[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin taking on the rotating monthly presidency of the 15-member United Nations Security Council came just after a young boy was killed by artillery launched by Moscow’s invading forces, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Saturday. “Unfortunately, we … have news that is obviously absurd andContinue Reading
[ad_1] A man sentenced to two years in prison in a case launched against him after his daughter drew an anti-war picture at school is on the run from the authorities, a spokeswoman for a provincial court told journalists. Earlier Tuesday, a judge in the town of Yefremov in Russia’sContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Britain will be welcomed into an Indo-Pacific trade bloc late Thursday as ministers from the soon-to-be 12-nation trade pact meet in a virtual ceremony across multiple time zones. Chief negotiators and senior officials from member countriesContinue Reading
[ad_1] Officials in Kyiv and Berlin condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Moscow would station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. The Kremlin “took Belarus as a nuclear hostage,” Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, tweeted on Sunday. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to UkrainianContinue Reading
[ad_1] Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday called for the “immediate cessation” of the war in Ukraine during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Erdoğan also “thanked President Putin for his positive stance regarding the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative” and added that the twoContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — France is bracing for fresh chaos Tuesday with a day of protests planned against Emmanuel Macron’s detested pensions reform, and trade unions calling for a general strike. Protests last Thursday descended into turmoil with clashes betweenContinue Reading
[ad_1] The Hungarian parliament ratified Finland’s NATO membership on Monday, putting Helsinki one step closer to joining the alliance but leaving Sweden waiting in the wings. Members of Hungary’s parliament voted by a margin of 182 to 6 in favor of Finnish accession. Helsinki now only needs the Turkish parliament’sContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron will face a moment of reckoning Thursday as lawmakers gear up for a final vote on the government’s deeply unpopular pension reform. The controversial bill, a centerpiece of Macron’s second term, hasContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Doubts are growing about the wisdom of holding the shattered frontline city of Bakhmut against relentless Russian assaults, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is digging in and insists his top commanders are united in keeping up an attritionalContinue Reading
[ad_1] The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant Friday for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the forced transfer of children to Russia after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainians accuse Russia of attempting genocide against them and seeking to destroy their identity — partly through deporting children toContinue Reading