Category: Politico News

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev called a snap election to be held on October 2 — the country’s fourth parliamentary vote within two years — after the collapse of the government under Kiril Petkov in June. Radev also on Monday appointed Galab Donev, a former labor minister, to lead a caretaker government until a new administration […]

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.” Guterres, speaking at the start of a conference in New York of countries belonging to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, said this was a “time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War,” pointing […]

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a phone call Monday that France will support criminal investigations over the bombing last week of a jail holding Ukrainian prisoners of war. “A few days after a new massacre perpetrated by the Russian armed forces in Olenivka, and while war crimes […]

Moscow has banned 39 British politicians, business people and journalists from entering Russian territory, in response to the U.K.’s support of Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced Monday. The list includes Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, former Prime Minister David Cameron, and journalists Piers Morgan and  Robert Peston. The names were added to a list […]

The first ship carrying grain out of Ukraine under a deal with Russia to reopen Black Sea routes set sail this morning. It’s due to travel along the corridor that Moscow and Kyiv agreed to keep safe under a deal brokered by the U.N. and Turkey. The agreement is significant for Ukraine as a major […]

Kosovo will delay the implementation of new rules after tensions with Serbia rose over the weekend, prompting the NATO-led mission in the Balkan country to pledge it was “prepared to intervene if stability is jeopardized.” Fears of Balkan instability grew on Sunday as ethnic Serbs blocked roads in protest over regulations requiring Serbs in northern […]

Boris Johnson joked that his removal as British prime minister was the “greatest stitch-up since the Bayeux Tapestry,” a giant embroidered cloth dating back nearly a millennium. Johnson, who will leave Downing Street on September 6 after being ousted by Tory Party colleagues, made the remarks during a belated party on Saturday to mark his […]

A ship carrying Ukrainian grains has departed from the port of Odesa on Monday for the first time since February, Turkey’s defense ministry said in a statement. Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni finally set sail after weeks of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, carrying 26,000 tons of Ukrainian corn according to a statement from Ukraine’s […]

Gene therapy is a transformative field of medicine that could halt diseases before patients become symptomatic, saving lives and improving quality of life for millions of people who suffer from conditions caused by genetic abnormalities1. But these breakthrough treatments require new approaches to pricing and reimbursement2.  While the science behind gene therapy has existed for […]

Blink and you might have missed it. In just one month, Boris Johnson has gone from the top dog in British politics to yesterday’s man — and the bitter contest to succeed him is now in full flow, with Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss tearing chunks out of each other. Johnson’s authority had been sapping […]