Peeking out from under a hat and with his face covered, the Russian fighting for Kyiv described unrelenting battles in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv where Moscow’s forces opened a new front last week.”The situation is difficult, the intensity is very high, there is fighting almost every ten minutes,”…

The Adriana was an overcrowded fishing trawler that sank in the Mediterranean while carrying from around 500 to more than 700 migrants to Italy. Only 104 survived, and 80 bodies were recovered.Nine Egyptian men who were identified as crew members by other survivors are due to go on trial for…

Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska dismissed the latest U.S. sanctions on a series of companies that the U.S. Treasury said were connected to a scheme to evade sanctions and unlock frozen shares as nonsense.”This balderdash isn’t worth the time,” Deripaska said by message via a spokesperson in response to a Reuters…

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said he would like cannabis to be relisted as a narcotic again by the end of this year.The pro-cannabis group that rallied at the Thai health ministry said they agreed cannabis should be properly regulated, but that doesn’t require the rescheduling of the plant as a…

The government of the United Kingdom is instructing schools not to teach children about concepts of gender theory as part of an overhaul to sex education. The Department of Education’s guidance for Relationships, Sex and Health Education is being changed to exclude controversial viewpoints and inappropriate content.”Following multiple reports of disturbing…

Human Rights Watch has urged Thailand to stop forcing dissidents back to dangerous home countries, citing violations of international law.A report documented cases of Thai authorities expelling dissidents awaiting resettlement, often involving Cambodians.The Thai government allegedly collaborated with neighboring countries to spy on dissidents.A leading international human rights organization on…

France aims to regain full control of events in New Caledonia “in the coming hours”, according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.Violence erupted over a controversial electoral reform bill allowing long-term French residents to vote in provincial elections.The situation has escalated to the point of extreme violence, with opposition and neighboring…

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At a Beijing summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping reaffirmed ties between the two countries.Putin’s visit to China occurred as Russian forces pressed an offensive in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region.Both leaders voiced a desire to end the Ukraine war during the meeting.Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese…

Huge throngs of protesters blocked streets in the capital of Georgia and milled angrily outside the parliament building after lawmakers on Tuesday approved a “foreign influence” bill that critics call a Russian-style threat to free speech and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union.Soon after the 84-30 vote, a…