Russian PresidentVladimir Putin on Sunday welcomed China's willingness to play a "constructive role" in ending the war in Ukraine, saying relations between Moscow and Beijing were "at the highest point." ... Advertisement ... Beijing said Xi is hoping to deliver a breakthrough on Ukraine as it seeks to position itself as a peacemaker ... .
China’s embassy in the Central African Republic has urged its citizens to avoid traveling outside the capital, Bangui, after a report that nine Chinese nationals were killed in an attack by militants at a gold mine outside the city ... according to a report from Agence France-Presse.
Macron’s government is likely to survive although the anger against the reforms shows no sign of ending ... On Friday, French lawmakers filed two motions of no-confidence against the Prime Minister – one from a grouping of small parties, and one from National Rally, a far-right party ... “There will be no majority for these votes of no confidence ... .
Russian PresidentVladimir Putin visits Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, in this still image taken from a Kremlin handout video released on March 19, 2023. Vladimir Putin’s overnight drive around the destroyed city of Mariupol was “laughable”, according to the UK’s former Nato representative ...Lord Ricketts, though, was not so convinced ... .
The episode could potentially represent an infringement of campaign finance law ... Every American has a constitutional right to political self-expression, but the ex-president’s call this weekend for his loyalists – “Protest, take our nation back” – struck an ominous tone since he ...
“Bloomberg reports the gunslingers who foolishly kept holding Credit Suisse’s bail-in bonds are angry they are being wiped out ... “Members of my investment team met with a very significant asset allocator last Wednesday, who reported that ALL of their ‘distressed debt’ managers ...
Top seed CarlosAlcaraz snapped Daniil Medvedev's 19-match win streak with a 6-3 6-2 rout in the Indian Wells Masters final on Sunday that will see him leapfrog Novak Djokovic and return to world number one in the rankings ... "I'm playing great. Of course today, the conditions today were pretty tough ... "The ankle, the thumb, the tennis, wind, whatever ... .
Starlink are small, easy-to-use satellite dishes made by Elon Musk’s private rocket company SpaceX ...IBAMA/AP ... A report by the Brazilian NGO Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), based on satellite imaging, found that mines on Yanomami land had risen from four in 2015 to 1,556 by the end of 2021 ... Previous reporting from CNN’s TaraJohn and Rodrigo Pedroso. .
Suspected rebels stormed a Chinese-operated gold mining site that had recently been launched in Central African Republic, killing nine Chinese nationals and wounding two others Sunday, authorities said ... The mining site's launch had taken place just days earlier, he added. Manhunt underway ... No one has claimed responsibility ... (With inputs from AP) ... ....
(Reuters) – PresidentVladimir Putin made a surprise weekend visit to the war-ravaged port of Mariupol, state media reported, the Kremlin leader’s first trip to the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine’s Donbas region since the conflict began ... media reported.
“This demonstrates that climate change issues are real and we are standing right in the path of it,” said Chakwera, who added that the climate crisis had the potential to keep “a national like Malawi in perpetual poverty” ... “We need everyone’s help and support for this tragedy to be mitigated,” he said. “We are suffering and we can’t meet the needs ... .
BAGDAD—Iraq on Monday marks 20 years since the start of the US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, but no official celebrations are planned. The oil-rich country remains traumatized from the years of war, occupation and bloody sectarian turmoil that followed the operation launched on March 20, 2003... ‘Shock and awe’ ... ....