Tory MP William Wragg takes break due to depression and anxiety

Read More William Wragg has said he is taking a short break from his duties as an MP as he is suffering from a period of severe depression and anxiety. The Conservative MP for Hazel Grove, who is chair of the public administration committee, revealed his struggles in a statement on Twitter titled “banishing the […]

Multiple rockets hit near US military base in Syria

Two rockets were fired at a U.S. base in northeastern Syria that was the site of an attack from Iranian-backed forces earlier this year. “Multiple rounds of indirect fire landed in the vicinity of Green Village in northeastern Syria shortly after 9 p.m. Aug. 15, 2022, in the latest attempted attack on Coalition forces and […]

Japan, South Korea, US perform first joint missile defense drills since 2017

United States, South Korean, and Japanese military forces have cooperated in a trilateral missile defense exercise — the first of its kind in years. The drills began Aug. 8 and ran through Sunday, boasting the first formal cooperation of its kind since December 2017. The exercise served to reassure the allied nations of their individual […]

Canadian trucker sentenced to 4 years in prison for smuggling $2.5 million of meth

A Canadian trucker was sentenced to four years in prison for smuggling more than $2.5 million of methamphetamine from the U.S. into Canada through a Whatcom County border crossing. Sarbjit Chahal of Surrey, British Columbia, was arrested in 2018 at the Pacific Highway Border Crossing in Blaine after a Canada Border Services Agency screening of […]

Anger in Germany over Rhine firework display taking place despite drought

Read More Organisers of the “Rhine in Flames” firework displays have come under heavy criticism for staging the event during this summer’s drought, as water levels in the river continue to drop. The annual event has become a flashpoint, with climate campaigners and others furious about the fire risk and waste of precious water as […]

Ukraine aiming to create chaos within Russian forces, Zelenskiy adviser says

Read More Ukraine is engaged in a counteroffensive aimed at creating “chaos within Russian forces” by striking at the invaders’ supply lines deep into occupied territories, according to a key adviser to the president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Mykhailo Podolyak told the Guardian there could be more attacks in the “next two or three months” similar to […]

Leaked audio reveals Liz Truss said British workers needed ‘more graft’

Read More Liz Truss, now the Tory leadership frontrunner, launched an astonishing broadside against British workers, saying they needed “more graft” and suggesting they lacked the “skill and application” of foreign rivals, the Guardian can reveal. In a leaked recording, the then No 2 at the Treasury also risked pitting Londoners against the rest of […]