Joe Biden to attend G7, NATO summits this month
Jun 09, 2022 08:54 am UTC| Politics
The White House said Wednesday that President Joe Biden is expected to attend the upcoming annual G7 and NATO summits later this month. Biden will first attend the G7 Summit in Germany and then the NATO summit in...
Ukraine: international pressure needs to be on Moscow, not Kyiv
Jun 09, 2022 08:44 am UTC| Politics
Having crossed the 100-day mark, the war in Ukraine is having an ever more obvious, and negative, impact on a wide range of issues. From a global food crisis that could last for years to serious problems with the cost of...
Iran dismantles IAEA monitoring cameras over censure by nuclear watchdog
Jun 09, 2022 08:16 am UTC| Politics
Iran and the West are close to coming to an agreement that would restore the 2015 nuclear deal after months of negotiations. Tehran this week decided to dismantle monitoring cameras put in place by the UNs nuclear watchdog...
US calls for 'independent' investigation of Shireen Abu Akleh death
Jun 09, 2022 06:58 am UTC| Politics
In one of the latest incidents that flared up tensions between Israel and Palestine, Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was murdered last month. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said an independent...
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Zelenskyy says Ukraine will fight to recover all territory
Jun 08, 2022 10:16 am UTC| Politics
As the war in Ukraine moves towards its fourth month, Russian forces launched their offensives at the eastern territory of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country would fight to recover its entire...
Russia-Ukraine conflict: US granted authority to seize planes belonging to Roman Abramovich
Jun 08, 2022 09:55 am UTC| Politics
The sanctions the West and other countries imposed upon Russia also targeted Moscows oligarchs with ties to Vladimir Putin. The US was recently granted the authority to seize two planes belonging to Russian oligarch Roman...
South China Sea conflict: Beijing criticizes presence of Australian military planes over waters
Jun 08, 2022 09:27 am UTC| Politics
Tensions remain over the widely contested South China Sea, with China attempting to assert control over the majority of the waters. Beijing recently criticized the presence of Australian military planes over the waters it...
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects