NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Britain and India agreed today to step up defence and business cooperation during a visit to New Delhi by Boris Johnson, who said a bilateral free-trade deal could be wrapped up by October.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – NATO must avoid a direct military confrontation with Russia that could lead to a third world war, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with Der Spiegel when asked about Germany’s failure to deliver heavy weapons to Ukraine.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian fighters were clinging to their last redoubt in Mariupol this morning after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the war, declaring the port city “liberated” following weeks of relentless bombardment.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Shanghai authorities doubled down on their offensive against COVID-19 yesterday, launching a new round of city-wide testing and warning residents their three-week lockdown would only be lifted in batches once transmission is stamped out.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India, the world’s third biggest oil importer and consumer, is looking at boosting oil purchases from Brazil, oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said yesterday after a meeting with Brazilian Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile’s constitutional convention rejected yesterday a set of proposals focused on expanding environmental protections, especially around the major mining sector, a blow to reformers which will push the articles back to committees to be reworked.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million security assistance package for Ukraine this morning to further shore up support for the embattled European country as it faces a fresh onslaught by Russia on its eastern flank.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain set out 26 new sanctions today targeting Russian military generals responsible for what it called atrocities in Ukraine, as well as individuals and businesses supporting the Russian armed forces.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India, the world’s third biggest oil importer and consumer, is looking at boosting oil purchases from Brazil, oil minister said today after a meeting with Brazilian Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque.
(Reuters) – A top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russian forces will seize the last main stronghold of resistance in the besieged city of Mariupol today after Ukraine proposed talks on evacuating troops and civilians there.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department yesterday appealed a judge’s ruling ending a mask mandate on public transportation and airplanes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the measure was still needed.
PARIS, (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday accused his far-right rival Marine Le Pen of being in thrall to Russian President Vladimir Putin over a years-old Russian bank loan to her party during a fiery TV debate ahead of Sunday’s election.
WASHINGTON/LONDON, (Reuters) – Top officials from Britain, the United States and Canada walked out on Russia’s representatives at a Group of 20 meeting yesterday and many members spoke to condemn Moscow’s war in Ukraine, exposing deep divisions in the bloc of major economies.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Eight people infected with COVID-19 died in Shanghai on April 20, Chinese state television said yesterday.
(Reuters) – A Russian ultimatum to Ukrainian troops in Mariupol to surrender or die expired this afternoon with no mass capitulation, but the commander of a unit believed to be holding out in the besieged city said his forces could survive just days or hours.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – To prepare the 3,000-plus orders of vegetables, meat and essentials her Carrefour supermarket sends out every day to locked-in Shanghai residents, manager Zhang Wei wakes at 5 a.m.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A security pact between the Solomon Islands and China will not undermine peace, the prime minister of the Pacific island nation told parliament today in a bid to ease the worries of the United States and its allies about China’s growing influence.
KYIV/KHARKIV, (Reuters) – Russia gave Ukrainian fighters still holding out in Mariupol a fresh ultimatum to surrender yesterday as it pushed for a decisive victory in its new eastern offensive, while Western governments pledged more military help to Kyiv.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police fired live ammunition to scatter protesters yesterday, killing one person and injuring a dozen more, as the country sought rapid financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ease a worsening economic crisis.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – The Chinese financial hub of Shanghai said yesterday seven people infected with COVID-19 died on the previous day.
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