International News (Page 292)

Demands from world leaders that Russia be held accountable for atrocities and human rights abuses that its military carried out in Ukraine mounted Sunday, as photos of dozens of dead civilians and a mass grave on the outskirts of Kyiv circled the globe. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of carrying out a genocide, claiming…Continue Reading

NEW YORK — Billy Porter went with fuchsia and Mickey Guyton rocked an ombre silver and gold fringe dress as the music crowd didn’t disappoint on the Grammys red carpet Sunday, doing Las Vegas proud in wild, whimsical and meaningful looks with lots of bright color and plenty of skin. Guyton shimmied for photographers in…Continue Reading

Sign Up For Our Daily Newsletters Front Page Podcast Commentary Question of the Day A new poll found that two-thirds of the American public supports Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation. Do you agree? A Sacramento City Police Officer stands near a field of evidence markers after a mass shooting In Sacramento, Calif. April…Continue Reading

PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain — U.S. federal agents and Spain’s Civil Guard were searching a yacht owned by a Russian oligarch on Monday off a Mediterranean Island.The law enforcement officers descended on the yacht at the Marina Real in the port of Palma de Mallorca, the capital of Spain’s Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea.…Continue Reading

Published On 4 Apr 20224 Apr 2022Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has declared victory in Sunday’s presidential election, after pollsters Ipsos and CeSID predicted that the incumbent leader would win 59.8 percent of the votes. Zdravko Ponos, a retired army general representing the pro-European and centrist Alliance for Victory coalition, was projected to come second with…Continue Reading

Lam governed global financial hub through unprecedented upheaval of anti-government protests and COVID-19.Published On 4 Apr 20224 Apr 2022Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, who has governed the global financial hub through the unprecedented upheaval of anti-government protests and COVID-19, said on Monday she will not seek a second five-year term of office. Lam’s announcement came…Continue Reading

When the Solomon Islands, an impoverished nation located 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) east of Australia, announced the drafting of a new security deal with China late last month, Australian officials warned the move could undermine security in the South Pacific and manifest Canberra’s long-held fears of a Chinese military base in its back yard. As…Continue Reading

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dips 0.1 percent in cautious start to Monday trading.Published On 4 Apr 20224 Apr 2022Asian share markets got off to a cautious start on Monday amid talk of yet more sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, while bond markets continued to sound the risk of…Continue Reading

New Delhi, India – A year after the government led by Narendra Modi’s BJP came to power in 2014, the top finance ministry official accused the Reserve Bank of India of setting interest rates to benefit developed countries and sought a probe into its conduct, a trove of official documents obtained by The Reporters’ Collective…Continue Reading