TLE DESK: European leaders will accompany Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington on Monday, as Kyiv and its allies scramble to influence Donald Trump’s evolving […]
Sri Lanka hikes cooking gas prices amid global energy pressures
TLE DESK: Sri Lanka has increased the price of cooking gas by up to 23 per cent, as authorities grapple…
Iran escalates attacks after Trump’s warning over Strait of Hormuz
TBT DESK: launched fresh missile and drone attacks across the Middle East on Monday, while warning of “devastating” retaliation following…
White House seeks $1.5 tn defense budget as Iran war drives costs
TLE DESK: US President Donald Trump asked lawmakers on Friday to approve a massive $1.5 trillion defense budget for 2027,…
Hopes fade as Pakistan flooding claims hundreds of lives
TLE DESK: The search for survivors grew ever more desperate on Sunday as rescuers clawed through mud and boulders in northern Pakistan, following flash floods […]
UNESCO World Heritage: 26 new sites inscribed
UNESCO Reports: The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee came to a close in Paris, France, with the inscription of 26 new cultural and […]
Vietnamese rice grower helps tackle Cuba’s food shortage
TLE DESK: Outside Havana, a combine belonging to a private Vietnamese company is harvesting rice, directly farming Cuban land, in the first instance, to help […]
Putin says discussed Ukraine peace on ‘fair basis’ with Trump
TLE DESK: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he discussed ways to end the conflict in Ukraine “on a fair basis” during his meeting with […]
Last chance saloon for global plastic pollution treaty
TLE DESK: Negotiators trying to secure a global agreement on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution have less than 24 hours to salvage a deal […]
Trump warns of make-or-break chance with Putin as pressure mounts
TLE DESK: Pressure mounted ahead of a landmark summit in Alaska between the United States and Russia, as Donald Trump warned that Vladimir Putin had […]
India and China eye border trade resumption
TLEDESK: India and China are discussing resuming border trade five years after it was halted, foreign ministry officials on both sides have said, as US […]
CPJ says journalists ‘must never be targeted in war’ after Israel’s Gaza strike
Media advocacy group the Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday slammed an Israeli strike that killed several Al Jazeera staff in Gaza overnight, saying journalists should never […]
Climate heat extremes driving tropical bird decline: study
TLE DESK: Tropical bird populations have plummeted not only due to deforestation but also extreme heat attributable to climate change, according to a study published on Monday […]