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Funeral directors in Ireland are reporting a trend for increasingly elaborate funerals, a new study shows. A survey found some undertakers are on the receiving end of increasingly complex service demands as the…

Death indeed stalks the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky. Amid the growing threat to his life in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the embattled President has said he would want to be remembered as a man…

Russia’s warplanes bombed Lviv and its missiles struck Kyiv on Saturday, as Moscow retaliated after the sinking of its Black Sea Fleet flagship, Moskva. An explosion was heard and smoke seen in Kyiv’s southeastern…

Russia announced yesterday hat it has put British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and key members of his government, on its “stop list”. Also included is Theresa May, former British prime minister. According…

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected a proposed law requiring social media users to register their real names and phone numbers, citing threats to free speech and privacy, his spokesman said Friday.…

Germany has officially confiscated the world’s largest superyacht owned by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, as part of sanctions against Moscow following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, police sources said Thursday.…

Russia, on Thursday, warned that if Sweden and Finland joined the North Atlantic Treaty…

US President Joe Biden announced an $800 million military aid package for Ukraine on Wednesday as international prosecutors declared the war-torn Western ally a “crime scene” amid fears of a massive revamped Russian…

Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 500 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as the highly contagious BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron surges in many countries in Europe and Asia. The rise of BA.2 has been…

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has called on China to pressure Russia to end its military offensive in Ukraine, saying Beijing risked losing its standing in the world if it does help end the “heinous war”.…

Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, says the country will begin processing applications of asylum seekers in Rwanda.  The prime minister’s office said this on Wednesday, adding that Johnson will announce plans of…

UK Conservative MP David Wolfson has quit as justice minister over the “scale, context and nature” of breaches of COVID rules in Downing Street. Shortly afterwards, according to Sky News, Craig Whittaker, Tory MP…

Russia’s major warship the ‘Moskva’ was evacuated Wednesday after an ammunition explosion triggered a ravenous fire that will likely sink the ship. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday…

New York City police on Wednesday arrested Frank James, the suspect in the mass shooting that occurred on a crowded subway train in Brooklyn on Tuesday. James, 62, was taken into custody in the East Village…

There was a mild drama on Tuesday when a bird appeared to poop on the US President, Joe Biden. The bird defecated on Biden’s suit in Iowa as he delivered his speech on inflation and the state of the American…

Russia’s defence ministry said Wednesday that more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered in Mariupol, a strategic port city in eastern Ukraine that has been besieged by Moscow’s troops for over…

The New York City Police Department has declared a 62 year-old black man as a person of interest in the shooting of commuters at the city’s subway Tuesday morning. He set off a smoke bomb and opened fire in a New…

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Treasury chief Rishi Sunak will be fined by police for holding parties in breach of COVID-19 regulations. This was the outcome of police investigations into allegations of…

At least five people were shot and 13 injured overall as explosive devices were found in a New York City subway station on Tuesday. Local media, citing fire department sources said the incident occurred at about…

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, without photos being taken or a joint statement released. The meeting was “very direct, open and tough” and his…

Finland is preparing for a potentially historic decision “before midsummer” on whether to apply to join NATO as a deterrent against Russian aggression. The Nordic nation of 5.5 million has traditionally been…

Imran Khan was dismissed Sunday as Pakistan’s Prime Minister after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament following weeks of political turmoil. A new premier will be chosen Monday, with Pakistan Muslim…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Gen. Alexander Dvornikov as new theatre commander to direct the war in Ukraine’s Donbas region. Dvornikov,60, is the commander of Russia’s Southern Military District,…

France votes on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election, with far-right candidate Marine Le Pen posing an unexpected threat to President Emmanuel Macron’s re-election hopes. Until just weeks ago,…