After months of trading insults – from “sick man” and “drug trafficking leader” on one side, to “accomplice to genocide” with a “senile brain” on the other – the first meeting between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro ended with pleasantries, autographs and a Maga cap, The Guardian reports. The Colombian president was received by…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte inspected a Kyiv thermal power plant damaged in overnight Russian attacks, according to video shared by Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal, Reuters reports. During the visit, Shmyhal showed Rutte the damage inflicted on the thermal power plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia on Tuesday of exploiting a…
Turkey and Azerbaijan will be required to prove that the natural gas delivered to the European Union (EU) through entry points on Bulgaria’s border is not of Russian origin, following the EU’s introduction of a full and unrestricted ban on imports of Russian gas, according to a decision of the Council of the EU published…
Reuters. Iran’s foreign minister said his country was ready for diplomacy with the United States on Monday (February 2). Abbas Araqchi, speaking to officials at the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, added that any talks must take place with mutual respect. “Whoever speaks with respect, you will respond with respect, and whoever speaks…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the start of negotiations with the United States within the framework of the nuclear issue, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported Monday, citing an unnamed government source, Reuters reports. Fars, quoting Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei’s remarks earlier in the day as saying, added that talks between…
The Venice Carnival kicked off with a colourful parade on the Grand Canal featuring the traditional giant rat-shaped structure, which released confetti under the Rialto Bridge in a splendid whirlwind of colours, Reuters reports. However, this edition of the carnival carries an Olympic theme linked to Italy’s hosting of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games. The…
The Iranian army is on high alert in response to a possible confrontation with the United States, Iranian Army Commander-in-Chief Amir Hatami said. “We are on high alert and are closely monitoring the enemy’s movements in the region. Iran is not a country that can be destroyed,” Khatami said, warning that an attempt to…
Electricity supply is gradually returning to Ukraine after an accident in the power grid that caused blackouts in part of the country. About this reported first vice prime minister – minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal, Liga Net reports. “As of 14.00, power supply to critical infrastructure has been restored in Kyiv, Kyiv and Dnipro…
