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South Korea to Call at Davos for Covid Aid for North – Envoy
Date: May 24, 2022
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will issue a call this week at the World Economic Forum for COVID-19 vaccines and other medical help for North Korea, even if that means exemptions from U.N. sanctions imposed over its nuclear programme, a senior official said on Tuesday. Secretive North Korea went for more than...
Does the Commonwealth Have a Future After Queen Elizabeth?
Date: May 23, 2022
By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) – As Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 70th year on the throne, there are questions about whether the Commonwealth of Nations, which she was instrumental in creating and remains one of her proudest achievements, has a future when her reign is over. The Commonwealth evolved out of the British empire, and...
Hungary Must Work With EU on Russian Oil Embargo – German Economy Minister
Date: May 23, 2022
DAVOS (Reuters) -German Economy Minister Robert Habeck has warned Hungary against blocking efforts to impose an European Union-wide embargo on Russian oil imports in response to the war in Ukraine. “There are different solutions for different countries,” Habeck said at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Monday. “I expect everyone, including Hungary to work...
Ukraine and Russia: What You Need to Know Right Now
Date: May 22, 2022
(Reuters) – Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow while Russia intensified an offensive in the eastern Donbas region. Polish President Andrzej Duda told the Ukrainian parliament that only the Ukrainian parliament has the right to decide its own future. FIGHTING * Russia’s defence ministry said its forces pounded Ukrainian forces with airstrikes...
Biden in Japan to Launch Regional Economic Plan to Counter Beijing
Date: May 22, 2022
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) -President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday to launch a plan for greater U.S. economic engagement with the Indo-Pacific, facing criticism even before the programme is announced that it will offer scant benefit to countries in the region. On the second leg of his first Asia...
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Enters Fourth Month
Date: May 22, 2022
(Reuters) – Russia heads into the fourth month of its invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday with no end in sight to the fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble. After abandoning its assault on the capital, Kyiv, Russia is pressing on in the east and south in the face of...