(Bloomberg) — Polish President Andrzej Duda criticized Ukraine for maintaining a dispute over imports, adding to tensions between the two countries whose alliance is central to the push to resist Russian aggression. Most Read from Bloomberg The conflict is escalating for Ukraine as it presses ahead with the opposition movement to take over the occupied … Read more
UNITED NATIONS – President Joe Biden made his case before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that the world must come together to defend Ukraine against Russian aggression, warning that no country can be protected if “Ukraine is allowed to pick up” as he tries to rally support for Kyiv’s effort to build a nearly … Read more
ISTANBUL (AP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he trusts Russia as much as he trusts the West. Explaining his recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Erdogan said he had failed to get it started again Black Sea grain transaction The Kremlin withdrew from July but has raised an agreement for Russia to … Read more
TORONTO (AP) – Canada is investigating possible links between the Indian government and the murder of a Canadian citizen who was an activist for an independent Sikh homeland in India, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Monday. Trudeau said in Parliament that Canadian intelligence agencies are looking into the allegations after Sikh leader Hardeep Singh … Read more
NEW DELHI (AP) – Indian lawmakers sat in the last session before moving to a new Parliament building and even opposition parties responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call on Monday that saw him praise the parliament’s history. India and the Group of 20 summit ended recently. Major opposition parties in June rejected the resignation … Read more
Houses have been burned in the Sudanese capital after heavy fighting between the army and the fighting forces. Videos posted online on Sunday showed the Greater Nile Oil Company tower engulfed in flames. “This is really painful,” Tagreed Abdin, the architect, said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Airstrikes and ground battles … Read more
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The ride is over hot, dry weather left the low Mississippi River and barge companies are unloading their cargoes just as Midwestern farmers prepare to harvest crops and send tons of corn and soybeans down the Gulf of Mexico. The transportation restrictions are a headache for barge companies, but even … Read more
A trip to the Libyan city of Derna takes twice as long now. Driving down the road from Benghazi, the fields turned into rust red lakes. As you get closer, the traffic starts to slow down. The telegraph poles pulled from the ground by the floods now lay silently. Cars are crawling around potholes in … Read more
Mourners descended on the town of Ulundi ahead of Saturday’s funeral of former South African politician and Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi. He has been given a state burial in honor of his contribution to the fight against white supremacy. As a sign of respect, the national power company has also agreed Ulundi will not be … Read more
A woman who lost an uncle in an earthquake in Morocco is raising money to help her community rebuild. Makhfaman village is almost destroyed earthquakes on Friday. Karima Chiki, who lives in Bristol, said: “There are so many little children who have lost both parents. The whole family is gone. It’s absolutely devastating.” He has … Read more
The Russian flag can be seen in Blagoveshchensk, Russia, across the Amur River from Heihe, China, in March 2023. Credit – Bloomberg/Getty Images TThroughout the 1980s, Japan’s economy was the envy of the world. But in 1989 a real estate and stock market bubble shocked policymakers, who pushed interest rates to counter inflation. Japan’s bourse … Read more
A scientist showed the bodies of what he said were the remains of aliens while testifying to Congress in Mexico on September 12. The tragedy occurred after Jaime Maussan showed two boxes in the parliament chambers and revealed what he said were the bodies of two foreigners. The remains of an alleged alien are presented … Read more
Selling mobile phone accessories in a small shop he opened in Gabon’s capital Libreville, Doles Gabriel sees the president of the government, General Brice Oligui Ngeuma, as a man like Moses who has freed the country from prisons. of his former boss – President Ali Bongo. “Moses was educated in Pharaoh’s house, but God chose … Read more
A man who lost 10 relatives in the flood that swept through the Libyan city of Derna has spoken of the “senseless destruction”. Mohammed Sultan Tajouri, 25, a quantity surveyor from Ardwick, Manchester, said: “It’s taking a while to draw.” He added: “It was absolutely devastating. My father, who has a lot of family in … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Ending the world’s guessing game on when and where they will meet, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in a rocket launch facility in Siberia on Wednesday in their first meeting in four years. Talks between the two estranged, nuclear-armed leaders are expected to … Read more
Vladimir Putin is paranoid about was killed that he hired one of his bodyguards as a washing machine operator at his dacha in Crimea, a disaffected Russian security official said. The former guard, who now lives in Ecuador, also described how military divers were sent to swim around Putin’s private beaches looking for assassins. “This … Read more
Russia’s war in Ukraine For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free newsletters An armored train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un it is here Russiathe country’s news agency reported today. The train passed through Khasan station in “an … Read more
A mother who was on holiday in Morocco with her family when an earthquake struck said she did not know if they would survive. Shabina Bano, councilor for Small Heath, Birmingham, was leaving a souk in Marrakesh when Friday’s earthquake struck. He thought the earth was moving and then saw destruction and damage to buildings … Read more
Methamphetamine trafficking in and around Afghanistan has increased in recent years, even as the Taliban have clamped down on heroin trafficking since taking power, a United Nations report says. Ghada Waly, director general of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said “Research into the trafficking of methamphetamine in Afghanistan and the region suggests … Read more
Russia’s Central Election Commission said on Sunday that the United Russia party, which strongly supports President Vladimir Putin, is leading local ballots in four Ukrainian regions seized by Russian forces. The Kremlin says it annexed the eastern and southern regions late last year despite not having full military control over them, and that the so-called … Read more
