A view of the door of 10 Downing Street in London, Feb 22, 2022. (DAVID CLIFF / AP) LONDON – The British government said it has no plans to move to a Swiss-style relationship with the European Union after some of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's eurosceptic lawmakers warned him against pursuing a closer alignment with […]
Egyptian Foreign Minister and Egypt's COP27 President Sameh Shoukry attends an informal stocktaking session during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Nov 18, 2022. (MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY / REUTERS) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Negotiators were poised to make a final push for a deal at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt on […]
Participants arrive at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate conference in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, on Nov17, 2022. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – The first draft of a deal being hashed out at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt would keep a target […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept 16, 2022. (ALEXANDR DEMYANCHUK, SPUTNIK, KREMLIN POOL PHOTO VIA AP) ISTANBUL – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he has agreed with his Russian […]
Kavo Perdika, a cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain, sails on Bosphorus to Marmara sea, in Istanbul, on Nov 2, 2022. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the traffic of vessels carrying Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products resumed on Nov 2, 2022 after a phone call between the Turkish and Russian defence ministers. (OZAN KOSE / […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky react while giving a press conference following the talks with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Lviv on Aug 18, 2022. (DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP) ANKARA/KYIV/MOSCOW – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday discussed resuming the implementation of […]
Cargo ships anchored in the Marmara Sea await to cross the Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, Türkiye, Nov 1, 2022. (KHALIL HAMRA / AP) MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation on Tuesday to discuss the implementation of a deal on the export of grain from the […]
In this file photo dated Sept 9, 2022, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a joint press conference with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (not pictured) at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad.(GHULAM RASOOL / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has decided to alter his travel plans to focus his […]
The Panama-flagged Navi Star carrying 33,000 tonnes of grain, arrives at the Foynes Port in County Limerick, Ireland, on Aug 20, 2022 after leaving southern Ukraine's main port of Odessa two weeks ago. (LIAM BURKE / PRESS 22 / AFP) KIEV – Ukraine's Black Sea ports have shipped 9 million tons of foodstuffs under a […]
Chile's Sub Secretary of International Economics Relations Jose Miguel Ahumada shakes hands with Senator Ivan Moreira after the final discussion to vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership at the National Congress in Valparaiso, Chile Oct 11, 2022. (RODRIGO GARRIDO / REUTERS) SANTIAGO – Chile's congress voted to approve the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during a plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept 7, 2022. (STANISLAV KRASILNIKOV/TASS NEWS AGENCY HOST POOL PHOTO VIA AP) KYIV – President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he wanted to discuss reopening a UN-brokered deal that allows Ukraine to export its grain via […]
Turkish-flagged ship Polarnet carrying tons of grain from Ukraine sails along the Bosphorus Strait past Istanbul on Aug 7, 2022, after being officially inspected. (YASIN AKGUL / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – Under the Black Sea Initiative, 12 vessels have been authorized to depart the Ukrainian ports, a United Nations official coordinating the grain export deal […]
A general view shows the coastline looking east towards in the port city of Odessa, on April 12, 2022. (ED JONES / AFP) KYIV/MOSCOW – Ukraine is preparing to start grain exports via the Black Sea ports this week under the grain deal signed last week in Türkiye, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. Speaking at […]
This photo dated Dec 9, 2020 shows flags of the Union Jack and the EU ahead of Britain's prime minister's meeting on post Brexit trade deal with European Commission president, in Brussels. (OLIVIER HOSLET / POOL / AFP) LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government will press ahead on Monday with legislation to scrap […]