Italy’s Former Premier Berlusconi Hospitalized Again, Ansa Says
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was hospitalized in Milan just three weeks after being released from a previous treatment, Ansa news agency reported Friday.
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Sudan Expels UN Envoy, Complicating Efforts to End Conflict
Sudan expelled the top United Nations envoy, raising fears the North African country is isolating itself from the international community amid efforts to broker an end to more than a month of deadly conflict.
US Expands China Forced-Labor Embargo With Ban on Two New Firms
The US expanded a ban on imports from China’s Xinjiang region, placing two more companies on its so-called entity list, the first additions since a law targeting forced labor in the area took effect a year ago.
Bank of Russia Approaches Hawkish Turn With Rates Held Again
Russia extended its interest-rate pause to the longest in more than seven years as the central bank becomes increasingly alert to inflation risks at a time of heavy government spending on the war in Ukraine.
Putin Says Russia to Place Nuclear Weapons in Belarus in July
Russia will begin moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Friday.
Spanish Left Unites to Face Conservatives in Snap Election
Spain’s populist Podemos party said it would join an alliance of left-wing groups in a last-ditch attempt to help Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez prevent a right-wing coalition from taking power in next month’s snap election.
Teachers Strike in Romania as Union Sees Little Scope for Deal
Thousands of teachers took to the streets of Romania’s capital as the biggest education strike in almost two decades approached its third week and the government struggled to reach a deal with union negotiators.
Ukraine Recap: Tanks on the Move, EU Struggles on New Sanctions
Ukraine faced another missile and drone attack on Friday even as Kyiv’s long-awaited ground offensive — one that’s likely to last for months — is picking up steam. Images posted by Russian military bloggers of NATO-standard battle tanks and fighting vehicles pushing toward Tokmak in Ukraine’s occupied south appeared to be genuine. At least one Leopard 2A4 tank has been destroyed. Ukrainian forces are also engaged in heavy fighting on the eastern front around Bakhmut. Kremlin troops are attemptin
US Suspends Food Aid to Ethiopia After Probe Finds It’s Being Diverted or Sold
The United Nations has joined the US in suspending the delivery of aid in Ethiopia, plunging the humanitarian situation in the country into even deeper uncertainty.
South African Presidency Maps Out Vision to End Loadshedding
South Africa will focus on fixing its dilapidated coal-fired power plants and the longer-term roll-out of at least 50 gigawatts of private renewable energy projects by the end of the decade to tackle crippling blackouts, according to senior officials in the nation’s presidency.