Polls must be held for the assembly in Pakistan's most populous province next month, the Supreme Court declared Tuesday, voiding a bid to delay voting in Punjab and handing a political victory to opposition leader Imran Khan. . Pakistan's Supreme Court -- which took up the case on its own initiative -- on Tuesday declared the delay "unconstitutional, without lawful authority or jurisdiction".
Britain on Tuesday announced a plan to protect water supplies, amid a long-running scandal over privatised water firms pumping raw sewage into rivers and onto seashores.. "Water companies develop long-term plans for water supply and wastewater, which include environmental improvements, but these are set to happen over decades.
Finland's move on Tuesday to become the 31st member of NATO is a strategic step that doubles the military alliance's border with Russia but provides the coalition with limited additional military capacity.. - More NATO border to defend - As a NATO member, Finland is bound by the alliance's mutual defence clause, Article 5.
At least one person died and 30 were injured early Tuesday when a high-speed passenger train slammed into heavy construction equipment and derailed near The Hague, Dutch emergency services said.. "One person has died and at least 30 people have been injured.
An upcoming meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will "further damage" relations between Beijing and Washington, China warned Monday.. As speaker of the House of Representatives, McCarthy is the most senior Republican lawmaker and second in line to the US presidency.
Muslims are observing Ramadan in war-ridden Ukraine for a second year, and most people praying at a mosque near the eastern front line this week were soldiers in camouflage fatigues.. When the war began, he quit and now works as an ambulance driver with volunteer paramedics, evacuating wounded soldiers from the front line.
Donald Trump will make an unprecedented appearance before a New York judge Tuesday to answer criminal charges that threaten to throw the entire 2024 White House race into turmoil.. The twice-impeached Republican claims he is the victim of "political persecution" -- but is also using the case to energize his support base, and raise millions of dollars for his bid to reclaim the White House next year.
Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, in a historic strategic shift provoked by Moscow's war on Ukraine, which doubles the US-led alliance's border with Russia.. Invaded by its giant neighbour the Soviet Union in 1939, Finland -- which has a 1,300-kilometre (800 mile) border with Russia -- stayed out of NATO throughout the Cold War.
L'Oreal announced Tuesday the signing of an agreement with Brazil's Natura & Co to acquire its Australian luxury cosmetics brand Aesop in a deal valued at $2.53 billion.. Natura bought British cosmetics company The Body Shop from L'Oreal in 2017.
World oil prices soared Monday while equity markets mostly won modest increases after several top producers led by Saudi Arabia sprang surprise output cuts.. The Kremlin also defended the decision, saying it was "in the interests of global energy markets for world oil prices to remain at a good level."
