Charities end links with ‘Fergie’, UK’s Duchess of York, over Epstein email

LONDON (Reuters) -Several charities said on Monday they had cut their links with Sarah Ferguson, Britain's Duchess of York, after media reports that she had described the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a "supreme friend" in an email. According to the Sun on Sunday newspaper, Ferguson, 65, the ex-wife of King Charles' brother, Prince Andrew,...

UK PM Starmer says people have a right to ‘peaceful protest’ after anti-migrant march

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said people have a right to peaceful protest after more than 100,000 demonstrators joined an anti-immigration march through London on Saturday, but he condemned assaults on police and said Britain was built on tolerance and diversity. Far-right activist Tommy Robinson organised a march attended by around 110,000 people on...

Pope Leo criticises high, Musk-style corporate pay packages

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo criticised corporate pay packages that offer executives much higher salaries than their employees in excerpts from his first media interview released on Sunday, citing Tesla's recent $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk. Leo, originally from Chicago, also spoke about the United Nations, his decades working as a missionary in...

Fire breaks out at Russian oil refinery following drone attack, regional governor says

(Reuters) - A fire broke out at the facilities of an oil company in Russia's Bashkortostan region following a drone attack on Saturday, the governor said. "Today, the Bashneft company was subjected to a terrorist attack by aircraft-type drones," Radiy Khabirov wrote on Telegram. One drone was shot down over the production site, sparking a fire, which...

Brazil Supreme Court justice breaks with colleagues on Bolsonaro case, votes to annul

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux called on Wednesday for the annulment of the case against former President Jair Bolsonaro's due to what he called an "absolute lack of jurisdiction" for the five-judge panel hearing the case. The high court still seems likely to convict Bolsonaro of plotting a coup to remain in...

Trump floats new tariffs on China, India to squeeze Russia

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump told European officials he’s willing to impose sweeping new tariffs on India and China to push President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table with Ukraine - but only if EU nations do so as well. Trump made the ask when he called into a meeting with senior US and EU officials in...

Thailand’s Thaksin Shinawatra returns from overseas ahead of court verdict

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra arrived back in Thailand on Monday, his political party said, a day before a Supreme Court verdict that could potentially send the tycoon to prison. Thaksin left Thailand unannounced on Thursday, prompting frenzied speculation he had fled into exile to avoid possible jail amid a scramble for...

Britain could cut visas from countries that don’t accept migrant returns

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Monday it could cut the number of visas granted to countries that do not accept the return of migrants with no right to remain, after talks with allies including the United States on how to assert more control over borders. Britain's new interior minister Shabana Mahmood said counterparts from the United...

Nineteen killed in Nepal in ‘Gen Z’ protest over social media ban

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Unrest killed at least 19 people in Nepal on Monday, authorities said, as police in the capital fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament in anger at a social media shutdown and corruption. Some of the mainly youth protesters forced their way into the parliament complex in Kathmandu...