Indian industrialist Gautam Adani briefly became the world's second-richest person on the Forbes real-time billionaire tracker on Friday, weeks after becoming the first Asian to break into the top three.. Arnault -- who at times held the top spot in May 2021 -- and Adani traded the number two position during the day as the share prices of their companies fluctuated.
Funerals for senior royals since World War II have tended to be very public affairs, with pomp, pageantry and popular fervour.. She was much loved as a symbol of resistance to the Nazi enemy during World War II. Over four days, more than 200,000 people filed past her coffin paying their respects.
King Charles III heads to Wales Friday for the last of his visits to the four nations of the United Kingdom as preparations for the queen's state funeral gather pace.. - 'Peaceful' - The state funeral will follow four days of the queen's coffin lying in state at Westminster Hall.
Hungary reacted furiously Thursday to a vote in the European Parliament that declared that the country was no longer a "full democracy" and that the European Union needed to act.. - Corruption concerns - Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday, in her State of the European Union address to the European Parliament, that the EU "must fight for our democracies".
Cardi B on Thursday pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges in New York court, avoiding jail time in a deal that closes a years-long case alleging her involvement in a strip club brawl.. - 'Move on' - The swift denouement followed four years of back-and-forth between her legal team and state prosecutors, proceedings drawn out, like so many court cases, by the pandemic.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took credit Thursday for sending two planeloads of undocumented Venezuelans to wealthy Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, as Republicans play up immigration issues before the November election.. "Immigrants are being dropped off on Martha's Vineyard by chartered flights from Texas.
A lightning Ukrainian counter-offensive with the potential to be a turning point in Kyiv's fight against the Russian invasion has once again highlighted Moscow's intelligence shortcomings in the war, analysts say.. "Russian intelligence did not understand where exactly the actual counter-offensive would take place," he told AFP. Khramchikhin also said there was a stark difference in mobilisation between Russia and Ukraine.
Orderly and good-natured, the enormous waiting line to see Queen Elizabeth II's coffin is being hailed as a triumph of Britishness in a country that prides itself on its queueing finesse.. Bradley noted that in modern Britain most queues were seen as frustrating as anywhere else in the world and that it was wrong to imagine orderly lines were exclusively British, or even a reality across the country.
The world's poorest countries say they will insist that the UN's upcoming climate talks push ahead with proposals for a fund to compensate vulnerable nations for climate-inflicted damage.. The LDC bloc, gathering countries mainly from Africa and Asia, is campaigning in particular for compensation for vulnerable countries which suffer from climate-related damage such as floods and rising seas.
EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen was in Kyiv Thursday for her first visit to Ukraine since the war-scarred country became a candidate for bloc membership, angering Moscow.. Von der Leyen said Thursday's visit was her third to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February, but that this one was different.
