The 2020 US election campaigns smashed all records – with presidential and congressional candidates spending a total of almost $14bn – more than double the price tag for 2016.
Dying stronghold | The 17th-century palace that is all that’s left of a Ukrainian ghost town
Chervonograd Castle, in the mountains in the south of Ukraine’s Ternopil region, was badly damaged during the First World War, and still more so during the Second World War. Now, its eerie remains attract abandoned...
Man fires FLAMETHROWER from top of bus in Brooklyn
Police in New York say they are investigating an incident in which a shirtless man fired a flamethrower from the roof of a packed city bus earlier this month.
Too late to prevent civil war? Thousands flee as Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict escalates
Just 13 months ago, Ethiopia’s prime minister was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize – now critics say Abiy Ahmed is leading his nation into war. In the northern Tigray region, thousands of civilans are on the...
Israel, Bahrain deepen new ties, agree to open embassies
Bahrain and Israel said on Wednesday they would open embassies, establish online visa systems and launch weekly flights between the countries soon, in a broadened cooperation promoted by Washington as an economic boon...
Coronavirus pandemic: France becomes first European country to top 2 million cases
#France has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases of #coronavirus, the fourth-highest total in the world. France health chief Jerome Salomon says with 33,500 Covid-19 patients in the hospital, the situation is far from...
