Month: September 2022

Reuters Tuesday is the final day of a ballot for Russian-held regions of Ukraine which the government in Kyiv and its Western allies dismiss as a sham. Nearly four million people from the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, and the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, are being asked to attend polling stations and

North Face Famed US mountaineer Hilaree Nelson is missing on the world’s eighth tallest peak after reportedly falling into a deep crevasse during a ski descent. The North Face-sponsored athlete and mother of two earlier on Monday reached the summit of Mount Manaslu in Nepal with her partner Jim Morrison. On the same day one

Reuters The Kremlin has admitted mistakes were made in its drive to mobilise Russian army reservists to fight in Ukraine, amid growing public opposition. “There are cases when the decree is violated,” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said, adding that “all the errors will be corrected”. Multiple reports say people with no military experience –

Getty Images Cuba has voted to legalise same-sex marriage in a national referendum. About two-thirds of the population voted to approve reforms in a new Family Code, which will also allow surrogate pregnancies and give gay couples the right to adopt children. It marks a big moment for Cuba, which saw gay people persecuted and

A gunman has opened fire at a school in central Russia, killing at least 13 people and injuring 21, Russian officials say. Victims include seven children at the school of about 1,000 pupils in the city of Izhevsk. The gunman killed himself at the scene. He was a former pupil of the school. Read more:

Russian Investigative Committee A gunman has opened fire at a school in central Russia, killing at least 13 people and injuring 21, Russian officials say. Victims include seven children at the school of about 1,000 pupils in the city of Izhevsk. The gunman has reportedly killed himself and the motive is unclear. Emergency officials are

Getty Images The pound has fallen to its lowest level against the US dollar since decimalisation in 1971. In early Asia trade, sterling fell by more than 4% to $1.0327 before regaining some ground to around $1.05. That came after UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled historic tax cuts funded by huge increases in borrowing. The

When three of Edith and Sébastian’s four children were diagnosed with a genetic disease that will eventually leave them blind, they decided to give their children as many visual memories as they could – and see the world. Retinitis pigmentosa is a condition that people are born with and carriers of the gene often do

Reuters Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has won Italy’s election, according to exit polls, and is on course to become the country’s first female prime minister. If they are confirmed, Ms Meloni will aim to form Italy’s most right-wing government since World War Two. That will alarm much of Europe as Italy is the EU’s third-biggest

Telegram Demonstrators in Russia’s Dagestan region have clashed with police, in the latest protests to break out against Moscow’s new “partial mobilisation”. Footage posted to social media showed locals tussling with officers in the regional capital of Makhachkala. And the OVD-Info group, an independent Russian human rights monitor, said it was concerned by reports of