Germany and Kenya pledged to strengthen cooperation on climate protection, green energy and the exchange of workers after talks between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President William Ruto in Nairobi.
The founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, renewed a threat to pull his forces from the battlefield near Bakhmut in Ukraine’s east because of a shortage of ammunition. The comments, directed at Russia’s defense minister, were made in a grisly video showing a field of corpses.
Top economic advisers at Turkish opposition parties are preparing to meet in Istanbul on Saturday, a show of unity with barely a week left before a tightly contested election that’s put a spotlight on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s control over institutions and policy.
Rishi Sunak’s UK Conservatives lost scores of local council seats in a bruising first election for the prime minister that suggests the ruling party is in danger of losing power in a national vote that’s expected next year.
Thailand’s opposition parties are heading for a sweep of the May 14 general election, with Pheu Thai, a party linked to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, poised to secure a clear majority in the lower house, according to a voters survey.
The European Union wants international gas suppliers to offer to sell gas on its newly created purchase platform in order to prevent spiraling prices from battering industry again this year, according to Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic.
The presidential candidate of a six-party Turkish opposition alliance urged citizens to stay indoors if he wins next week’s elections to avoid the risk of confrontation with “armed elements” loyal to the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Vietnam’s Communist government “resolutely” opposes Australia’s issuance of coin sets depicting the flag of the country’s defeated US-backed southern regime and asks Canberra to halt their distribution.
A cover story by the Economist on Turkey’s elections triggered an angry response from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and top officials including the foreign minister, who said he was pulling an article he’d submitted for the weekly.
Nigeria’s debt burden is poised to jump 50% after the nation’s parliament approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to convert 22.7 trillion naira ($49 billion) of loans from the central bank into bonds.
