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A veteran Russian diplomat to the United Nations office in Geneva has handed in his resignation and sent a statement to foreign colleagues criticising the “aggressive war unleashed” by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. Boris Bondarev, who worked as a counsellor at Russia’s permanent mission to the UN in …

Alok Sharma and Fatih Birol say they are hopeful the global hydrocarbon crisis could spur a transition to green energy. The executive director of the International Energy Agency and the president of COP26, the United Nation’s 2021 forum on climate change, have warned against countries investing in fossil fuel infrastracture …

If a country’s strength is its people, then Russia might be in trouble. According to official statistics, nearly four million Russians left the country in the first three months of 2022. “We were very afraid of being questioned at the Russian border as we heard they didn’t want to let IT …

Luhansk governor accuses Russia of indiscriminately shelling Severodonetsk, which has only one working hospital left with three doctors. Heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces has continued in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, as Moscow’s troops pressed on with their advance on Severodonetsk, where local officials accused Russia of using “scorched-earth” …

Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: Ukraine’s EU membership A bid by Ukraine to join the European Union could not be finalised for “15 or 20 years,” France’s Europe minister says, pouring cold water on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hopes for a quick entry in the …

Moscow’s forces destroyed a large shipment of Western-supplied weapons in northwestern Ukraine with long-range missiles, the Russian defence ministry said Saturday. “High-precision long-range sea-based Kalibr missiles destroyed a large batch of weapons and military equipment near the Malin railway station in Zhytomyr region delivered from the United States and European …

The usual trophies and prize money will be on the line for Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and other top tennis players at Wimbledon, but there is a significant change there this year: No one will earn ranking points, a valuable currency in tennis, when play begins on June 27. The …

Seoul, South Korea – President Joe Biden has embarked on a six-day visit to South Korea and Japan aimed at demonstrating the United States’ commitment to the Indo-Pacific region amid China’s rise and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The US leader is expected in South Korea on Friday evening. After a …

India’s huge diamond-polishing industry has furloughed around 250,000 of its roughly two million workers because of sanctions on Russia hitting supplies, a trade union said Thursday. The South Asian nation cuts and polishes 90 percent of the world’s diamonds, with Russian diamond miners such as Alrosa traditionally accounting for 30-40 …

Ukraine, one of the world’s biggest grain producers, used to export most of its goods through its seaports. Moscow has said that sanctions on Russia would have to be reviewed if it were to heed a UN appeal to open access to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports so that grain could …