Turkey’s BRICS bid ahead of Russia summit plays both sides
TEL AVIV — Ahead of Russia hosting the 2024 BRICS Summit from Oct. 22-24, Turkey’s application to join the group of major emerging economies is comingчитати
As election for IOC president looms, what is the job and who are the 7 candidates?
geneva — Seven candidates are competing for one of the biggest and best jobs in world sports that traditionally becomes available only every 12 years. Theчитати
Thousands protest in France as high-profile rape cases rock country
Paris — Thousands of people protested sexual violence across France this past weekend, as two high-profile cases rock the country: one involving a woman who wasчитати
UK PM Starmer meets Italy’s Meloni for illegal immigration talks
Rome — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Monday to discuss tackling illegal immigration, a day after anotherчитати
Zelenskyy again urges West to allow strikes deep inside Russia
Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy once again Sunday urged Western allies to permit Kyiv to strike military targets deep inside Russia, especially air bases,читати
EU’s top diplomat calls Venezuelan government ‘dictatorial’
Madrid — The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, called Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government “dictatorial” during an interview broadcast Sunday in Spain, echoing comments madeчитати
UK foreign minister Lammy plays down Putin threats
London — U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “bluster” Sunday over his warning that letting Ukraine use long-range weapons to strikeчитати
Italian prosecutors seek 6-year sentence for Salvini in migration case
rome — Italian prosecutors requested on Saturday a six-year prison sentence for Matteo Salvini, Italy’s far-right deputy prime minister, for allegedly blocking migrants from disembarking atчитати
NATO’s Bauer, others support Ukraine using long-range weapons against Russia
PRAGUE — The head of NATO’s military committee said Saturday that Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gainчитати
WHO flags limited mpox testing in epicenter DRC
Geneva, Switzerland — Limited capacity is keeping mpox testing coverage low in the DR Congo — the epicenter of the international emergency — the World Healthчитати
Thousands attend rally organized by Poland’s nationalist opposition party
WARSAW, Poland — Thousands of people attended an antigovernment rally organized by Poland’s nationalist conservative opposition party to boost support before next year’s presidential election. Lawчитати
Iran says it is open to talks but rejects pressure from US, EU
DUBAI — Iran’s foreign minister said that Tehran was open to diplomacy to solve disputes but not “threats and pressure,” state media reported on Saturday, afterчитати
US historian leads Kyiv charity run highlighting plight of Ukrainian POWs
KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. historian and author Timothy Snyder led a charity run in Kyiv Saturday to raise awareness of the conditions under which Ukrainian prisonersчитати
Biden meets UK’s Starmer to discuss Ukraine, Israel
US President Joe Biden met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on Friday to discuss support for Ukraine amid a pushчитати
US-Russia battle for influence in Africa plays out in Central African Republic
BANGUI, Central African Republic — Hours after Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rebelled against his country’s top military leaders, his private army’s biggest client in Africaчитати
Pentagon: $5.9B in Ukraine aid is left to be spent before October 1
pentagon — The Pentagon says it has nearly $6 billion in funding for Ukraine left that could expire at the end of this month unless Congressчитати
Ukraine rushes to repair damaged energy plants in time for winter
Ukraine is preparing for winter, which energy experts predict will be the most difficult since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Russia’s intenseчитати
How propaganda outlets cover — or ignore — aspects of US election
Washington — When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met in a presidential debate on Tuesday, they spoke about a range of foreign policy issues, including Chinaчитати
US and British leaders meet as Ukraine pushes to ease weapons restrictions
Washington — United States President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are meeting Friday amid an intensified push by Ukraine to loosen restrictions onчитати
Pope wraps up Asia-Pacific tour, defies health fears along the way
Singapore — Pope Francis wrapped up an arduous 12-day tour of the Asia-Pacific on Friday, defying health concerns to connect with believers from the jungle ofчитати
Ukraine businesses hire more women and teens as labor shortages bite
KYIV, Ukraine — After spending years in what she described as “boring, sedentary” roles in the offices of several Ukrainian companies, Liliia Shulha landed her dreamчитати
Blinken to discuss support for Ukraine in visit to Poland
WARSAW, Poland — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with senior Polish government officials on Thursday to discuss support for Ukraine in its fightчитати
DACA case faces uncertainty again as US appellate court arguments loom
washington — The future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program remains in limbo with another court hearing set for October 10. Judges fromчитати
Soyuz craft heads to space station with 2 Russians, 1 American
MOSCOW — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American blasted off Wednesday for an express trip to the International Space Station. The space capsuleчитати
Generation Z drives far-right support in Europe
London — Support for far-right figures among young voters appears to be growing in several European countries. Much of the focus is on Germany, where theчитати
Wagner lost veteran fighters in Mali ambush, in setback to Russia’s Africa campaign
LONDON/DAKAR — Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July wereчитати
US, UK top diplomats head to Ukraine with eye on weapons
Przemysl, Poland — The top U.S. and British diplomats headed together into Ukraine on Wednesday to discuss further easing rules on firing Western weapons into Russia,читати
US sanctions Iran over supply of ballistic missiles to Russia
The United States announced new sanctions on Iran Tuesday, over Tehran’s supplying of missiles to Russia for use in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Henry Ridgwellчитати