Swiss right-wing leader calls Ukraine summit an ’embarrassment’
BUERGENSTOCK (Reuters) - A leading Swiss right-wing nationalist panned a summit his country was hosting in a bid to pressure…
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Ukraine says peace summit communique takes Kyiv’s positions into consideration
KYIV (Reuters) - Kyiv's positions have been taken into consideration in the final communique for a summit of world leaders…
Former French President Sarkozy flags chaos risk as election looms
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Sunday that President Emmanuel Macron's unexpected decision to dissolve the…
Russian forces kill Islamic State-linked hostage takers at detention centre
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian special forces freed two prison guards and shot dead six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant…
Singapore intensifies oil spill clean up after it spreads along coast
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An oil spill off southern Singapore has spread to other areas of the island's coast and is…
Ukraine summit strives for broad consensus to lean on Russia to end war
BUERGENSTOCK, Switzerland (Reuters) - Western powers and countries from the rest of the world will use the second day of…
Discovering Algeria’s lesser-known treasures
Africa’s biggest country wants to lure tourists to its neglected cultural and scenic glories.
US, Ukraine ink 10-year defense agreement billed as NATO precursor
BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement…
Water, water everywhere in megacity Mumbai but not a drop for rural Indian villages
NAVINWADI, (India): Far from the gleaming high-rises of India’s financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity’s water…