Washington, United States (AFP): Secretary of State Antony Blinken will seek to reduce the chances of miscalculation on a rare visit to Beijing, officials said, but both sides expect long-term tensions to fester. The State Department confirmed that Blinken will travel this weekend to Beijing on the first trip by a top US diplomat in […]
LONDON (AA): The year 2023 could be “really important” for global climate action, but much depends on what happens at the COP28 meeting later this year, according to a climate change specialist. The previous round of the UN’s high-stakes climate talks, COP27, in Egypt’s resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh last November, drew both praise and [&helli...
Bratislava, Slovakia (AFP): Russia does not have a veto on Ukraine’s eventual membership of the Western defence alliance NATO, its chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. “All allies agree that NATO’s door remains open, that Ukraine will become a member of the alliance and that Russia does not have a veto,” Stoltenberg ...
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP): Moscow has said that it thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to “invade” its southwestern border as Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles, killing three including a child. The Ukrainian capital faced nearly nightly air raids in May, including an unusual daytime attack on Monday that sent residents running for shelter. As K...
BERLIN (AA): Germany asked Russia on Wednesday to close four of its consulates in the country as tensions continue to mount between the two countries. At a news conference in Berlin, Foreign Ministry spokesman Christofer Burger accused Russia of escalating tensions with its decision to limit the maximum number of staff at German diplomatic mis...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): A swarm of drones hit Moscow on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack, while Russian drones struck Kyiv for a third straight day as Ukraine gears up for a major offensive against Russian forces. The Russian defence ministry blamed Kyiv for the attacks that saw three drones crash into residential buildings in Moscow. [&hellip...
Washington, United States (AFP): State-sponsored Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure networks, the United States and Microsoft have said while warning that similar espionage attacks could be occurring globally. Microsoft highlighted Guam, a US territory in the Pacific Ocean with a vital military outpost, as one of the t...
MOSCOW (AA): Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of provoking global energy and food crises. The Western countries and alliances are trying to preserve their dominance in the world, ignoring the interests of other nations, creating conflicts and instability, Putin said via videoconference, addressing the 11th International Me...
ANKARA (AA): The Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Hiroshima concluded on Sunday with deliberations on the Russia-Ukraine war and other hot-button issues. The participants expressed “unwavering support” to Kyiv, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported, citing a statement issued at the end of the summit. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio ...
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP): One man is revered in Western capitals for standing up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of his country. The other is widely reviled for atrocities committed against his own people in a war that has made him dependent on Moscow. At the Arab League summit on Friday, host Saudi Arabia brought Ukrainian […]
