LONDON: The former Russian spy who was found slumped in an English city after being poisoned is no longer in critical condition and is “improving rapidly,” the hospital treating him said yesterday, reports AFP. It was the first official news on the condition of Sergei Skripal, 66, since…

London: South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been charged with corruption linked to a 1990s arms deal, reports BBC. After the 75-year-old’s…

TOKYO: Oscar-nominated Japanese anime director Isao Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli and was best known for his work “Grave of the Fireflies”,…

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump will again snub the annual White House correspondents’ dinner, organizers said yesterday, amid an escalation of attacks by the president on the US media, reports UNB. While other members of his administration are expected to attend the dinner in Washington on April 28,…

London: Police in India say they have arrested a man who kept his mother’s body in a freezer for three years, reports BBC. Suspect Subhabrata Majumdar appeared to have mummified and preserved the body with chemicals, said police in Kolkata. They are investigating whether the suspect kept the body…

NEUMÜNSTER: Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont called for immediate “political dialogue” to end the row with Madrid as he left a German jail on bail yesterday after judges rejected his extradition to Spain on a rebellion charge, reports AFP. “The time for dialogue has arrived,”…

ROME: Italian police have captured a fugitive boss from Italy’s notorious ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate in a night raid on his isolated hideout, authorities announced yesterday, reports AFP. Giuseppe Pelle, who has been on the run since 2016, is considered the head of the powerful Pelle-Vottari…