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Turkey observed positive approach to lifting arms embargo from Finland, Sweden -Erdogan spokesman
NATO, Turkish, Swedish and Finnish flags are seen in this illustration taken May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register ISTANBUL, May 25 (Reuters) – Ankara observed a positive attitude towards lifting of an arms exports embargo during talks with delegations from NATO applicants Finland and Sweden, President Tayyip …
Sterling slips to session low after Sue Gray report, economy in focus
Wads of British Pound Sterling banknotes are stacked in piles at the Money Service Austria company’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, May 25 (Reuters) – Sterling slipped to a session low against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday after the release of …
Davos gathering overshadowed by global economic worries
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Soaring inflation. Russia’s war in Ukraine. Squeezed supply chains. The threat of food insecurity around the world. The lingering COVID-19 pandemic. The risks to the global economy are many, and it’s led to an increasingly gloomy view of the months ahead as corporate leaders, government officials and other VIPs gather in …
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, Jen Jordan headed for November showdown
Gordon picked up Donald Trump’s endorsement after entering the race earlier this year. The former president has targeted Carr for being unwilling to help overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. Trump narrowly lost the state to Democrat Joe Biden. Jordan, a Democrat from Sandy Springs who is in her second full term …
At least 18 children killed in Texas elementary school shooting
At least 18 children and one adult are dead following a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, about 85 miles west of San Antonio. The suspect is also dead. Eighteen children and one adult were killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, according to Sgt. Erick Estrada of the Texas Department of …
Gunmen in Mexico kill 11, including 8 women, in massacre at two bars
More than a dozen gunmen shot dead 11 people — including eight women — at a Mexican hotel and its two bars in a massacre being linked to cartel warfare, according to authorities and reports. The coordinated attacks in the central Mexican city of Celaya saw more than 50 shots fired in an ambush that …
Is Putin achieving his goals in Ukraine? | Russia-Ukraine war
The last of the Ukrainian defenders in the port city of Mariupol surrendered at the Azovstal plant on Friday. The fact that at least half of them belong to the Azov regiment, created by far-right militants in 2014, offers the Kremlin a chance to claim major progress with regards to one of the officially declared …
Russia and China hold military exercise near Japan during Biden visit
China and Russia sent jets over the seas in northeast Asia on Tuesday in what Japan’s defense minister called a “provocative” and “unacceptable” move as President Biden was visiting the region. Driving the news: Japan says it scrambled jets as Chinese and Russian planes neared the country’s airspace while Tokyo was hosting the leaders of …
Davos Climate Focus: Can 'Going Green' Mean Oil and Gas?
By PETER PRENGAMAN, Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — As government officials, corporate leaders and other elites at the World Economic Forum grapple with how to confront climate change and its devastating effects, a central question is emerging: to what extent can oil and gas companies be … Source link
Russia-Ukraine war: Zelensky says Putin’s soldiers organising massacre in Donbas
President Zelensky meets US officials Russia’s president Vladimir Putin apparently survived an assassination attempt at the start of his invasion of Ukraine, the head of Kyiv’s military intelligence service has claimed. “There was an attempt to assassinate Putin… He was even attacked, it is said, by representatives of the Caucasus, not so long ago. This …
