US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.Image: keystone May 22, 2026, 9:18 p.mMay 22, 2026, 9:18 p.m The USA will no longer mediate between Russia and Ukraine for the time being. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced this at the meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Helsingborg, Sweden. So far, the USA has been the […]
Continue ReadingAs NATO foreign ministers gather in southern Sweden, fresh questions are growing over President Trump’s commitment to the alliance. The message from Washington today came via Secretary of State Marco Rubio, amid continuing uncertainty over Article 5 — NATO’s collective defence guarantee. In recent months, President Trump has raised doubts over US support for allies, […]
Continue ReadingThat can send drones toward neighboring NATO territory — something Baltic and Ukrainian officials say is now happening. For Kyiv, the balance is delicate. Ukrainian officials have apologized for incidents involving stray drones, while insisting that strikes on Russian military and economic targets are lawful acts of self-defense. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has shown no […]
Continue ReadingAI-driven warfare The ARRCADE STRIKE exercise included hundreds of personnel from Britain, France, Italy and the U.S. to test the ability to plan a potential future operation involving up to 100,000 people, as well as the use of AI-driven targeting and planning for electromagnetic and drone warfare. AI-driven tools such as ASGARD — made in […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 05/22/2026 – 15:00 GMT+2•Updated 3:02 p.m Italian police reportedly shut down a movie wrap party attended by Hollywood stars and rock and roll icon Mick Jagger on the island of Stromboli earlier this week due to a local rule banning music on Wednesdays. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The celebrities had gathered on the volcanic island, […]
Continue ReadingThe rare species of Ebola involved – known as Bundibugyo – kills around a third of those infected and has no proven vaccine yet.
Continue ReadingSince Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Latvia has been providing massive support to war-torn Ukraine. Like Estonia and Lithuania, this small Baltic state is among the European countries hosting the highest number of Ukrainian refugees relative to its population. Our reporters Valentine Patry and Hugo Laridon went to Latvia to meet some of those who are helping Ukrainians.
Continue ReadingMay 22, 2026, 1:12 p.mMay 22, 2026, 1:12 p.m In Poland, registry offices must recognize same-sex marriages concluded abroad. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski announced on the X portal that he had signed a corresponding regulation. “Court judgments are always carried out.” The ECJ has decided that homosexual marriages will be recognized in Poland.Image: www.imago-images.de Just […]
Continue ReadingZelenskyy earlier warned Belarus of “consequences” over possible deeper involvement in Russia’s all-out war amid growing concerns that Moscow is seeking to open a new front against Ukraine from Belarus, as it did in early 2022.
Continue ReadingAna Rosa Romero lives on the 11th floor of the Granma Dos building, an imposing modernist social housing block in the Cuban capital, Havana. A widow in her 70s, she said that when her husband died recently, a blackout in her neighbourhood meant she had to sit with his body for hours before it could […]
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