Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

Angela Mortimer-Barrett, the former Wimbledon champion and three-time grand slam winner, has died at the age of 93. Mortimer-Barrett captured the Wimbledon ladies’ singles title in 1961, defeating fellow Briton Christine Truman, three years after losing her first final to Althea Gibson. She also won the French Championships in 1955 and the Australian Championships in 1958. In doubles, she triumphed at Wimbledon in 1955 alongside Anne Shilcock, beating Shirley Bloomer and Pat Ward in an all-British final. Her career was marked by resilience, overcoming hearing loss and frequent illness to establish herself among the game’s elite. She was appointed MBE…

Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal prosecutors to seek criminal charges against people who burn the American flag during protests, in a move that challenges a long-standing supreme court ruling protecting the act as free speech. The order instructs the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, to examine incidents of flag burning and determine whether individuals can be prosecuted under existing laws, such as disturbing the peace or environmental violations. It marks an attempt to sidestep the 1989 supreme court decision in Texas v Johnson, which struck down flag-burning bans in 48 states. READ ALSO: Trump reveals venue, date…

Cambodia’s parliament has passed legislation enabling authorities to revoke the citizenship of citizens deemed to be “colluding” with foreign countries, a move rights groups say will be used to silence dissent. All 120 members of the National Assembly, including Prime Minister Hun Manet, voted in favour of the bill on Monday. The law allows nationality to be stripped for acts of collusion with foreign powers or actions considered to undermine “sovereignty, territorial integrity and national security”. READ ALSO: Thailand accuses Cambodia of violating border ceasefire A committee established at the request of the interior minister, Sar Sokha, will oversee cases. Before…

Postal services across Europe have suspended most parcel shipments to the United States, citing confusion and a lack of clarity over new import tariffs introduced by President Donald Trump.

The Gokteik bridge, which opened in 1901 during British colonial rule, partly collapsed on Sunday following clashes between junta forces and pro-democracy fighters in Shan State.

Kilmar Ábrego García, whose case has become indicative of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies, was taken into custody on Monday after reporting to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Baltimore. Speaking outside an ICE field office, Ábrego’s lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, accused officials of acting vindictively. “The only reason he was taken into detention was to punish him,” he told supporters gathered at the scene. Earlier that day, Ábrego had filed a fresh lawsuit challenging both his detention and the prospect of deportation to Uganda. Court documents filed over the weekend revealed that he had previously refused an offer…

Moscow has accused Ukraine of launching dozens of drone attacks across its territory, including one that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant, as Kyiv marked 34 years since declaring independence from the Soviet Union. Russian authorities said a drone strike on the Kursk nuclear power plant, about 37 miles (60km) from the Ukrainian border, damaged an auxiliary transformer and forced one reactor to halve its output. The blaze caused by the downed drone was quickly extinguished, with no casualties or rise in radiation levels reported. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that radiation readings near the plant were…

A memoir by Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most high-profile accusers, will be published later this year following her death in April.

The launch of Elon Musk’s giant Starship rocket was called off late on Sunday, following a glitch in their ground system. SpaceX announced that it was standing down from the scheduled test at its Starbase complex in Texas to “allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems”. No new launch date has yet been set. It was the tenth attempt to fly the colossal rocket, which at 403ft (123 metres) towers above Nasa’s Saturn V that carried astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 70s. Of the nine previous uncrewed launches since April 2023, failures have outnumbered successes.…

Sanders has long voiced opposition to U.S. weapons sales to Israel, pressing for restrictions as the civilian toll in Gaza rises.