MOSCOW, April 15 (Reuters) – Russia is ready to increase energy supplies to China ahead of an expected visit by President Vladimir Putin, Russian news agencies quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Wednesday at a news conference in Beijing. The agencies quoted Lavrov as saying that the visit would take place in the …
April 14 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl on Tuesday he was not concerned about Viktor Orban’s loss in Hungary, and that he likes incoming Prime Minister Peter Magyar. “I think the new man’s going to do a good job — he’s a good man,” Trump told the reporter. …
Pakistan said Tuesday it was pursuing efforts to help the U.S. and Iran negotiate an end to the war, after Trump told the New York Post earlier that a second round of talks with Iran “could be happening over next two days.” Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad said talks between Lebanon and …
TBILISI, April 15 (Reuters) – When anti-government protests began in Georgia in late 2024, Luka Mishveladze started sleeping on the floor at his university building to be closer to student rallies. Some 18 months later, the 20-year-old student is now a protest organiser, demonstrating outside the same building in the capital Tbilisi against government reforms …
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is heading to the central African nation of Cameroon with a message of peace for its separatist region and for talks with President Paul Biya, the 93-year-old leader whose grip on power was extended for an eighth term in a widely disputed election last year. The Vatican says …
DHAKA, April 15 (Reuters) – A Rohingya survivor has recounted a harrowing journey at sea after an overcrowded boat carrying refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, leaving around 250 people missing. The boat, which departed from Teknaf in southern Bangladesh and was bound for Malaysia, sank in the second week of April …
MANILA, April 15 (Reuters) – Philippine National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano has resigned, a Palace official said on Wednesday, and will be replaced by former military chief Eduardo Oban. “The President has accepted the resignation of National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano. Secretary Ano has decided to retire from public service after decades of continuous service …
April 15 (Reuters) – Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with hundreds of drones and three ballistic missiles, targeting port infrastructure in the south and wounding at least seven people, Ukrainian officials said. Russia launched 324 drones in the period since 6 p.m. (1500 GMT) on Tuesday and three ballistic missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. Air defence …
DENVER (AP) — Crashes involving about 70 vehicles on Tuesday snarled a section of a snowy Colorado highway and sent eight people to the hospital, according to authorities. The massive pileup prompted officials to close the eastbound side of Interstate 70 in Clear Creek County, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Denver, Colorado State …
HOUSTON, April 15 (Reuters) – The two professional photography instructors who trained Artemis II astronauts to take pictures of the moon and Earth during their historic lunar flyby said they were as impressed as the public by the stunning celestial imagery caught on camera. NASA photography and video trainers Paul Reichert and Katrina Willoughby said …