North Korea showed its first-ever Covid-19 cases Thursday and declared a “severe emergency”, with chief Kim Jong Un appearing in a mask on tv for the first time to order national lockdowns. Hours after the shock announcement — the first time the nuclear-armed USA has admitted to having Covid cases — Seoul’s military stated it … Read more
Ukraine said it was forcing Russian forces out of Kharkiv, the country’s second largest city, but was meeting fierce resistance, as Washington predicted Vladimir Putin was prepared for a lengthy battle. The US House of Representatives approved late Tuesday sending a $40 billion aid package to Ukraine, despite President Joe Biden’s warning that Ukraine will … Read more
At a conference in Brussels on Tuesday, international donors pledged $6.7 billion for conflict-torn Syria, insisting that the crisis must not be forgotten even as the Ukraine war dominates global attention. “This event today comes at a particularly difficult time,” said EU neighborhood commissioner Oliver Varhelyi. “Our societies and economies, including the key donors are … Read more
According to diplomats, the US has requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting for Wednesday to discuss North Korea, amid fears that Pyongyang will resume nuclear testing in the coming weeks. According to the same diplomats, Washington holds the Security Council presidency for the month of May and has been considering calling a meeting since … Read more
Josep Borrell, the European Union’s foreign policy leader, stated in an interview with the Financial Times that the EU should consider collecting frozen Russian foreign exchange holdings to help pay for the cost of reconstructing Ukraine after the conflict. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special military operation,” the EU and its … Read more
TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign ministry announced Monday that the European Union’s coordinator for talks between Iran and international powers regarding the restoration of a 2015 nuclear deal will visit Tehran this week. At a weekly news conference, foreign ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh stated, “The agenda for discussions (with Enrique Mora) in Tehran is practically finalised.” “He … Read more
Ukraine’s US charge d’affaires The embassy announced that Kristina Kvien and her colleagues returned to Kyiv on Sunday, a step toward re-establishing Washington’s diplomatic presence there, which had been closed days before the Russian invasion. “Just arrived in Kyiv! Delighted to be back on Victory in Europe Day. Slava Ukraine!” tweeted the US embassy on … Read more
The entire G7 membership of wealthy international locations is “committed to phasing out or banning the import of Russian oil,” the White House said Sunday, escalating stress on President Vladimir Putin over the invasion of Ukraine. “This will hit hard at the main artery of Putin’s economy and deny him the revenue he needs to … Read more
The US hopes to have its diplomats back in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, “before the end of the month,” according to embassy charge d’affaires Kristina Kvien. Washington closed its embassy in Kyiv days before the Russian invasion. “We very much hope that conditions will permit us to go back to Kyiv by the end of the … Read more
In 2020, Donald Trump erupted in rage at demonstrators outside the White House, shouting In 2020, saying “Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?” according to then defense secretary Mark Esper. In a new book, excerpts of which were reported Monday, Esper recalled sitting in the Oval Office with … Read more
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi advised Ukraine no longer to back off inside the face of “bullies” like Russia on Sunday following a wonder weekend go to Kyiv. “Do not be bullied by bullies. If they are making threats, you cannot back down. That’s my view of it,” she told a news conference … Read more
The president and jokes are back, the Covid mask is off and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner — Saturday’s glitzy party mixing Washington politics, media, and Hollywood — is on. The White House press corps affiliation, the WHCA, has hosted presidents for an annual black-tie dinner starting with Calvin Coolidge in 1924. But the televised … Read more
Ukrainian police on Saturday suggested locating 3 bodies with their arms tied behind their backs as Russia endured shelling in the east and Washington slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “depravity”. Our bodies have been found on Friday in a pit close to Bucha, a metropolis close to Kyiv that has turned out to be synonymous … Read more
A spokesman for the IMF stated Thursday that Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva had tested positive for Covid-19, but that she had experienced “minimal symptoms.” “IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has tested positive for Covid-19. She is experiencing mild symptoms and is working remotely while isolating at home,” the Washington-based crisis lender’s spokesman Gerry Rice said … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to the G20 summit in November, which will also include Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Indonesia’s leader on Friday. Indonesia, which holds the G20 presidency this year, has faced intense pressure from the West, led by the United States, to exclude Russia in the aftermath of its … Read more
President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador were virtually meeting Friday to discuss “unprecedented” flows of migrants and refugees at the US-Mexico border, a major political headache for the White House ahead of the November elections. The call, set to begin for 1:00 p.m. (1700 GMT), focuses on the increasingly complex relationship … Read more
As record inflation threatens the party’s prospects in November’s midterm elections, US Democrats announced legislation Thursday to punish fuel companies they accuse of unfairly raising prices at the pump.. The reforms would allow regulators to levy heavy fines on companies that profit from the Ukraine conflict and a pandemic-related surge in crude prices at the … Read more
Quiet negotiations amid crisis accompanied by way of prisoners taking walks lose onto the tarmac. With Wednesday’s choreographed inmate swap, the US and Russia are finding a new use for a Cold War rite. As the West pummels Russia with sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, Washington insisted it become not make any diplomatic overture … Read more
WASHINGTON – Police in Washington were investigating what prompted a guy with “sniper-type” armament to shoot passers-by from an apartment block, as well as whether a violent video the perpetrator allegedly recorded during the event was genuine. The terrifying incident in an upscale area left four individuals injured. As highly armed officers in tactical gear … Read more
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s inventory alternate halted once more Monday after an almost 13 percent plunge, derailing the bourse’s tentative reopening after a two-week smash aimed at forestalling a marketplace disintegrate. The island country is grappling with its worst economic downturn since independence in 1948, with months of ordinary blackouts and acute shortages of meals and … Read more
Sri Lanka’s stock market halted buying and selling after an almost 13% plunge Monday as the island kingdom’s beleaguered government faces new strain to renounce from influential Buddhist leaders over a crippling financial disaster. The USA’s worst downturn when you consider that independence in 1948 has delivered considerable hardships to its 22 million people, with … Read more
The city’s police chief said Friday evening that a lone shooter who wounded four people in an upmarket Washington area killed himself before being captured. After gunshots erupted in the Connecticut Avenue-Van Ness district of the United States capital on Friday afternoon, law enforcement stormed the area, which is home to many schools and embassies. … Read more
Washington: President Joe Biden said Chinese President Xi Jinping told him he was strengthening the Quad alliance in the Indo-Pacific “against China”. “I indicated to Xi Jinping that I was going to pull together the Quad: Australia, India, Japan, and the United States. He said, ‘You’re just doing that to affect us.” At a party fundraiser … Read more
Russia on Thursday slapped tour bans on US Vice President Kamala Harris, Facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg and dozens of outstanding Americans and Canadians in retaliation for sanctions imposed over Ukraine. The Russian foreign ministry stated the travel regulations on 29 Americans and 61 Canadians — which additionally includes defence officials, commercial enterprise leaders and newshounds … Read more
A man who broke into the compound of Peru’s ambassador in Washington and smashed home windows with an iron bar turned dead on Wednesday by way of Secret Service officials, police stated. Washington Police Chief Robert Contee stated Ambassador Oswaldo de Rivero and his spouse were inside the house in a quiet upscale community while … Read more
Like something from a technological know-how fiction novel, with its six golden spires and pristine white walls growing above the encompassing bushes, the Washington Mormon Temple has for decades intrigued those barred from entering. Their interest will quickly be satisfied, but, as for the primary time in almost half of a century, the temple this … Read more
Sri Lanka police shot lifeless one guy and wounded 10 others on Tuesday in the first fatal conflict with demonstrators protesting the island nation’s crippling economic disaster. The island country is within the grip of its most painful monetary downturn given its independence in 1948, with intense shortages of important items together with gasoline and regular blackouts … Read more
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Rising food charges which have been driven even higher through Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could pressure upwards of 10 million humans into poverty, on Tuesday. Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor and retaliatory sanctions imposed by the West starting in past due February have brought on a spike in crude … Read more
