Russia warns US against ‘fatal’ miscalculation in Ukraine
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday the United States could face “fatal consequences” if it ignored Moscow’s warnings not to let Ukraine use weapons provided by ...
Muslim schools caught up in France’s fight against Islamism
Last year, Sihame Denguir enrolled her teenage son and daughter in France’s largest Muslim private school, in the northern city of Lille some 200 kilometres (125 miles) from their middle-class suburban ...
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European election: EU struggles to counter Russian disinformation
The story peddled recurring pro-Kremlin narratives of Warsaw holding aggressive militaristic intentions and of democratic failings in Poland and the wider EU, the team known as Stratcom said.
It was ...
Sheinbaum poised to become Mexico’s first woman president
Claudia Sheinbaum is set to win a landslide victory to become Mexico’s first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador whose ...
Netanyahu aide: Biden’s Gaza plan ‘not a good deal’ but Israel accepts it
An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday that Israel had accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war now being advanced by U.S. President ...
Donald Trump joins the TikTok video platform he once sought to ban
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has joined TikTok, the short video social media platform that is owned by China-based tech giant ByteDance and that he tried to ban as president, ...
North Korea sends 600 more trash balloons over border, South says
North Korea sent some 600 balloons carrying trash into South Korea overnight, Seoul said on Sunday, in Pyongyang’s latest move to rile its rival neighbour.
The balloons carrying garbage such ...
China lands on moon’s far side in historic sample-retrieval mission
China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Sunday, overcoming a key hurdle in its landmark mission to retrieve the world’s first rock and ...
Australia seeks military talks with China, ties with Philippines
Australia has asked for military talks with China and is comfortable growing closer to the Philippines, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said on Sunday at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit.
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Netanyahu says no Gaza ceasefire until Hamas destroyed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday there could be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas was destroyed, casting doubt on a key part of a truce proposal ...
South Africa election set to end three decades of ANC dominance
South Africa was set to end three decades of dominance by the party that freed it from apartheid on Saturday, as voters angry at joblessness, inequality and power shortages slashed ...
Major air attack damages Ukrainian energy infrastructure in five regions
Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones on Saturday, damaging energy facilities in five regions across Ukraine, officials said.
Ukraine’s national grid operator Ukrenergo said the attack damaged ...
British ambassador to Mexico sacked after pointing gun at staff
The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from his post after he pointed an assault rifle at a local embassy employee in a car, according to media reports and ...
EU response to crises over five turbulent years: braver, greener, fairer
By Maria Demertzis
In 2019, ahead of that year’s European elections, my colleague Guntram Wolff, at the time Bruegel’s director, and I edited a collection of essays written by ...
An angry Trump vows to keep fighting after guilty verdict
Donald Trump stared down a bank of cameras inside Trump Tower on Friday and delivered a message fitting for both his legal and political battles: He is ready to fight.
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Georgian PM calls for review of relations with US
Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Kobakhidze called on Friday for a review of relations with the United States after Washington ordered punitive measures over the passage of a law on “foreign ...
El Salvador presidential inauguration bomb plot foiled, police say
Police say they have thwarted a plot to detonate explosives at locations across El Salvador on Saturday, when President Nayib Bukele is set to be inaugurated for a second term.
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Biden: Criticism of Trump jury verdict is ‘dangerous, irresponsible’
President Joe Biden said on Friday that it was “dangerous” for people to question the integrity of the guilty verdict in Donald Trump’s hush money jury trial.
In his ...
Biden presents new Israel ceasefire plan, calls on Hamas to accept it
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called on Hamas militants to agree to a new offer from Israel on releasing hostages in exchange for a Gaza ceasefire, saying this ...
Trump says he will appeal historic conviction (Updated)
Donald Trump said on Friday he would appeal the guilty verdict that made him the first U.S. president convicted of a crime, though he will have to wait until ...
Israeli military says combat in part of north Gaza is over
Israeli forces have ended operations in north Gaza’s Jabalia area after days of intense fighting and over 200 airstrikes, while probing further into Rafah in south Gaza, targeting what they ...
Kremlin: Trump verdict shows his rivals are using all means to get rid of him
The Kremlin said on Friday that Donald Trump’s guilty verdict showed that all legal and illegal means were being used in the United States to get rid of political ...
Houthis launched missile attack on US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthis launched a missile attack on the U.S. aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea in response to U.S. and British strikes on Yemen, Houthi military ...
Turkish economy expands 5.7 per cent in Q1 on strong domestic demand
Turkey’s economy grew 5.7 per cent in the first quarter of the year, in line with expectations, official data showed on Friday, growing strongly as domestic demand boosted the economy.
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