British Columbia’s premier said on Tuesday his government will introduce legislation next year that will require all new light-duty cars and trucks sold in the province by 2040 to be electric or zero-emission vehicles. Premier John Horgan said the government will phase in the sales targets, which apply only to new vehicles. They will start…

India is planning to build the world’s tallest statue in northern Uttar Pradesh state, just weeks after breaking the record by inaugurating a statue twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.  The proposed 725-foot high bronze statue of the Hindu god Ram at Ayodhya, his supposed birthplace some 420 miles southeast of New Delhi,…

Moscow has said it stopped drone attacks by terrorists and prevented nationalists from assaulting British fans during the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Alexander Bortnikov, head of federal security agency known as the FSB, made the first claim at a conference of international security and law enforcement officials. “Organs of the federal security service took…

Matthew Hedges, the British PhD student jailed for spying in the UAE, has been released from prison after being pardoned as part of the country’s National Day clemency tradition, government sources have said. At a press conference in the Gulf state, an official said the British academic would be free to leave the country once the formalities…

Bungie has killed Cayde-6, Destiny’s wise-cracking chief Hunter character. It’s an emotional moment for fans of the game. Cayde, voiced by Nathan Fillion, has been with Destiny players since the first game came out in September 2014. Now, he’s dead, as revealed by a new story trailer released for upcoming expansion Forsaken. Why kill Cayde?…

Amanda Bynes has opened up on her struggles with addiction following a public meltdown which saw her retire from acting. The former child star – who rose to fame in the 1990s before appearing in films such as What A Girl Wants, She’s The Man and Hairspray – was one of Hollywood’s hottest talents when…

The United States could lose in a war against either China or Russia, defence officials have warned. A report commissioned by Congress, and compiled by a dozen former top Democratic and Republican officials, suggested the US was facing a "military crisis" and would struggle to conduct more than one war at a time. The report…

At least 43 people were killed in a suicide bombing  at a meeting of top clerics in Kabul on Tuesday, officials said, in one of the deadliest attacks to strike Afghanistan this year. It follows a wave of bloody violence across the war-torn country in recent weeks, with hundreds of people killed as militants step up assaults…

If you were to looking for a time to re-ignite the slumbering conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Sunday would have been a good choice.  With European leaders preoccupied with Brexit and the president of the United States silent, Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian ships occurred in a diplomatic vacuum that makes the danger of escalation greater than any…