She’s also one of the most successful participants, as the award-winning Australian singer-songwriter has sold over nine million albums and topped charts in eight countries. Goodrem is representing her home country in the world’s largest live music event, which takes place this year in Vienna. Even though it’s way outside of Europe, Australia has been …
BUDAPEST, April 10 (Reuters) – Hungary’s centre-right Tisza party leads Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling Fidesz ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary election, a poll published by newspaper Nepszava showed on Friday. Nationalist Orban faces the biggest challenge to his rule in 16 years, although the large number of undecided voters means the outcome of the election …
GWACHEON, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s justice minister has pledged to expand access to judicial remedies for victims of state-led abuses, including foreign adoptees whose adoptions were marred by widespread fraud under previous military governments. Using unusually strong language for a senior South Korean official, Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho said the country’s past adoptions …
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday Iran should not charge fees to tankers going through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blockaded since the start of the Iran war, causing the worst disruption to global energy supplies in history. “There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers …
(Changes description of commentator Andrew Callaghan to left-wing, not conservative, in paragraph 3) WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) – Americans could see a first-of-its-kind fight as they prepare to celebrate the country’s 250th independence: a cage match between the sons of a sitting U.S. president, and the son of a former president. The improbable possibility arose …
April 9 (Reuters) – The World Bank Group could mobilize $20 billion to $25 billion in rapid financing to countries grappling with the economic fallout of the war in Iran, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing World Bank President Ajay Banga. If the conflict persists, the World Bank is trying to see if it can get another …
SEOUL, April 10 (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said North Korea has made remarkable accomplishments despite conspiracies by the United States and Western forces to oppress and isolate Pyongyang, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported on Friday. Wang and his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui hailed their leaders for opening a …
KYIV, April 10 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the spring and summer months would be difficult for Ukraine as it would face pressure on the battlefield and also diplomatically to end the war. Zelenskiy said Ukraine’s partners had asked Kyiv to reduce its strikes on Russia’s oil sector as global prices surged due to …
KYIV, April 10 (Reuters) – Ukraine is in talks with Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain to cooperate in the security sector and share its drone defence expertise and technology, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Zelenskiy visited several Middle Eastern countries last month to offer Ukraine’s technology and expertise on how to counter Iranian drone attacks. Security cooperation …
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military personnel shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, describing the operations as part of a broader effort to help partners counter the same weapons used by Russia in Ukraine. Zelenskyy made his first public acknowledgment of the operations …