President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that the G7 countries could demonstrate their leadership regarding the use of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s benefit. Source: the President’s evening address Quote: “We continue to actively work to ensure that there are sufficient financial support programmes for Ukraine next year. This includes bilateral programmes with our partner states, programmes […]
In the weeks since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, a handful of Western leaders have visited the Middle Eastern country to offer support amid the reignited conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The one exception? Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau’s absence in Israel is not indicative of a lack of support from Canada. The […]
Many people in Europe and North America gained an hour of sleep over the weekend thanks to daylight saving time, but people in about 66% of countries worldwide never lost that hour in the first place, according to the Pew Research Center. Daylight saving time – also called summer time in Europe – is the […]
FAMAGUSTA, Cyprus — Eleni Ellinas can still hear the sound of the air raid sirens that woke her after 5 a.m. on Aug. 14, 1974. The Turkish military had invaded Famagusta, on the eastern coast of Cyprus. Within the city lay Varosha, a 2.3-square-mile, wealthy seaside community that was home to 39,000 people, mostly Greek […]
JERUSALEM – When Pranita Chhetri learned on Oct. 7 that Hamas terrorists from Gaza had infiltrated southern Israel that morning, murdering more than 1,000 Israelis and foreign nationals and kidnapping many others, she was horrified but not fearful for her own personal safety. Chhetri, who moved from her home in India to Israel seven months […]
Hamas’ attack of Israel on the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, reignited an intractable and bloody conflict in the Middle East that’s been going on for decades. The militant group – designated a terrorist organization by many countries – invaded from the Gaza Strip and launched rockets at Israeli communities, killing about 1,200 people and […]
PARIS – Hoisting an oversized French flag above her head, Sandrine, a 53-year-old Parisian business owner, shuffled along amid the 105,000 participants in Paris in a Nov. 12 march against antisemitism. It had been three weeks after the apartment door of a friend’s parents was burned down in the 19th arrondissement, or district, of Paris, […]
Among the major announcements at this year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP28, was the official launch of a “loss and damage” fund to provide financial support to developing countries suffering severe impacts from climate change. At least 15 countries and the European Union had pledged support for the fund as of early December, […]
The prime ministers of Spain, Belgium, Ireland and Malta have called on European Council President Charles Michel to have a “serious debate” this week about the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, according to a letter seen by POLITICO. “We must call urgently for all the parties to declare a lasting humanitarian cease-fire that can lead to […]
A majority of respondents want their country to pay less attention to problems in other places, and feel more connected to people in their own community and country than those abroad, according to survey results released Wednesday that reveal some international divisions. The findings from the nonpartisan Pew Research Center point to a lack of […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries have placed orders for only 60,000 artillery shells under an EU scheme to help get 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine by next spring, according to people familiar with the figures. The scheme was a centrepiece of an EU initiative to ramp up the supply of vital 155mm […]