Putin appoints Patrushev and Dyumin as Kremlin aides
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Nikolai Patrushev as an aide along with long-term ally Alexei Dyumin while…
Category: World
New York’s Times Square is 120 years old this year
Times Square, one of New York's most popular attractions, turned 120 in April.
Japan to start hunting fin whales after five years of commercial whaling
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi…
South Korea’s Yoon takes responsibility for missteps after 2 years in office
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday his government's efforts to improve people's lives had fallen…
Former Fiji PM Bainimarama sentenced to year in jail
(Reuters) -Fiji's former long-serving prime minister Frank Bainimarama was on Thursday sentenced to a year in prison for perverting the…
Britain and NATO allies must spend more, be tougher, UK’s Cameron to say
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's foreign minister, David Cameron, will urge its fellow NATO members to meet their pledge to spend…
UK refuses to sign global vaccine treaty, The Telegraph reports
(Reuters) - Britain is refusing to sign the World Health Organization's (WHO) pandemic accord because the country says it would…
China’s Xi in Hungary to celebrate ‘new era’ with Orban
BUDAPEST: Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Hungary on Thursday (May 9) seeking a "new journey" with Beijing's closest European Union…
Rains return to flooded southern Brazil, interrupting rescues
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) -Authorities interrupted rescue efforts in flood-ravaged southern Brazil on Wednesday amid more rain and the risk…