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Relations between Russia and the West were already at one of their lowest points since the end of the Cold War even before Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in what it calls a “special military operation”. The West responded with an unprecedented barrage of sanctions, and US President Joe Biden pledged to…

LONDON: The World Health Organization is looking into reports that the monkeypox virus is present in the semen of patients, exploring the possibility that the disease could be sexually transmitted, a WHO official said on Wednesday (Jun 15). Many cases in the current monkeypox outbreak, largely centred on Europe, are among sexual partners who have…

PRAGUE: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday recalled the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia as he pressed Europe for further help in responding to Russia’s war in Ukraine. “We’re with you, be with us,” Zelensky told Czech lawmakers in Prague, quoting an appeal made by a Czechoslovak Radio presenter in 1968 as the occupants tried…

TAIPEI: Lithuania plans to open a representative office in Taiwan in September, one of its deputy ministers said on Wednesday (Jun 15), part of a bolstering of ties with the island that has infuriated China and led, she added, to exports falling to almost zero. Lithuania has come under sustained pressure from China, which claims…

Attending the meeting in Brussels is US State Department’s assistant secretary for political-military affairs, Jessica Lewis, who gives policy direction for international security, defence trade and security assistance. Lewis told Reuters in an interview on Friday that allies could ask for many defence articles to help backfill arms sent to Ukraine. “I expect we’ll see the…

“STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP” The United States and European powers blame Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine as the reason relations with the West have sunk to the lowest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis – including the severest sanctions in modern history. Putin, who casts the war as a “special military operation”, blames the United States…

Ancient DNA from bubonic plague victims buried in cemeteries on the old Silk Road trade route in Central Asia has helped solve an enduring mystery, pinpointing an area in northern Kyrgyzstan as the launching point for the Black Death that killed tens of millions of people in the mid-14th century. Researchers said on Wednesday (Jun 15)…

Von der Leyen also pledged “immediate relief of €100 million” to support food security in Egypt, the Arab world’s most populous country, which has relied on Russia and Ukraine for over 80 per cent of its wheat. She also pledged €3 billion in “agriculture, nutrition, water and sanitation programmes over the next years here in…

The British low-cost carrier drops a requirement for South African passengers to pass language test before travelling.

Netflix hit series inspires show claiming largest cast and lump cash prize in reality TV history – but without killings.