Russia is intensifying its daytime attacks on Ukraine, including on regions sometimes far from the front lines. On Wednesday, Moscow launched at least 800 drones against Ukraine, according to Volodymyr Zelensky. The attacks continued into Thursday morning, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others. Story by Simon Moritz and Camille Corcoran.
Continue ReadingBEIJING — The sensitive issue of Taiwan intruded Thursday on a high-stakes meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. Chinese officials, in a statement released after the lengthy sit-down, said that Xi “stressed to President Trump that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations.” By […]
Continue ReadingThe publication on Wednesday of a book about France’s President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte has reignited rumors of a relationship between the French leader and Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING According to Paris Match journalist Florian Tardif, author of the book “Un couple (presque) parfait”, an apparent slap in the face Macron […]
Continue ReadingSiliņa then appointed Latvian army Col. Raivis Melnis as a replacement, but the Progressives’ withdrawal left Siliņa’s New Unity alliance without a parliamentary majority. Latvia, like its Baltic neighbors Estonia and Lithuania, has been on high alert since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, warning that spillovers from the war could test NATO’s eastern flank. “At […]
Continue ReadingPresident Trump was welcomed by President Xi Jinping in Beijing for what will be a whirlwind tour.
Continue Reading“The sum of the different types of fuel: crude oil, fuel oil, of which we have absolutely none; diesel, of which we have absolutely none – I am being repetitive – the only thing we have is gas from our wells, where production has grown,” de la O Levy said.
Continue ReadingAs Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire, dozens of volunteers eat, sleep and pray at a small hospital, waiting to respond to the next airstrike.
Continue ReadingChinese officials are using a different transliterated character for the secretary of state’s name, perhaps to allow him to visit without lifting a 2020 ban.
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Latvia’s centre-right Prime Minister Evika Silina said she would resign on Thursday, triggering the collapse of her coalition government just months before an election is due in October. “I […]
Continue ReadingMay 14, 2026, 10:33May 14, 2026, 10:33 She was still holding Keir Starmer in her arms, now she wants to replace him: Angela Rayner.Image: keystone Former British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has put herself into play as a possible successor to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Amid speculation about an impending resignation of Health Minister […]
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