This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protesters have said they will continue to occupy the Sri Lankan presidential and prime ministerial residences until both leaders officially resign. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he would step down on 13 July, according to an announcement made
AFP At least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the South African township of Soweto, police say. Police said gunmen entered the Orlando East tavern in the early hours of Sunday morning and started firing randomly at a group of young people. They then fled the scene in a white minibus.
Rafael Fiziev earned his sixth straight win in the UFC Saturday with a late knockout of Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Vegas 58 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) LAS VEGAS — The list of contenders in the lightweight division keeps growing. The latest to establish himself as a bona fide contender is
Getty Images One of Canada’s largest mobile and internet providers, Rogers, has apologised for the country-wide outage of its services which began on Friday. The company’s CEO Tony Staffieri said the failure followed “a maintenance update in our core network”. Transport, banking and emergency services were all hit by Friday’s blackout, with 911 hotlines and
Vignesh, a 31-year-old artist from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, uses a lens and sunlight to burn his designs onto wood. As a child, Vignesh would use this technique to burn scraps of paper. He now uses wood to make unique artworks . He also teaches the technique to young people and hopes
Katrinka Cox lives the American Dream: a green trimmed lawn, poolside lake view, and $1.3m villa she calls home. She is the only black homeowner in her gated Florida community. And despite her financial success, she says her attempts to buy another property are being blocked due to her skin colour. Black Americans are almost
Ministry of Defence via PA Media Six Royal Air Force fighter jets have flown to Finland and Sweden for joint training exercises, the MoD has said. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the deployment, which came at the request of both nations, underlined the UK’s commitment to strengthening collective defence capabilities. The exercise also follows the
EPA Thousands gathered in the US capital on Saturday, marching through pouring rain and risking arrest to protest the reversal of abortion rights last month. The demonstration came two weeks after the Supreme Court repealed Roe v Wade – the ruling that had guaranteed abortion access nationwide for nearly 50 years. Chanting “we won’t go
Getty Images Two former health secretaries, Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt, have joined the race to replace Boris Johnson. Both have declared their plans to run for Conservative Party leader in the Sunday Telegraph. The pair are calling for tax cuts – with Mr Javid looking to scrap an increase in National Insurance, while Mr
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced he will step down after protesters stormed his official residence and set the prime minister’s house on fire. Neither the PM nor the president were in the buildings. Hundreds of
EPA These are extraordinary times for Sri Lanka – after a day of fury and violence, the country’s two senior leaders have agreed to step down. The news triggered jubilation at the main protest site in Colombo. Firecrackers were set off in many parts of the city. I am at the Galle Face protest site
Reuters Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps have announced they are standing for the Conservative Party leadership. Mr Shapps told the Sunday Times he was ruling out a general election if he was successful in becoming prime minister. Mr Zahawi has said he will lower taxes, boost defence spending, and continue with education
Getty Images Russian missile and rocket strikes have caused more widespread damage in towns and cities across eastern and southern Ukraine, regional officials say. Four civilians died in a strike on Siversk, a town in Donetsk region, local governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said. Civilian areas of Druzhkivka, in the same region, were also hit. A supermarket
EPA Japanese police have admitted there were flaws in the security for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead in the southern city of Nara on Friday. “It is undeniable that there were problems in the security,” said Nara police chief Tomoaki Onizuka. A gunman opened fire on Abe at a political
Getty Images Thousands of protesters have stormed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence in the capital of Sri Lanka. Demonstrators from all over the country marched to Colombo demanding his resignation after months of protests over mismanagement of the country’s economic crisis. Reports say he has already been moved to a safer location. The country is suffering
We like to think of the New York Giants as a blue blood NFL franchise. They’ve been around since the early years. They have four Lombardi Trophies. Some great players are part of Giants lore. The truth is, it has been a while since the Giants did anything to be proud about. Since Feb. 5,