EU envoy in Tehran amid hopes to restore nuclear agreement

A leading European Union diplomat held talks in Tehran yesterday, Iran’s state-run media reported, amid hopes that an agreement to restore Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers

US to expand Russia sanctions, accept 100K Ukraine refugees

The United States will expand its sanctions on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine, targeting members of the country’s parliament and the central bank’s gold

1980 Britain will go to Moscow Olympics

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has voted by a large majority to defy the government and send athletes to the Olympic Games in Moscow.  Fifteen sports voted to

Portugal’s new Socialist government gets off to bumpy start

Portugal is getting a new foreign minister, finance minister and defense minister as the center-left Socialist Party prepares for its third straight term in government, with blunders

NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine

NATO is estimating that 7,000 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in a month of fighting in Ukraine. A senior NATO military official said last

Downing Street vows to help families facing cost-of-living crisis

Britain's Treasury chief is pledging to respond to Russia’s war in Ukraine and a cost-of-living crisis hitting working families when he delivers his spring budget

A new fund directs its support to Ukraine’s long-term needs

The humanitarian needs of more than 10 million displaced Ukrainians have quickly become staggering. Yet Mark Malloch-Brown, president of the Open Society Foundations, warns that longer-term problems

1992 Punch ends 150 years of satire

Punch, Britain’s oldest satirical magazine, is to close after suffering crippling losses of £1.5m a year. The decision ends a publishing tradition dating back almost 151 years. It is

US agrees to lift taxes on British steel, aluminum

The United States has agreed to lift tariffs on British steel and aluminum, mending a rift between allies that dates back to the Trump administration.

ZTE says probation ends after clash with Washington

ZTE Corp. said yesterday a U.S. judge has allowed a probation period to end after the telecom equipment maker was nearly destroyed in a clash with

Airline offers nonstop 17-hour flights from New York to New Zealand

New Zealand’s flagship airline said yesterday it has started selling tickets for direct flights to and from New York, a new route that will take

Teenage pilot starts around-the-world flight from Bulgaria

Like brother, like sister. A Belgian-British teenage pilot hopes to join his sister in the record books after starting his attempt to become the youngest person to

Ukraine retakes key Kyiv suburb; battle for Mariupol rages

Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv yesterday, as Russian forces squeezed other areas near the capital and their attack on the embattled

1983 Reagan launches Cold War into space

President Reagan has unveiled plans to combat nuclear war in space. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) proposes a defensive shield, using laser or particle beam technology to “intercept and

Ukraine calls on Chinese drone maker to stop use by Russia

Ukraine is appealing to a Chinese maker of civilian drones to block what the Ukrainian government says is their use by the Russian army to target missile attacks.

Russian paper says hack led to publication of casualty figures: report

A Russian newspaper claimed its website was hacked after it published casualty figures running into thousands, BBC reported. The story on tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda’s website, citing a

Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol

Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags yesterday in exchange for safe passage out

1956 King convicted for bus boycott

Mr King, 27, was fined $500 (£178) and ordered to pay an equal amount in costs. However, his lawyers immediately gave notice of their intention to appeal and the

Saudi Arabia says it’s not responsible for high oil prices

Saudi Arabia said yesterday that it “won’t bear any responsibility” for a shortage in global oil supplies after a fierce barrage of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Russian leader appears at big rally as troops press attack in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared at a huge flag-waving rally at a packed Moscow stadium over the weekend and lavished praise on his troops fighting in

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