Category: International

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and the Council of the Council of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Heads of Government in the resort city of Sochi, Russia, June 9, 2023. (PHOTO / KREMLIN POOL VIA AP) MOSCOW – Ukraine has launched a counteroffensive but has […]

This March 22, 2023 file photo shows Boris Johnson leaving his house in London. (PHOTO / AP) LONDON – Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday he is stepping down as a Member of Parliament with immediate effect. Johnson has been under investigation by the cross-party Committee of Privileges in the House of […]

This June 9, 2023 picture shows photographed documents on indictment of former US President Donald Trump are. Trump is facing 37 felony charges related to the mishandling of classified documents according to the indictment. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON – US prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against Donald Trump on Friday, accusing the former president of […]

Migrants wait in line prior to board a boat at the port of the the island of Lampedusa, Italy, on June 8, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BRUSSELS – European Union ministers agreed on Thursday on how to share out the responsibility for looking after migrants and refugees, after 12 hours of negotiations got Italy and […]

Former US President Donald Trump watches from a box on the 18th green during day one of the LIV Golf Invitational – DC at Trump National Golf Club on May 26, 2023 in Sterling, Virginia. (PHOTO / AFP) Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury for retaining classified government documents and obstruction […]

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a joint press conference with US President Joe Biden in the East Room at the White House on June 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON/LONDON – Britain and the United States backed a new "Atlantic Declaration" on Thursday for greater cooperation on pressing economic challenges in […]

A man pushes a shopping cart outside a supermarket in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, May 31, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) ROME – The 20-nation eurozone was in mild recession at the start of this year, according to data released Thursday by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU). Eurostat said the economic growth in the […]

Police officers work at the scene after a knife attack, June 8, 2023 in Annecy, French Alps. (PHOTO / AP) PARIS – A man on Thursday stabbed people with a knife in a park in the city of Annecy, southeast France, injuring several people, including nursery children, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed. While speaking […]

In this file photo, AU Trade and Industry Commissioner Albert Muchanga speaks during the opening ceremony of the 18th African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) forum in Abidjan on Aug 5, 2019. Muchanga said on June 8, 2023 that the continental body was on course with its plans to introduce a single African currency. (PHOTO […]

Ukrainian servicemen take part in a military training exercise not far from front line in Donetsk region on June 8, 2023. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that foreign countries will not send their troops to Ukraine before the end of the conflict, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported on the same day. (PHOTO / […]

The US Capitol is blanketed by a thick layer of smoke on June 8, 2023, in Washington. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON – The shroud of polluted air emanating from Canadian wildfires pushed further down the Atlantic Seaboard on Thursday, blanketing Washington, DC, in an unhealthy haze and prompting many residents of the nation's capital to […]

The European flag (left) flies on April 18, 2023 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (PHOTO / AP) Most Europeans want their countries to remain neutral in a conflict between the United States and China over China's Taiwan region while they also want to reduce the continent's military dependence on the US, according […]

A French police officer (left) and French elite mountain infantry force 'Chasseurs Alpins' stand guard near the lake in Annecy, central-eastern France on June 8, 2023, following a mass stabbing in the French Alpine town. (PHOTO / AFP) PARIS – A man on Thursday morning stabbed people with a knife in a park in the […]

Storage tanks hold treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, as seen on April 13, 2021. (PHOTO / KYODO NEWS VIA AP) VLADIVOSTOK — Russia has called on Japan to be more transparent regarding its plans to discharge radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the […]

German minister of the interior Nancy Faeser attends a meeting with the representatives of six European countries to fight against cocaine trafficking, in Antwerp on June 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BRUSSELS – EU countries could reach an agreement on a migration deal on Thursday, but the proposed compromise needs to be improved, Germany's Interior […]

Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto speaks during a press conference in Helsinki, June 8, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) HELSINKI – Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said on Thursday he will run for president in next year's election, hoping to succeed Sauli Niinisto who is stepping down after two terms. Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto is expected to step […]

This file photo shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. (PHOTO / AFP) VLADIVOSTOK – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al […]

A herd of sheep take a rest under solar panels of the Francisco Pizarro photovoltaic power plant in Caceres, Spain, on March 24, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The world is not on track to meet the United Nations' sustainable development goals for energy by the target year of 2030, new research from the International Energy […]