SRI LANKA PRESIDENT TO RESIGN AFTER PALACE STORMED
(BBC) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced he will step down after protesters stormed his official residence and set the prime minister’s house on fire. Neither the PM nor…
FORMER JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER DIES
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot at a campaign event on Friday. Fumio Kishida, Japan’s current prime minister, had previously said Mr Abe was in…
Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos dies
Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa’s second-biggest oil producer for nearly four decades, has died aged 79.
UK WOMAN JAILED FOR TAKING DRIVING TESTS FOR OTHERS
(BBC) A woman who took about 150 theory and practical tests for other drivers has been jailed for eight months. Inderjeet Kaur, 29, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, admitted taking the tests…
JAPAN EX-PM SHINZO ABE SHOT DURING CAMPAIGN EVENT
(BBC) Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has collapsed after he was shot at an event in the city of Nara. Mr Abe was shot at twice while he was…