PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has asked Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to propose a new “government of action” that will be named in early July, according to an interview with AFP. Macron also confirmed his confidence in Borne for …
Putin promises Belarus nuclear-capable missiles to counter ‘aggressive’ West
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday told his counterpart from Belarus that Moscow would supply Minsk with missile systems capable of carrying nuclear weapons, the Russian foreign ministry said. At a meeting with Putin in St …
Commonwealth ends summit with call for action on climate change, trade
By Ayenat Mersie KIGALI (Reuters) -The newly-expanded Commonwealth made broad commitments on Saturday to address climate change and boost trade, concluding a summit aimed at shoring up the relevance of a group that evolved from the British empire. The …
Timeline: Spain and Morocco’s rocky diplomatic relations
MADRID (Reuters) – The deaths of at least 18 migrants on Friday during a mass attempt to cross from Morocco into a Spanish enclave took place at a pivotal time for often rocky relations between the neighbouring countries. Moroccan authorities said the …
Taliban calls for release of frozen funds after deadly earthquake
By Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban administration on Saturday called on international governments to roll back sanctions and lift a freeze on central bank assets following the earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people a…
French PM Borne backs enshrining abortion rights in constitution
By Nicolas Delame and Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Saturday she is backing a parliamentary bill to add abortion rights to the country’s constitution. The move comes after the United States Supreme Court…
Thousands march in Munich to demand G7 action on poverty and climate
BERLIN (Reuters) – Some 4,000 people marched in Munich on Saturday calling on leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized countries to take action to fight poverty, climate change and world hunger and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels. Leaders of…
Thousands unite in Polish, Ukrainian LGBT+ parades in Warsaw
By Kuba Stezycki and Joanna Plucinska WARSAW (Reuters) -Thousands of Poles and Ukrainians are walking for peace and demanding an end to discrimination against the LGBT+ community on Saturday, in a joint Pride march in Warsaw that organisers say aims to…
Taliban appeal for more aid after deadly Afghanistan earthquake
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) – Vital medical supplies reached hospitals on Saturday in the remote area of Afghanistan hit by an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people this week, as the country’s Taliban govern…
Sievierodonetsk falls to Russia after one of war’s bloodiest fights
By Tom Balmforth and Marko Djurica KYIV/POKROVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian forces fully occupied the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Saturday, both sides said, confirming Kyiv’s biggest battlefield setback for more than a month following…