Trump faces growing backlash over plans to import diesel from Russia
US President Donald Trump is facing a growing backlash over plans to import diesel from Russia as the Iran war continues to impact global energy prices. Trump on Friday announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to release 300,000 tonnes…
Powderfinger: Iconic Australian band announce first tour in 17 years
Powderfinger, one of Australia’s best loved rock bands, has unveiled details of a comeback tour – to take place 17 years after they broke up. The Brisbane-based group, who confirmed their reunion last week, will kick off with four nights in their…
Watch: How was Roman Abramovich able to evade tax?
Deloitte, the world’s biggest accountancy firm, helped in falsifying documents to hide Roman Abramovich’s wealth and evade tax, a BBC investigation has found. BBC Panorama and the Bureau for Investigative Journalism uncovered hundreds of…
Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth
Deloitte wrote in a September 2005 email that «certain changes will have to be made to the accounts (bank account balances, interest income, profit and loss account)» because of the backdated changes to Kravin’s assets. So Deloitte was apparently…
Endangered orangutans released back into the wild after Borneo fires
Eight orangutans have been released into the wild in Borneo after being rescued from intense wildfires. Three mothers, their three daughters and two adult males were freed in a reserve in the west of the island on Friday. Indonesian wildlife authorities…
Nepal: Buildings swept away as flash floods hit Budhi Gandaki river
A flash flood has washed away houses, bridges and damaged a hydropower project along a river in central Nepal. The army said on Sunday that it had rescued 49 people from flood affected areas, but five are still missing, the district’s top official…
Homes and bridges swept away as fresh floods hit Nepal
A major river in Nepal has flooded, sweeping away houses, bridges and damaging a part of hydropower station, authorities have said. Around 50 people have been rescued from along the bank of the Budhi Gandaki River in the central Gorkha district, the army…
Poland stabbings driven by online glorification of violence, Tusk says
Three violent attacks at Polish schools this week were driven by the «glorification of violence» online, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. The attacks have left one woman dead and others injured, including children. «These are very often spontaneous…
What’s behind Trump’s Ukraine-Russia energy ceasefire claim?
US President Donald Trump has said Ukraine and Russia have agreed to an immediate «energy ceasefire». Moscow is yet to comment on the announcement and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky told US media it was «news to me». Trump also recently…
Trump says Ukraine and Russia have agreed ‘energy ceasefire’
Zelensky said it was «news» to him that an energy truce was in effect in comments to news site Axios, before writing on social media that his officials «look forward to clear details of America’s dialogue with Russia». «Ukraine is ready not to…