Ted Turner, the brash sportsman and entrepreneur whose ambition and instincts led to a media empire that included the groundbreaking news network CNN, has died, CNN reports, citing a press release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87. No cause of his death on Wednesday was given. In September 2018, Turner revealed that he had Lewy body dementia, a degenerative nerve disease. He became a billionaire by taking over...

The United Kingdom’s Green Party leader Zack Polanski, a 43-year-old self-styled “eco-populist” presenting himself as a progressive alternative to Keir Starmer’s governing Labour Party, is banking on a political breakthrough in British local elections this week. More than 5,000 council seats will be up for grabs on Thursday as voters in 136 local authorities head to the polls, including in London and other major UK cities. Recommended Stories...

Unrest grips the key eastern state after Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP wins the state election for the first time. Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026 At least four people have been killed in political unrest after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party won the state election in West Bengal, police and party officials say. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the polls in its first-ever...