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China's Xi vows greater support for Russia in Lavrov meeting

Beijing and Moscow should work to "unite countries of the global South and promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction", Xi said, according to Xinhua.

1 day ago
Europe

Russia, China discuss Ukraine war and ties with United States

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and President Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing.   ...

1 day ago
Europe

After NATO talks, Trump threatens Russia to push peace deal with Ukraine

Trump and Rutte unveiled a deal under which the NATO military alliance would buy billions of dollars of arms from the United States -- including Patriot anti-missile batteries -- and then send them to Ukraine. ...

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Biden says G7, NATO must 'stay together' against Russia's war

"We have to stay together," Biden told Scholz at a meeting ahead of the G7 summit in the German Alps.

3 years ago
Europe

WHO says monkeypox not currently a global health emergency

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus convened a committee of experts on Thursday to advise him whether to sound the UN health agency's strongest alarm over the outbreak.

3 years ago
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G7 summit kicks off under shadow of Ukraine war, stagflation risk

The summit takes place against a darker backdrop than last year when the British, Canadian, French, German, Italian, Japanese and US leaders met for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic and vowed to build back better.

3 years ago
Europe

President Jokowi to visit Ukraine, Russia on peace-building mission

"War has to be stopped and global food supply chains need to be reactivated," Jokowi said before leaving for Germany to attend the G7 summit on Monday.

3 years ago
Europe

First case of bird flu detected in the Arctic

The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was detected this month in a polar seagull found dead in the archipelago's capital Longyearbyen, the governor's office said in a statement Thursday.

3 years ago
Europe

World faces unprecedented global hunger crisis, UN chief says

"We face an unprecedented global hunger crisis," Guterres told the meeting in Berlin via video. "The war in Ukraine has compounded problems that have been brewing for years: climate disruption; the COVID-19 pandemic; the deeply unequal recovery."

3 years ago
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Weakened Scholz seeks to seize G7 opportunity

Her successor Olaf Scholz, hobbled in domestic opinion polls and of modest global stature, may struggle to match that convivial atmosphere when leaders gather again from Sunday.

3 years ago
Europe

Kremlin insists Russia has not stolen Ukrainian grain

Kyiv's ambassador to Ankara said in early June that Turkish buyers were among those receiving grain that Russia had stolen from Ukraine, adding he had sought Turkey's help to identify and capture individuals responsible for the alleged shipments.

3 years ago
Europe

WHO emergency committee meets on monkeypox

The one-day meeting, being held in private, was due to start at 1000 GMT, with a statement on the outcome likely to be issued on Friday.

3 years ago
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Biden, fragile at home, faces historic leadership task in Europe

For sure, Biden will tout the success of a monumental effort to rally the West and breathe new life into NATO -- a "high water mark in transatlantic solidarity in the post-Cold War period," according to a senior US official.

3 years ago
Europe

G7, NATO leaders to ratchet up pressure on Russia, keep eye on China

President Joe Biden leaves Saturday to meet with other G7 leaders in southern Germany before heading to Madrid for a summit where NATO is expected to announce plans to expand its forces in eastern Europe and Washington will lay out steps to strength European security.

3 years ago
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Jokowi to visit Ukraine, Russia in diplomatic blitz

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has "chosen not to stay silent" in the face of continued conflict, Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi has said, as he plans to push for peace between Ukraine and Russia.

3 years ago
Europe

France is facing a new COVID-19 wave: vaccination chief

Speaking on France 2 television, he said there was no doubt there was once again an upsurge of the pandemic in the country, adding he was personally in favour of reinstating mandatory face mask wearing on public transport.

3 years ago
Europe

Jokowi to push for peace with Ukraine, Russia visits: Retno

Retno confirmed during a news conference the intention of Jokowi to visit Kyiv in addition to Moscow, which had been reported in Indonesian and Russian state media.

3 years ago
Europe

EU clears path to granting Ukraine 'candidate status'

The bloc's executive arm last week proposed taking the symbolic first step to put Ukraine on the years-long path towards EU membership in a strong sign of support as Kyiv battles Russia's military onslaught. 

3 years ago
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President Macron rejected Prime Minister Borne's offer to resign

Macron was due to host far-right leader Marine Le Pen and other political party chiefs for rare talks at the Elysee as he seeks solutions to an unprecedented situation that risks plunging his second term into crisis two months after it began.

3 years ago
Europe

Jokowi due to meet Putin this month: state media

This year's meetings of the Group of 20 major economies have been overshadowed by the war in Ukraine, with Indonesia struggling to keep the group united as some Western countries threaten to boycott the summit and push for Russia's exclusion.

3 years ago
Europe

Biggest rail strike in 30 years brings UK to standstill

Picket lines appeared at dawn and will be lined by some of the more than 40,000 rail workers who are due to strike on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, bringing the network to a standstill. The London Underground was also shut due to the strike.

3 years ago
Europe

Russia accuses G20 members of politicizing health talks after criticism over Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has overshadowed G20 meetings this year, with current chair Indonesia struggling to keep the group united and resisting pressure from Western members to exclude Russia.

3 years ago
Europe

Macron fights to salvage a functioning government, and his reform agenda

While Macron's "Ensemble" grouping secured the largest number of lawmakers in the 577-seat National Assembly, it fell short of an absolute majority in a vote on Sunday that saw a leftwing alliance and the far-right perform strongly.

3 years ago
Europe

Ex-Australian foreign minister urges Assange's freedom

Britain last week approved the Australian's extradition to the United States, where he could face life in prison over publishing secret military files.

3 years ago
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Zelensky vows to retake south, NATO warns of long war

Making a rare trip outside Kyiv, where he is based for security reasons, Zelensky travelled to the hold-out Black Sea city of Mykolaiv and visited troops nearby and in the neighbouring Odessa region for the first time since the Russian invasion.

3 years ago
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Europe swelters in record-breaking June heatwave

The weekend's soaring temperatures were the peak of a June heatwave in line with scientists' predictions that such phenomena will now strike earlier in the year thanks to global warming.

3 years ago
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WTO relaxes COVID-19 vaccine patent controls for developing countries

Trumping lobbies from pharmaceutical companies, the trade forum passed the deal on a partial IP waiver to allow developing countries to produce and export COVID-19 vaccines, an issue that had the WTO nations divided for nearly two years.  

3 years ago
Europe

Gas flows from Germany to France have halted, pipeline operator says

"GRTgaz remains vigilant for the coming winter and calls on shippers to continue to fill their national storage facilities as much as possible," the grid operator, a unit of France's main gas supplier Engie, said in a statement.

3 years ago
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Russian-flagged ships transport Ukraine's grain to Syria

Maxar's images showed two Russian-flagged bulk carrier ships docked in the Russian-controlled Crimean port of Sevastopol in May and being loaded with grain, the company said.

3 years ago
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EU leaders back Ukraine membership bid in trip to war-torn Kyiv

French President Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian premier Mario Draghi arrived in Ukraine by train and headed to the Kyiv suburb of Irpin, scene of fierce battles early in the brutal war.

3 years ago
Europe

Europe 'epicentre' of monkeypox outbreak: WHO

The UN health body already announced on Tuesday that it would hold an emergency meeting next week to determine whether to classify the outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern.

3 years ago
Europe

Zelensky will have to negotiate with Russia at some point: Macron

"The Ukrainian President and his officials will have to negotiate with Russia," said Macron, while on a visit to Romania and Moldova.

3 years ago
Europe

Growing numbers avoiding news as 'too depressing': report

The combined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war and cost-of-living crisis have led to declining interest in the news, a survey by the British research group found. 

3 years ago
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