström stated that introducing a mandatory preschool for children with insufficient knowledge of Swedish would be "both legally and practically difficult, and ra
SINGAPORE – It was a Friday in February 2025. June (not her real name), a communications professional in her 30s, was working in the office when she received a call at around 11am from a man claiming to be a Citibank representative. June said the caller told her the bank had detected fraudulent act
BUCHAREST, June 16 - Romania's prime minister-designate Adrian Vestea said late on Monday he would attempt to form a government and get it approved by parliament, despite his own Liberal Party's call for his resignation. The outgoing prime minister and Liberal Party leader Ilie Bolojan asked Vestea
MUMBAI: Amid speculation that a section of Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs may defect to Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, party chief Uddhav Thackeray has called a meeting of all Sena (UBT) MLAs and MLCs on June 22, the first day of the monsoon session of the state legislature. Uddhav had convened a meeting of all Se
Britain’s biggest water supplier, Thames Water, has moved a significant step closer to government control after ministers formally raised concerns about a proposed £10 billion rescue package designed to keep the troubled utility afloat.The UK government's intervention cast fresh doubt over the compa
Drones are reshaping how wars are fought, the flat plains of Ukraine are punctuated with burnt out tank hulls and many critical centres of global energy supply have been shut across West Asia due to this new scourge on the modern battlefield. Armed forces across the world are struggling to effective
DOHA - Qatar is planning to rapidly boost liquefied natural gas (LNG) production once the Strait of Hormuz reopens, aiming to restore most of its export capacity within two months, according to people familiar with the matter. QatarEnergy, which operates the country’s LNG facility, has told buyers
LUCKNOW: A road accident on the Hardoi-Lakhimpur border in Uttar Pradesh (UP) claimed the lives of three members of a family and left three others seriously injured after their car rammed into a tractor-trolley and became lodged underneath it.In a shocking sequence of events, the tractor driver alle
For many Class 12 students, the weeks after board results are filled with cut-offs, course combinations and endless discussions about college choices. Miranda House is now inviting students to step away from admission portals for a few hours and walk through the campus before making those decisions.
For most of us, apples come with a built-in mental postcard, situated in cool mountain air, terraced orchards on Himalayan slopes, and crates transported down from Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, or Shimla.The fruit has always felt like something that belongs to cooler places and is often associated with
Muharram Holiday 2026 date: The Andhra Pradesh government has revised the Muharram school holiday schedule for 2026, altering the dates of optional and general holidays across the state following updated lunar calendar assessments and recommendations from the Andhra Pradesh State Waqf Board, aimed a
Bank says Elvira Nabiullina is on sick leave but will attend press conference on 19 June
LUCKNOW: In a relief for rail passengers in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Indian Railways will introduce multiple new train operations from June 19 following the request of Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister Arvind Kumar Sharma. The move is aimed at improving connectivity across the Purvanchal region and provid
Actor-producer Vishal recently met with the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Vijay, and later shared an emotional note about it on social media. While the meeting itself attracted a lot of attention, the use of one particular word in his post later became a talking point. In his post, Vishal addressed
NEW YORK – Tyra Banks filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and the directors of its America’s Next Top Model docuseries, claiming they manipulated hours of interview footage to support a false narrative about her role on the show. The lawsuit, filed on June 13 in the US District Court for the
The three instructors have been arrested and could face manslaughter charges
NEW DELHI: The Opposition alliance could be facing another setback, this time from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT). Shiv Sena leader and MLC Krupal Tumane on Tuesday claimed that talks with seven Sena (UBT) MPs have reached the final stage under "Operation Tiger."According to Tumane, the se
India's government has blocked messaging app Telegram until June 22, saying the platform was used to "defraud candidates" taking the medical entrance examination. The restriction was issued under a stringent provision of the IT law, which empowers the government to block access to online sites in the "interest of sovereignty and integrity of India".
Andrea Egan urged the introduction of ‘progressive policies’, including investment in infrastructure, pay restoration and better public services
The US vice-president also said nuclear inspectors would return to Iran as part of the deal with Washington to end the war Full report: Trump declares deal ‘all signed’ as G7 leaders try to tie loose ends Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran ahead of the expected signing of the framework peace deal in a couple of days. America’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran is “a very general document”, the US vice-president, JD Vance, has said, adding that specifics of the deal will be worked out during further negotiations. With a memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran signed, Trump said the strait of Hormuz “will be completely open” by Friday. A signing ceremony is scheduled to take place on Friday in Geneva, which Trump said he will probably not attend. The deal included a ceasefire in Lebanon but did not provide for a withdrawal of Israeli troops from areas that they occupied. Lebanon’s prime minister Nawaf Salam has said
