WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he has “good conversations” with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he aims to settle the Ukraine war. “We’re working on the Russia situation, Russia and Ukraine, and hopefully we’re going to get it,” Trump said in an interview…
ROME, April 26 (Reuters) – Pope Leo on Sunday described those who wage wars and appropriate the earth’s resources as thieves who rob the world of a peaceful future, issuing a warning about the use of nuclear power on the anniversary of the Chornobyl reactor accident. Ukraine is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the world’s…
By Michael Holden and Sam Tabahriti LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) – Buckingham Palace said discussions would take place with U.S. authorities on Sunday to determine whether a shooting at a dinner attended by President Donald Trump would affect planning for King Charles’ state visit to the U.S. this week. Trump was rushed out of the…
BAMAKO, April 26 (Reuters) – Sustained gunfire rang out in a garrison town near Mali’s capital on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, a day after an al Qaeda affiliate and Tuareg rebels carried out one of the largest coordinated attacks in the country in recent years. The gunfire in the town of Kati suggested that…
KYIV, April 26 (Reuters) – Ukraine is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster on Sunday amid lingering fears that Russia’s four-year-old war could spark a repeat of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. Kyiv says Moscow has repeatedly sent missiles and drones on a flight path near the plant to attack Ukrainian cities,…
BERLIN, April 25 (Reuters) – Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) rose to a record 28% in the latest weekly INSA voting intention poll published on Saturday, widening its lead over the conservative bloc to four percentage points. The result marked the highest level ever recorded for the party by INSA and was up one…
SARAJEVO, April 25 (Reuters) – Slovenia was left without a prime minister-designate in the wake of last month’s election after President Natasa Pirc Musar said on Saturday she would not nominate one because no parliamentary group had secured enough support to form a governing coalition. The parliamentary vote ended up with a narrow victory for the…
April 24 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of abandoning internationally recognised diplomatic conventions in pursuit of its own interests, particularly in dominating energy markets, in an interview broadcast on Friday. Lavrov, interviewed by Russian state television, said Washington, in its dealings with Latin America and the Middle East, was…
PARIS, April 24 (Reuters) – France wound up a meeting of G7 environment ministers on Friday defending its “pragmatic” decision to keep climate change off the agenda to avoid a clash with the U.S. U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed climate change as a hoax despite scientific evidence, and has withdrawn his country from several…
By Vera Dvorakova and Louise Rasmussen COPENHAGEN, April 24 (Reuters) – Talks on forming a new Danish government are in stalemate one month on from the country’s parliamentary election, slowing decision-making amid efforts to resolve a crisis in ties with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration over Greenland. Caretaker Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, armed with a…