Michael Daventry

Economy

Readmit Russia to G7, US President Donald Trump says to world leaders

Russia was expelled after its annexation of Crimea in 2014

08/06/2018

United Kingdom

Anti-Brexit group launches campaign for second referendum on EU member

Best for Britain says people and businesses are suffering because of the uncertainty

08/06/2018

Economy

Argentina announces $50bn standby deal with IMF

Agreement is a turning point in a country where many blame the IMF for the 2001 economic crisis

08/06/2018

World News

Mars rover Curiosity's new findings hailed as 'breakthroughs in astrobiology'

NASA's roving science lab has uncovered tantalizing new evidence of organic molecules on the red planet.

07/06/2018

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Balkan countries meet to discuss how to avoid repeating the 2015 migra

More than a million refugees came into Europe from North Africa and the Middle East three years ago

07/06/2018

United Kingdom

UK proposes new Brexit deal to avoid hard border in Ireland

Theresa May reportedly backed down after a senior minister threatened to resign

07/06/2018

World News

European countries consider differing bans on the headscarf

Politicians in Austria and Germany are the latest to make proposals for schools

08/04/2018

No Comment

Thousands attempt to block Brazil's ex-president Lula starting jail term

Supporters blocked cars and tore down a gate after he announced he would turn himself him

08/04/2018

Hungary

Orban casts vote as millions of Hungarians head to the polls

Early morning turnout on Sunday was a record high in post-communist elections

08/04/2018

World

Canada hockey bus crash kills 14

More than a dozen injured in a late afternoon collision with a lorry in Saskatchewan

07/04/2018

Sport

Toronto Raptors claim top spot in NBA Eastern Conference with Indiana Pacers win

The win seals two records for the Canadian side

07/04/2018

USA

Trump threatens $100bn in additional US tariffs on China

The move triggered concerns the two countries' dispute could spiral into a full trade war

06/04/2018

USA

UK 'playing with fire' in Skripal affair, Russia warns

Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia says the substance used in spy poisoning is 'not copyrighted by Russia'

06/04/2018

USA

Donald Trump 'unaware' of $130k payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels

US president rejects claims his lawyer paid her money to keep quiet about a sexual encounter between them

06/04/2018

Syria

Bashar al-Assad filmed driving to the Syrian civil war's front line

The Syrian leader met government troops fighting the remaining rebel groups in eastern Ghouta

19/03/2018

Turkey

Turkey's Erdoğan signals further military operations in Syria

A day after the capture of Afrin, the president lists other Kurdish areas in Syria that could be targeted next

19/03/2018

Russia

Russia - West confrontations 'will continue', political analyst says

Vladimir Putin operates a concept of Russia being under constant attack and constantly defending itself, according to Andrei Kolesnikov

19/03/2018

Turkey

Turkish newspapers celebrate ousting of Kurdish fighters from Afrin

The Syrian town and surrounding province have seen heavy fighting over the past eight weeks

19/03/2018

France

Gerard Depardieu among expatriates voting in Russian election

Hundreds of thousands of Russian overseas voters, including the French actor, are expected to cast ballots on Sunday

18/03/2018

Syria

Turkey, Free Syrian Army now in control of Afrin, Erdogan says

Turkey's president says town is now 'entirely under control'

18/03/2018