Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born author of the Booker Prize-winning novel “Midnight Children”, was stabbed in the neck during an event in New York.
Kenyans are voting to elect their fifth president, a new parliament and county officials. Closing polls had opposition leader Raila Odinga and Vice President William Ruto in a dead heat. Find all the live updates here.
Kenyans are voting to elect their fifth president, a new parliament and county officials. Closing polls had opposition leader Raila Odinga and Vice President William Ruto in a dead heat. Find all the live updates here.
Tension has gripped world politics over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s expected visit to Taiwan, with China, which claims the island to be its territory, issuing warnings against any such trips.
An Egyptian court has called for broadcasting the live execution of a murderer, who stabbed his classmate to death after she rejected his marriage proposal.
Rishi Sunak rushed to the side of a television host after she fainted live on air during a UK prime ministerial election debate, which was cancelled mid-way through.
Sri Lanka’s six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday as president of the crisis-hit South Asian nation ahead of forming a unity government, his office said.
Russia supplied some 40% of Europe’s natural gas before the war. That has dropped to around 15%, sending prices through the roof and straining energy-intensive industries.