The US Justice Department on Friday dropped all charges against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who was held by Canada on a US warrant for Iran sanctions-related charges for nearly three years. Meng, who had fought extradition to the United States...
The United States on Friday welcomed an agreement by the European Union to join the G7 powers in setting a $60 a barrel price cap on Russian oil exports, saying this will slow the Kremlin’s “war machine.” “It’s welcome news...
The United States on Friday added Cuba, Nicaragua and Russia’s Wagner mercenary group to a blacklist on international religious freedom, opening the path to potential sanctions. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement said the Wagner...
The European Union will join the G7 powers in imposing a 60-dollar-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil, the Polish ambassador to the bloc said Friday. Poland, which was pushing for a lower ceiling, has withdrawn its objection to the European...
President Joe Biden Friday urged US political leaders to denounce anti-Semitism, days after Donald Trump hosted a well-known Holocaust denier and rapper Kanye West — whose virulent anti-Semitic outbursts culminated this week with praise of...
US President Joe Biden signed into law Friday a rare intervention by Congress forcing freight rail unions to accept a salary deal, avoiding a possibly devastating strike — but putting the pro-union Democrat in an awkward political position...
Peru has entered the fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Health Minister Kelly Portalatino, following an increase in confirmed cases over the last three weeks. According to the Minister, a total of 6,541 new infections were detected...
Vladimir Putin has fallen down the stairs at his official residence and soiled himself, according to a Telegram message. According to the Daily Mail, a channel that claims to have links to his bodyguards has suggested. The 70-year-old Russian...
A number of Ukrainian diplomatic missions in the European Union have received packages containing animal eyes in what Kyiv described Friday as a “well-planned campaign of terror”. The Ukrainian foreign ministry announcement came after a...
The World Health Organization has cheered China’s loosening of its zero-Covid policy, with cities across the country making further moves towards unwinding some restrictions after days of unprecedented protests against the measures. President...
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia’s strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure were “inevitable” as the Kremlin rejected US President Joe Biden’s terms for talks and warned the assault would continue. After suffering...
Cough medicines containing the chemical pholcodine should be banned due to the risk of potentially deadly allergic reactions in people under general anaesthetic, the European Union’s drug regulator said Friday. The European Medicines Agency...
Formula One chiefs cancelled the China Grand Prix for a fourth straight year on Friday, citing continuing problems related to the Covid-19 pandemic. “Formula 1 can confirm, following dialogue with the promoter and relevant authorities, that...
Two explosive devices targeted cars belonging to the Italian embassy in Greece on Friday, one of which went off causing no injuries, Greek police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility and officers said they were investigating. A...
A security guard was wounded Friday by shots fired at Pakistan’s embassy in the Afghan capital in what Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called “an assassination attempt” on the head of the mission. “I demand immediate...
