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The Wagner Group [Russian private military company - ed.] is expanding its mining projects in the Central African Republic (CAR) to finance the war against Ukraine, among other goals.
The Dutch Cabinet will look into supplying F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine if the Kyiv government asks for it. During a parliamentary debate on Thursday, Minister Wopke Hoekstra of Foreign Affairs said the Cabinet would look at such a request with an “open mind.” In Davos, Minister Kajsa Ollongren of Defense also said that the Netherlands is willing to help pay for modern Leopard 2 tanks that other countries send to Ukraine. “That is certainly something we are willing to do,” she told Bloomberg.
France's President Emmanuel Macron is reportedly planning a trip to China in the coming weeks to discuss energy and trade.
The European Parliament voted today to adopt a report calling for the European Commission to address several issues in …
The promise of a new western arms delivery to Ukraine is not sitting well with Moscow.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is unsure who is making decisions in Russia as part of potential negotiations to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Zelensky said in a video address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that he does not “quite understand” who he should be talking to and about…
Polish authorities are investigating after the men, who were let go, offered an "unnatural" explanation for their late-night dive in rough seas.
Mohammad Mehdi Karami was charged with killing a paramilitary force member but could not choose a lawyer
Contestant Viktoria Apanasenko also talked about how she had to smile while on the same stage as Miss Russia, who was wearing a dress ‘the colour of blood’.
Elvis Francois, 47, had scrawled the word “help” in English on the boat's hull, which officials said was key to his rescue.
The study's lead author said there is "almost zero" chance that anything but human-caused climate change is to blame for the sharp rise in temperature.
GettyNearly a year into Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the Kremlin has gotten into a bizarre bickering match with Ukraine’s leader over whether or not Vladimir Putin is still alive.The squabble started when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told an audience at Davos that he’s not entirely convinced the Russian leader is still among the living.“I don’t quite understand who to speak with and about what. I’m not sure the president of Russia, who sometimes appears against a green scre
The high-level visit by William Burns comes at a critical juncture in the war and as the government in Kyiv airs concern about the durability of U.S. support.
Iran does not recognize the so-called “accession” of the Ukrainian Crimea and Donbas to Russia, despite “excellent relations” between Tehran and Moscow, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told Turkish public broadcaster TRT World on Jan. 19.
The EU's highest court ruled on Thursday (19 January) that EU countries should no longer be allowed temporary exemptions for banned, bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticides, putting half of all such derogations to an end.
Several countries will announce sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine on Friday at a meeting at the German Ramstein Air Base, the Lithuanian defence minister said on Thursday. "Some of the countries will definitely send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, that is for sure", Arvydas Anusauskas told Reuters, about the Ramstein pledges, speaking after a preparatory meeting of 11 nations in Estonia. The total number of armoured vehicles pledged at Ramstein will go into hundreds, Anusauskas said.
More than 5,000 hectares of forests have been destroyed in the Sviati Hory (“Holy Mountains”) National Nature Park, located in Donetsk Oblast, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion by Russia.