[ad_1] Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new army chief ahead of planned protests on Monday, called by a group of war veterans who want to force the president to resign. The former major general, Emmanuel Matutu, takes over with immediate effect. President Mnangagwa has faced calls from his former supporters to step down…
[ad_1] Vladimir Putin has suggested that Ukraine should temporarily be placed under UN control to elect what he called a more “competent” government. It is the latest attempt by the Russian president to challenge the legitimacy of the Kyiv government. Ukraine accused Putin of proposing “crazy” ideas to delay further movement towards a peace deal…
[ad_1] Workers are feared trapped following the collapse of a high-rise building under construction in Thailand’s capital. A 7.7 magnitude quake struck in neighbouring Myanmar on Friday at a depth of 10km, followed by a strong aftershock, according to the US Geological Survey. Workers can be seen fleeing the scene in the Chatuchak neighbourhood. Elsewhere…
[ad_1] Canada is set to hold a federal election on April 28 following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s call for a snap election amid escalating trade tensions with the United States. The BBC asked Canadian voters in Toronto how they would approach Donald Trump if they were Prime Minister, would it be through defiance or through…
[ad_1] Thomas Mackintosh BBC News BBC A Sindbad submarine (not the vessel lost) in Hurghada on Thursday Egyptian authorities have questioned the crew of a tourist submarine which sank in the Red Sea killing six of the 45 passengers on board. The 39 other passengers, and five crew were rescued on Thursday after the Sindbad…
[ad_1] President Trump has repeated claims that taking control of Greenland is essential for US national security – as Vice-President JD Vance and his wife Usha visit a US space base there on Friday. The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at what the Trump administration wants from Greenland – and the controversy surrounding the…
[ad_1] The woman who murdered singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez was denied early release from prison in Texas on Thursday. Yolanda Saldívar was sentenced to life in prison for the 1995 murder of the Tejano singer who became a music icon in the US. When Saldívar was sentenced, she was given the possibility of parole after serving…
[ad_1] Katy Watson Australia correspondent Getty Images Albanese’s term has been marked by an agenda on climate change, cost of living and Indigenous issues When Cyclone Alfred barrelled over Australia’s east coast earlier this month, it also blew the government’s election plans off course. Hoping to capitalise on some rare good news on interest rates,…
[ad_1] Annabelle Liang Business reporter Getty Images Vietnam’s PM has said he would “golf all day long” with Trump Countries around the world are braced for Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day in America!!!” next week. The US president’s deadline to impose reciprocal tariffs on trading partners will come just days after he hit foreign carmakers…
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution, which operates more than 20 museums and research centres visited by millions yearly in Washington DC and New York City. The order directs the vice-president to “eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology” from the institute’s museums, centres and the National Zoo…