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Railway staff in Britain on Thursday staged the latest in a series of strikes, once again disrupting commuters and leisure travellers, as decades-high inflation hits salaries and prompts walkouts across various industries. The latest action by rail workers, which will be repeated on Saturday, is part of a summer of strike action by […]
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on Thursday for a working dinner and talks at the Elysée Palace. The meeting comes as Western nations seek to diversify their oil supplies amid the war in Ukraine and revive a nuclear deal with Iran. Macron has indicated that he […]
Russian, French and American leaders are crisscrossing Africa to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, waging what some say is the most intense competition for influence on the continent since the Cold War. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and French President Emanuel Macron are each visiting several African countries […]
The Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergei Lavrov, has dismissed claims that Moscow caused the global food crisis nations are experiencing right now. He said this during a speech to Arab League ambassadors in Cairo, he said Western nations were distorting the truth about the impact of sanctions on global food security. Lavrov accused […]
A Russian diplomat has quit his job in protest at the “bloody, witless” war “unleashed by Putin against Ukraine”. Boris Bondarev, whose LinkedIn says he worked at the Russian mission to the UN in Geneva, told the BBC he knew his decision to speak out may mean the Kremlin now considers him a […]
The Kyiv suburb of Irpin was largely destroyed by fierce urban fighting in the first few weeks of the war in Ukraine. Now that Russian troops have been forced out, local authorities have invited in Ukrainian architects to reimagine how the urban areas might be rebuilt. When Ukrainian forces took back Irpin from […]
Vladimir Putin is set to transfer power to Russia’s top spy chief who is described as an “outright villain” while he undergoes cancer surgery, according to news reports. President Vladimir Putin will reportedly transfer power to his top spy chief Nikolai Patrushev while he undergoes surgery for cancer, according to Sky News. Mr. […]
Incumbent president Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen have both advanced to the final round of the French presidential elections after the first round of voting on Sunday. They will face off again on April 24. President Emmanuel Macron of La République en Marche (LREM, Republic on the Move) won the […]
Lithuania and its Baltic neighbours are urging their EU partners to join them in ending all purchases of Moscow’s “toxic” gas. Global outrage over the gruesome killing of civilians in Ukraine’s Bucha has heightened the pressure on Europe to halt its imports of Russian gas. European leaders vowed on Monday to slap fresh sanctions […]
The President of Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky has warned Russian fighter pilots flying sorties in his country that they will not escape the full hand of justice. On Wednesday Zelensky said “You will be held accountable one way or another, today or tomorrow, it doesn’t matter that much. The important thing is that it’s […]
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