The Biden administration has made a “substantial offer” to bring two American detainees home from Russia, the US secretary of state has said. Reports have suggested Moscow is interested in exchanging basketball star Brittney Griner for convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout. Secretary Antony Blinken…
Turkey says it will now be pushing for the extradition of 33 “terror” suspects from Finland and Sweden, under a deal that lifted Ankara’s objections to the two Nordic states’ bids to join Nato. Turkey would ask them to “fulfil their promises”, the justice minister…
For raw symbolism this Jubilee weekend, it will be hard to beat the gold State Coach. This notoriously uncomfortable vehicle will be the ceremonial centrepiece of the climax of the Jubilee weekend – the pageant that will travel the coronation route from Westminster Abbey to…
The chancellor must act now and not wait for the Autumn Budget to help people with the soaring cost of living, say business groups and unions. The Confederation of British Industry said: “There are some choices about what you do now and what you do…
An intense heatwave is sweeping through northern India with temperatures hitting a record 49.2C (120.5F) in parts of the capital, Delhi. This is the fifth heatwave in the capital since March. Officials in many parts of the country have asked people to take precautions as…
It is easy to miss the killing spot at first in the gloom. But in a cold, damp basement on the edge of the woods that made Bucha a popular get-away spot before the war, five Ukrainian men were forced to their knees and shot…
Ireland’s Brooke Scullion has failed to qualify for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. The 23-year-old’s elimination was a surprise to many Eurovision-watchers, after she received the warmest welcome of the night during Thursday’s semi-final in Turin. But her Eurovision dream has ended, as…
This is the way Steve reviews his most memorable portion of a stimulating medication, psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound found in enchantment mushrooms. His experience was essential for a clinical preliminary that a few researchers are calling a significant stage towards an unrest in the treatment…