Ukraine on Tuesday backed a US proposal for a 30-day general ceasefire with Russia, with the United States in turn agreeing to lift restrictions on military aid and intelligence sharing, a joint statement said. After talks in Saudi Arabia, the two sides also agreed to conclude "as soon as possible" a deal on Ukrainian minerals, the statement said.
Pope Francis was reported to be in good spirits Tuesday after the Vatican declared he was out of danger and could even be discharged in the near future after almost one month in hospital with pneumonia. The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church has been in Rome's Gemelli hospital since February 14 with pneumonia in both lungs and has suffered several
A fact-finding committee formed by Syria's new authorities to investigate a wave of deadly violence said on Tuesday the country was determined to "prevent unlawful revenge". A wave of violence broke out last Thursday, mainly in the Mediterranean heartland of the Alawite minority, the deadliest since longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad was ousted in
US President Donald Trump announced massive new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium Tuesday, while threatening to "shut down" its auto industry and saying the best way to end the trade war was for Washington's ally to be absorbed into the United States. Trump's shock new threats came hours before a midnight deadline for ramping up the Republican's
A 59-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of manslaughter following a search for a missing crew member after a tanker was struck by a cargo ship in the North Sea, police said. "Following enquiries undertaken by my team, we have arrested a 59-year-old man on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the collision," Humberside
Seven medical staff who treated Argentine football legend Diego Maradona in the days before his death went on trial Tuesday after being accused of homicide. Maradona died on November 25, 2020, aged 60, while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot, after decades battling cocaine and alcohol addictions. The defendants risk prison terms between
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested Tuesday in Manila by police acting on an International Criminal Court warrant tied to his deadly war on drugs. The 79-year-old faces a charge of "the crime against humanity of murder", according to the ICC, for a crackdown that rights groups estimate killed tens of thousands of mostly poor men,
Five years ago on Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced Covid-19 had become a pandemic -- a moment when the world finally woke up to the unfolding disaster. The WHO had already sounded its own highest alarm five weeks earlier. But that warning -- which does not mention the "p" word -- had gone unheeded. At a press conference on March 11,
How do the British view Brexit, five years after leaving the European Union? From farmers to politicians to ordinary citizens, the range of opinion reveals the divisions caused by this major political event.
Russia said Monday it was expelling two British diplomats on suspicion of carrying out espionage activities. Announcing the expulsion of the embassy's second secretary and husband of the first secretary, Russia's FSB security service said "counter intelligence work had revealed an undeclared British intelligence presence under the cover of the national
