Category: News

Italian P.M Giorgia Meloni: “A trip to Baku to strengthen a strategic partnership that for Italy holds concrete and long-term value. “With Azerbaijan, we aim to consolidate cooperation that is already very important in the areas of energy, security, connectivity, investments, and political dialogue, increasingly transforming it into concrete opportunities for our Nations. “In a...

EU Vice President Kaja Kallas: “Our first EU-Armenia summit is a landmark diplomatic moment, and I thank Armenia for hosting us in Yerevan. “Armenia is a key pillar in our relationship with the South Caucasus. Today we forged closer ties on trade, energy, and digital. “The EU will support the Armenian people in choosing their...

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said Tuesday it was a basic right for countries to hold state visits, as he returned from his three-day trip to the African kingdom of Eswatini, which his government says China tried to block. Lai was supposed to travel to the country, one of Taiwan’s 12 remaining diplomatic partners last month,...

The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a lower-court ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortions are provided across the nation. The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito temporarily allows women seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail,...

Russia’s Defense Ministry declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for Friday and Saturday to mark the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, but it threatened to strike back at Kyiv if it tries to disrupt the Victory Day festivities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in response said his country would...

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is breathing on his own after being hospitalized with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator, his spokesperson said Monday. Giuliani, 81, remains in critical but stable condition at a Florida hospital and is being monitored as a precautionary measure, spokesperson Ted Goodman said. Goodman said Giuliani’s condition was...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has wrested control of the opposition stronghold of West Bengal in a key state election. The Election Commission of India released partial results Monday showing the Bharatiya Janata Party won at least 124 seats in the 294-member West Bengal assembly and was leading in 83 others....

Dolly Parton has canceled her previously postponed Las Vegas residency due to health challenges that leave her feeling “swimmy headed” — but has assured fans her ailments are treatable. “The good news is I’m responding really well to meds and treatments and I’m improving every day,” the 80-year-old country superstar said in a short video...

The United States has revoked the visas of several board executives at La Nación, one of Costa Rica’s leading media outlets, triggering fresh accusations that the U.S. — in conjunction with the allied Costa Rican government — is stripping visas to punish critics and political opponents. In a statement that ran as the newspaper’s front...