Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s former first minister who spearheaded an ongoing push for independence, was arrested as part of an investigation into the Scottish National Party’s finances months after she stepped down.
Kyiv’s forces recaptured Blahodatne, a village in the Donetsk region, Russian Telegram channels and Ukraine’s Suspilne news service reported on Sunday as details trickle out about the counteroffensive against Russian occupying troops. A video posted online by Ukraine’s 68th Jaeger brigade showed soldiers raising the Ukrainian flag over a partially destroyed building. The footage couldn’t be independently verified.
The US expanded a ban on imports from China’s Xinjiang region, placing two more companies on its so-called entity list, the first additions since a law targeting forced labor in the area took effect a year ago.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces a new electoral challenge after Boris Johnson’s surprise resignation from Parliament triggered at least three by-elections that could highlight softening support for the Conservative Party.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces a new electoral headache after Boris Johnson’s surprise resignation from Parliament triggered at least three by-elections that could highlight softening support for the Conservative Party.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy cited a “positive mood” in his first comments about Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian occupying forces. Ukraine’s president wouldn’t discuss the scale of operations, which remain unclear. Kyiv’s forces conducted operations in at least four areas on Saturday, according to the Institute for the Study of War. Geolocated footage “indicates that Ukrainian forces in western Zaporizhzhia oblast made localized gains during counterattacks southwest and southeast of Orikhiv, a
Montenegrins vote Sunday in parliamentary elections that may help stabilize the tiny Adriatic state after its two most recent governments collapsed, in a contest that pits a new generation of pro-European leaders against veteran politicians.
The policy chief for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party said a no-confidence motion being considered by an opposition party may be a cause for dissolving parliament, leading to a general election.
The Confederation of British Industry has been abandoned by major sponsors of its annual conference, posing another challenge to the lobby group as it battles for survival in the wake of a sexual assault scandal.
Ecuador’s main socialist opposition party picked a socially conservative lawyer as its candidate in the upcoming elections, putting her among the favorites to be the nation’s next president.
