Politics
One person dies trying to cross the Channel to Britain
French authorities reported that a boat with migrants attempting to cross the English Channel near Calais to reach Britain got into difficulties overnight. As a
Italian minister Meloni pledges to ‘relaunch’ cooperation with China
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pledged to ‘relaunch’ cooperation with China, signing a three-year action plan during her first official visit to Beijing since taking
The EU warns Slovakia against foreign agents law for NGOs
The European Commission warned Slovakia that it will take immediate legal action if the government goes ahead with a draft law requiring NGOs receiving funding
Kremlin says Russia open to negotiations with Ukraine
The Kremlin said it was open to negotiations with Ukraine to end the conflict as long as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy remains in power, despite
Georgia accuses former officials of plotting to assassinate president
Georgia’s state security service said it was investigating a plot to assassinate Bidzina Ivanishvili, honorary chairman of the ruling party. The State Security Service said
Ukraine tells China it is open to negotiate with Russia
Ukraine’s top diplomat told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that Kiev was open to negotiating with Russia if Moscow was willing to do so in
US calls on Moscow to release Russian-American journalist Kurmasheva
The US embassy in Moscow called on Russia to release Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist who was jailed last week. A court in the city
French left-wing party plans law to scrap Macron’s pension reforms
France’s left-wing France Unbowed (LFI) party will take legislative action to scrap President Emmanuel Macron’s pension changes and reverse the increase in the legal retirement
Ukraine’s top diplomat to visit China for peace talks
Ukraine’s top diplomat will visit China today at Beijing’s invitation for talks that will focus on how to end Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s
Spanish prime minister to testify in wife’s alleged corruption case
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been summoned to testify as a witness in an investigation into alleged corruption and influence peddling allegations against his