ABC News: MOSCOW — The security chiefs of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sat down for talks Saturday to stop fighting on the border between the two countries that so far has killed at least 24 people and wounded over 100. The Kyrgyz border service announced the new round of talks as the two ex-Soviet nations traded […]
BBC News: A Chinese government delegation has been banned from attending the lying-in-state of Queen Elizabeth II, BBC News understands. House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle refused a request for access to Westminster Hall due to Chinese sanctions against five MPs and two peers, Politico first reported. Queen Elizabeth is set to lie in […]
ABC News: SEOUL, South Korea — China’s top legislator was set to meet new South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Friday, as Yoon’s push to buttress a military alliance with Washington has caused concerns that it could hamper Seoul’s ties with Beijing. Li Zhanshu, third in the Chinese Communist Party hierarchy and […]
India Today: Despite the Russia-Ukraine war entering seven months and Pakistan facing one of its worst flood, leaders of both the countries were seen enjoying the delicacies at the SCO Summit 2022. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Russian President Vladimir Putin couldn’t stay away from delicacies at the SCO summit that began on Thursday. […]
Reuters: WASHINGTON/JOHANNESBURG, Sept 16- President Joe Biden will discuss efforts to end the war in Ukraine with South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, who has avoided condemning Russia, when the two leaders meet at the White House on Friday, according to a U.S. official. “The goal is to have a conversation about the conflict in Ukraine: how […]
BBC NBews: Want to understand Russia? Think of a giant pendulum that’s swinging, ever so slowly, to and fro. It’s been happening for centuries here. It swings one way and Russia looks west towards Europe, and the country sees itself as an undeniable part of European civilisation. Other times, the pendulum swings in the opposite […]
BBC News: Heathrow Airport has said about 15% of its schedule will be altered on Monday during Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral. This is to ensure the skies over London fall quiet during the events, it said. There will be flight cancellations as a result, including 100 British Airways flights and four Virgin Atlantic flights. Separately […]
AP News: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and leaders from India and Central Asia gathered Thursday in Uzbekistan for a summit of a security group formed by Beijing and Moscow as a counterweight to U.S. influence. The meeting Friday of the eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization is overshadowed by Putin’s attack on Ukraine and […]
Reuters: ISLAMABAD, Sept 15- Pakistan’s unprecedented floods, which have submerged huge swathes of the South Asian nation, have killed nearly 1,500 people, data showed on Thursday, as authorities looked to step up relief efforts for millions affected by the disaster. The floods brought by record monsoon rains and glacial melt in northern mountains have hit […]
BBC News: Residents in a southern Ukrainian city are being urged to evacuate because of a risk of flooding, after missiles hit a major reservoir dam. As many as 22 streets in two districts of Kryvyi Rih are affected, city head Oleksandr Vilkul warned on Wednesday. Officials said a water flow of 100 cubic metres […]
