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Wealthy people in the UK, from foreign billionaires to City of London bankers, are rushing to shelter their money after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak surprised the country by calling a summer election. Some are cashing in investments, paying off bills that may soon rise or leaving the UK entirely, according to interviews with more than two dozen…

By Nicole Johnston, Asia correspondent in BeijingPutin's St Petersburg summit comes right out of the same playbook as China's President Xi Jinping.So how do you get a read on China's geo-political thinking? One way is by wading through the dry and detailed pronouncements of its president, that's where the…

France's domestic intelligence agency has detained a 26-year-old Russian-Ukrainian man on suspicion of planning a violent act after he injured himself in an explosion, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The news came hours before world leaders gathered in the nation to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy.The man was treated by a fire…

Further evidence — not that any was needed — of the catastrophic idiocy of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine is found in an internal study commissioned by Gazprom, a state-controlled energy firm and largest company in Russia. As revealed by the Financial Times, the analysis concluded that the loss of European customers for Russian natural gas in…

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — As young soldiers, they waded through breaking waves and gunfire to battle the Nazis. Now bent with age, the dwindling number of World War II veterans joined a new generation of leaders on Thursday to honor the dead, the living and the fight for democracy on the shores where…

Uzbekistan and Türkiye set sights on $5bn trade boost Uzbekistan and Türkiye have agreed to boost their trade volume to $5bn, aiming to expand the range of products traded under the…

Tornadoes ripped through Maryland, Michigan and Ohio causing widespread damage and destruction.A 2-year-old was killed in Livonia, Michigan, and his mother was hospitalized after the storm uprooted a tree that crashed into the roof of their home. The tree landed on their bed while they were asleep, stated the city. His mother is in critical…

To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browserVideo caption, Californians deal with heat dome's scorching temperaturesArticle informationAuthor, Rachel LookerRole, BBC News, Washington5 June 2024Updated 8 hours agoFirefighters are on standby to submerge heat-stroke victims in ice and some popular hiking trails have…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least six crewmembers of a fishing boat were killed when an explosion and a fire hit their vessel at sea off a central Philippine province, coast guard officials said Thursday, adding six others were rescued.Surviving crewmembers, including the skipper of the F/B King Bryan, were still being treated at a hospital or…

Hunter Biden's ex-wife Kathleen Buhle and a woman he was later romantically involved with both testified Wednesday in his federal gun trial after his attorney sought to cast doubt on the authenticity of personal messages allegedly from his personal devices. Buhle, who was married to Hunter Biden for 20 years and shares three daughters with him,…