The president of Sri Lanka fled the country early Wednesday local time, days after protesters stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three-month economic crisis that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel.
Twitter Inc. sued Elon Musk on Tuesday for violating the $44-billion US deal to buy the social media platform and asked a Delaware court to order the world's richest person to complete the merger at the agreed $54.20 US per Twitter share, according to a court filing.
Soaring temperatures in Portugal forced authorities to place more than half the country on alert on Tuesday and to deploy hundreds of firefighters to combat blazes erupting in the central region amid a heatwave that also swept across Spain.
Former finance minister Rishi Sunak is seen as the frontrunner to replace embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as rival leadership campaigns begin to launch attacks on each other's candidates.
Japan's governing party and its coalition partner scored a major victory in a parliamentary election Sunday imbued with meaning after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe amid uncertainty about how his loss may affect party unity.
Novak Djokovic used his steady brilliance to beat the ace-delivering, trick-shot-hitting Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Sunday for a fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship and seventh overall.
Gunmen killed 19 people in two apparently random shootings within hours of each other at taverns in South Africa, police said on Sunday, reinforcing the country's bleak status as a global centre for murder.
Money — along with how taxpayers' money is spent — can often be at the root of controversy and debate. So it came as no surprise when recent headlines focused on the Royal Family's finances, along with what some outside palace walls would consider, at the very least, an unusual scenario: that a royal charity might be the recipient of bags full of cash.
