Can US support for Ukraine last as war enters second year?
By Simon Lewis, Patricia Zengerle and Humeyra Pamuk
US President Joe Biden dramatically emphasised US backing for Ukraine this week with a trip to the wartorn country, but back home ...
Migrant shipwreck in southern Italy kills 58, 80 survivors reported (update)
Forty-three people died while 80 people survived when a boat carrying migrants crashed against rocks near the coast of southern Italy early on Sunday, the Italian coast guard and police said.
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Ukraine well advised to give Chinese peace plan a chance
The problem is how to reconcile on one hand respect for the territorial integrity of Ukraine and on the other Russia’s historical, demographic and security claims
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UK deputy PM Raab: Hopeful for good news on Brexit deal in days, not weeks (update)
Britain is on the cusp of a deal with the European Union to tackle trade and political disruption in Northern Ireland caused by Brexit, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said ...
Putin: Russia must take into account NATO nuclear capability – state TV
President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia had no choice but to take into account the nuclear capabilities of NATO as the U.S.-led military alliance was seeking ...
Ukraine military says Russian offensive near Yahidne unsuccessful
Ukraine’s military said on Sunday that Russia conducted unsuccessful offensives near Yahidne over the past day, after Russia’s Wagner mercenary group claimed to have captured the village in ...
China’s EU ambassador says EU leaders may visit China by mid-2023
Chinese ambassador to the European Union Fu Cong said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel may visit China in the first half of 2023, ...
Jordan hosting Israeli-Palestinian talks to avert escalation in violence (update)
Jordan hosted a meeting between top Israeli and Palestinian officials on Sunday to try to halt surging violence, an official said, as Washington and its Arab allies seek to defuse ...
‘Dilbert’ cartoon dropped after creator Scott Adams accused of being racist
The cartoon “Dilbert” has been dropped from numerous U.S. newspapers in response to a racist rant by its creator on YouTube.
Scott Adams called Black Americans a “hate group” ...
Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS to bring back stranded crew
A Russian spacecraft on a mission to bring back to Earth a crew stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) has docked at the station, Russian space agency Roscosmos said ...
Russia’s UN diplomat accuses West of arm twisting in vote isolating Moscow
Russia’s senior diplomat to the United Nations accused the West on Sunday of “cowboy” methods and “arm twisting” of some countries during last week’s United Nations General Assembly ...
Hong Kong police arrest three after model found dismembered in fridge
Hong Kong police said on Sunday they had arrested three people in connection with the murder of 28-year old model Abby Choi, whose legs were found in a refrigerator in ...
Turkey widens probe into building collapses as quake toll exceeds 50,000
Turkey has arrested 184 people suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in this month’s earthquakes and investigations are widening, a minister said on Saturday, as anger simmers over ...
Protest in Berlin over arming Ukraine against Russia draws thousands
A demonstration against supplying Ukraine with weapons for war with Russia attracted 10,000 people on Saturday, drawing criticism from top German government officials and a large police presence to maintain order.
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Russia halts pipeline oil supplies to Poland, PKN Orlen says
Russia has halted supplies of oil to Poland via the Druzhba pipeline, the chief executive of Polish refiner PKN Orlen PKN.WA said on Saturday, adding that the company would ...
UK, EU inching towards Northern Ireland deal, Irish PM says
Britain and the European Union are inching towards concluding talks on revising post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland and an agreement is possible, but by no means guaranteed, in the ...
EU adopts fresh sanctions amid vow to ramp up pressure on Moscow
The European Union vowed to increase pressure on Moscow “until Ukraine is liberated” as it adopted a tenth package of sanctions on Russia on Saturday, a day after the first ...
Hungary signals fresh delay in Finland, Sweden NATO approval
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff signalled on Saturday a possible further delay in Budapest’s ratification of Finland and Sweden joining NATO, saying a vote may ...
War and escalation in 2022-2023: economic and political ramifications
By Ioannis Tirkides
The war in Ukraine is a cataclysmic event in both economic and political terms. It signals the return of great power politics; it marks the weaponization of ...
Turkish foreign visitor arrivals leap 56.5 per cent in January
The number of foreign visitors arriving in Turkey jumped 56.51 per cent from a year earlier to 2 million in January, tourism ministry data showed on Friday.
The arrivals compared with 1.28 million ...
Canada imposes new Russia sanctions, pledges battle tanks to Ukraine
Canada is imposing new Russia-related sanctions and sending four more Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, marking the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ...
Turkey begins to rebuild for 1.5 mln left homeless by earthquakes
Turkey has begun work to rebuild homes following this month’s devastating earthquakes, a government official said on Friday, as the combined death toll in Turkey and Syria surpassed 50,000.
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Hopes grow for Northern Ireland deal as UK politicians ordered to parliament
Lawmakers in British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party have been told to be in parliament on Monday in a sign that a new post-Brexit deal to resolve the ...
Under fire, Alex Murdaugh offers motive theory in South Carolina murder trial
Richard “Alex” Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina lawyer on trial for the murder of his wife and youngest son, testified on Friday that he had a theory someone angry at ...