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'Horror' at Liverpool football parade crash, four in serious condition

'Horror' at Liverpool football parade crash, four in serious condition

Britain was in shock on Tuesday as at least four people in a serious condition were receiving hospital treatment after a car ploughed into a crowd celebrating Liverpool's Premier League football victory.

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Tesla EU sales slump 53% in April: trade group

Tesla EU sales slump 53% in April: trade group

Sales of cars made by Elon Musk's Tesla slumped by more than half in April as Chinese electric carmakers saw their share surge, the continent's manufacturing association said Tuesday.

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EU investigates four porn platforms over risks to children

EU investigates four porn platforms over risks to children

The EU kickstarted an investigation on Tuesday into four pornographic platforms over suspicions they are failing to stop children accessing adult content in breach of the bloc's mammoth digital content law.

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EU approves 150-billion-euro loan scheme to rearm

EU approves 150-billion-euro loan scheme to rearm

EU countries on Tuesday formally approved a new 150-billion-euro loan programme to help rearm in the face of Russia and worries over US reliability, according to the Polish presidency of the bloc.

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SE Asia, Gulf and China three-way talks 'response to call of times'

SE Asia, Gulf and China three-way talks 'response to call of times'

Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Tuesday that the first-ever summit between his country, Southeast Asian leaders and Gulf states was "a response to the call of the times" in a geopolitically uncertain world.

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Macron gives Vietnamese students a lesson in 'impulsive' superpowers

Macron gives Vietnamese students a lesson in 'impulsive' superpowers

Between jabs at Donald Trump's US trade tariffs and criticism of Beijing's assertiveness in the South China Sea, French President Emmanuel Macron warned Vietnamese students Tuesday that "on the impulse of a superpower, everything can change".

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'Horror' at Liverpool title parade, police rule out terrorism in car ramming

'Horror' at Liverpool title parade, police rule out terrorism in car ramming

Four people were "very, very ill in hospital" on Tuesday after dozens were injured the previous night when a car rammed into a crowd at Liverpool's Premier League title parade, the region's mayor said.

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Thief of famed Churchill photo sentenced to jail: Canadian media

Thief of famed Churchill photo sentenced to jail: Canadian media

A Canadian man who stole the famed portrait of a scowling Winston Churchill in a brazen international art heist was sentenced to jail Monday, according to local media.

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Bangladesh top court acquits Islamist leader on death row: lawyer

Bangladesh top court acquits Islamist leader on death row: lawyer

Bangladesh's top court on Tuesday overturned a conviction against a key leader of the country's main Islamist party, who had been on death row since being sentenced under the regime ousted last year.

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Australian woman 'loved' lunch guests she is accused of killing: court

Australian woman 'loved' lunch guests she is accused of killing: court

An Australian woman told police she "loved" members of her husband's family she was later accused of killing with poison mushrooms, a court heard Tuesday.

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