G7 finance meeting marred by divisions over seizing Russian assets
February 29, 2024 1:47 AM SAO PAULO – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Wednesday publicly challenged U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s view that it would be legal to…
Ghana’s parliament passes anti-LGBT law
February 29, 2024 12:47 AM ACCRA – Ghana’s parliament passed a bill on Wednesday that clamps down further on the rights of LGBT people. Read More
Bakeries smashed in Israel bombardment key to Gaza hunger crisis
February 28, 2024 11:53 PM GAZA – The rubble and twisted metal of Kamel Ajour’s smashed-up Gaza bakery underscores one reason starving people in the north of the bombarded enclave…
Russian court sentences man to 10 years in treason case
February 28, 2024 10:42 PM A military court in Moscow has sentenced a 33-year-old man to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty of treason and other crimes, a…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy seeks Balkan arms, support at summit in Albania
February 28, 2024 9:37 PM TIRANA – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy tried to drum up Balkan support for his vision of peace in Ukraine and promoted the idea of joint arms…
Russia’s parliament approves bill banning advertising on websites of ‘foreign agents’
February 28, 2024 7:57 PM Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, unanimously approved a bill on Wednesday banning advertising on publications by “foreign agents”, a designation authorities have…
‘I hope Biden wins,’ Brazil’s Lula says ahead of US election
February 28, 2024 7:47 PM SAO PAULO – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hopes U.S. counterpart Joe Biden will win his bid for re-election in November, he said…
Israel presses on with settlement plans despite US criticism
February 28, 2024 6:23 PM JERUSALEM – Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich pledged to continue expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank, defying international pressure on Israel to stop building…
EU’s von der Leyen proposes using frozen Russian profits for Ukraine’s military
February 28, 2024 4:52 PM There’s no greater use for those funds than to make Ukraine and Europe safe, she said. Read More
Pope Francis skips readings at audience, says he still has a cold
February 28, 2024 4:37 PM VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis skipped readings at his Wednesday weekly audience, delegating the task to an aide and telling the faithful he was still…