Putin Expands Fast-Track Russian Citizenship to All Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expanded a fast-track procedure to give Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expanded a fast-track procedure to give Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians.
Nigeria is grappling with child malnutrition in its troubled northwest region where armed groups have been targeting rural communities.
One of Canada’s largest mobile and internet providers, Rogers, has apologised for the country-wide outage of its services which began on Friday.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is criticizing Southeast Asian nations for not doing enough to press Myanmar’s military government to return the country to the path of democracy following last year’s power seizure.
The Canadian government says it will allow the delivery to Germany of equipment from a key Russia-Europe natural gas pipeline that has undergone maintenance — equipment the absence of which Russia’s Gazprom cited last month as a reason for more than halving the flow of gas.
WASHINGTON/BEIJING – A senior Chinese military officer warned his U.S. counterpart on Thursday that any “arbitrary provocations” would be met with a “firm counterstrike” by China, but added that the two sides should strengthen dialogue and controls risks.
Portugal is bracing for a heat wave, with temperatures in some areas forecast to climb as high as 43 C (109 F) this weekend just as a severe drought grips the country.
The presidents of NATO members Poland and Lithuania have voiced confidence that allied troops can fully safeguard a strategically vital corridor that links their countries, Concern over NATO’s ability to defend the so called Suwalki Gap, a 70-kilometer (43-mile) wedge joining Poland and Lithuania, has rocketed since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Finland’s Parliament has passed amended legislation on border security that allows for the closure of crossing points with Russia.
Somalia’s president has called for assistance from Turkey to combat the effects of severe drought that is threatening the Horn of Africa.