Poland blocks migrants at Belarus border, warns of ‘armed’ escalation
May 7 (UPI) — Russian President Vladimir Putin was inaugurated to his fifth term in office on Tuesday despite much of the Western world, including the United States, boycotting the ceremony because of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. During the ceremony, Putin was handed a presidential insignia, a symbol of Russian presidential power. The insignia…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the US was pledging $10 billion for his inaugural Board of Peace, a new body aimed at consolidating progress in Gaza while signalling broader ambitions to reshape international conflict management, but didn’t specify what the money would be used for. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates. SUMMARY Trump announces $10…
So much for “no means no.” That’s the message from the state Court of Appeals, which ruled last week that New Yorkers don’t need an excuse to cast an absentee ballot by mail when they’re otherwise able to vote in person — even though the voters themselves have directly rejected such a measure. Mail-in voting…
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese premier Li Qiang Wednesday, hailing growing trade relations as Moscow becomes increasingly dependent on Beijing for political and economic support. “Our trade relations are developing, developing successfully … The attention that the governments of the two countries on both sides are paying to trade and…
NYT correspondent’s conversation with Microsoft’s search engine leads to bizarre philosophical conversations that highlight the sense of speaking to a human In the race to perfect the first major artificial intelligence-powered search engine, concerns over accuracy and the proliferation of misinformation have so far taken centre stage. But a two-hour conversation between a reporter and…
Supply of Russian crude oil via the Druzhba pipeline to some countries in eastern and central Europe was suspended late on Tuesday, sending oil prices higher. Early on Wednesday, oil prices were down, weighed by a firmer U.S. dollar and rising Covid cases in China, which, despite a recent easing of some measures, continues to…