According to Reuters, Russian President Vladimir Putin today gave Russia’s long-awaited response to a Western price cap, signing a decree banning the supply of oil and petroleum products to countries participating in the cap for five months from February 1. According to ORF, it is […]
The UN Security Council on Tuesday called for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan, denouncing a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women attending universities or working for humanitarian aid groups. In a statement agreed by consensus, the 15-member […]
South Korea spends big on defence because it has a hostile neighbour across the border. The failure to shoot down North Korean drones in its airspace on Monday has caused some alarm. The military has apologised and President Yoon Suk-yeol says the incident underlines a […]
One of the men accused of masterminding a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, four months after he was found guilty in a Michigan court room. Adam Fox was convicted in August of conspiracy to kidnap […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree that bans oil sales to countries and companies that comply with a price cap agreed to by Western countries in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Moscow gave its long-awaited response to the price cap on Tuesday. It […]
Residents of the oasis of Alnif say they cannot remember a drought this bad. The land is dry. Some wells are empty. Palm groves that date back more than 100 years are barren. Home to centuries-old oases that have been a trademark of Morocco, this […]
Republican George Santos was elected last month to represent the state of New York in the United States House of Representatives, pitching voters an uplifting personal story that read to many like the embodiment of the American dream. But before being sworn in to his […]
Indian police are investigating the sudden death of a wealthy Russian politician who reportedly criticised the Ukraine war as well as the unexpected death of one of his travelling companions, authorities said. The body of Pavel Antov, 65, was found on Saturday in a pool […]
Emotion. Sport is a forum where it cannot be hidden, where the feelings that are pulsing through someone’s core at a particular moment – exhilaration or devastation, delight or fury – can be captured in a single image. It was there when Lionel Messi, maybe […]
Emergency crews are ramping up snow-clearing and rescue operations after what has been called the “blizzard of the century” blanketed western New York state, where local officials say an already “heartbreaking” death toll is expected to rise. Byron Brown, the mayor of Buffalo, said on […]
