CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Australia’s left-wing opposition party toppled the conservative government after almost a decade in power, and Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese in his Saturday election victory speech promised sharper reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while he faces an early foreign policy test.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – The opposition Labor Party appeared more likely than Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s coalition to form government after Australia’s election on Saturday that could result in a rare hung parliament.
Britain froze assets of three Russian airlines, preventing them from selling landing slots at UK airports that are worth up to £50 million.
Turkey will oppose Sweden and Finland joining NATO, the country’s president flatly stated in a video released Thursday.
German police say they have detained a suspect in connection with a Thursday morning attack at a high school.
NATO envoys failed to reach a consensus on Wednesday about starting membership talks with Finland and Sweden, as Turkey raised objections.
A man charged with killing five people in Norway when he attacked strangers with a bow and arrows plead guilty to murder on Wednesday.
Inflation rose to the highest level in 40 years in Britain last month as the war in Ukraine fueled further increases in food and fuel prices.
The rock band Eagles of Death Metal provided testimony about the night Islamic State extremists killed 130 people at thier 2015 concert.
Queen Elizabeth II made a surprise visit to a train station in central London to see a newly completed subway line named in her honor.
The leader of a Turkish nationalist party is expressing concern that NATO´s expansion to include Sweden and Finland will provoke Russia.
Sweden on Tuesday signed a formal request to join NATO, a day after the country announced it would seek membership in the military alliance.
Belgrade was targeted by a series of bomb threats on Monday, including threats against schools, bridges, restaurants and a soccer match.
Sweden announced it will seek NATO membership in the wake of Russia´s invasion of Ukraine, ending 200 years of military nonalignment.
Canada says it supports plans from Finland and Sweden to join NATO amid Russia´s war in Ukraine.
Belarusian forces on the border may force Ukrainian troops to stay put instead of going to support operations in the eastern Donbas region.
KYIV, Ukraine – The deputy commander of the Azov Regiment, the last Ukrainian army unit holding out in the ruined port of Mariupol, said on Friday that his troops will resist Moscow’s forces “as long as they can,” despite shortages of ammunition, food, water and medicine.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Fresh off his country’s Eurovision win, a defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed early Sunday to one day host the song contest in the embattled city of Mariupol, which is almost entirely in Russian hands aside from a stalwart group of a few hundred Ukrainian fighters who continue to hold out in a steel factory.
BERLIN (AP) – A senior NATO official said Sunday that Russia’s military advance in Ukraine appears to be faltering and he expressed hope that Kyiv can win the war, as Russia’s neighbour Finland announced it wants to join the Western military alliance.
(AFP) — Finland on Saturday sought to allay Moscow’s fears about its bid to join NATO, as fierce fighting raged in Ukraine’s east, slowing down a hoped-for Russian advance. Wives and parents of Ukrainian fighters trapped in the bowels of
Natural gas prices rose after Russia said it would no longer send supplies to Europe via a pipeline through Poland, citing new sanctions.
Queen Elizabeth II attended the Royal Windsor Horse Show on Friday, watching her beloved equines from the comfort of a Range Rover.
Prosecutors said a Rwandan man has been arrested on an extradition request, with suspicion that he was involved in the 1994 genocide.
Britain’s economy grew at the slowest pace in a year during the first quarter, raising concerns the country may be headed for a recession.
The Taliban shutdown of girls’ education shows the hardline Islamists’ are not listening to the Afghan people, an EU official said Thursday.
Britain pledged to protect Sweden from attack, with Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Magdalena Andersson signing a defence pact.
The EU will no longer require masks to be worn at airports and on planes starting next week amid the easing of coronavirus restrictions.
The European Commission will aim to deliver a first opinion in June on Ukraine´s bid to become a member of the European Union.
Norway has slammed the latest Afghan Taliban edict demanding women cover up head to toe in public.
IRPIN, Ukraine (AP) – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a surprise visit to Ukraine amid Russia’s war on the country.
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) – Dozens of Ukrainians were feared dead Sunday after a Russian bomb destroyed a school sheltering about 90 people in the basement as Moscow’s invading forces kept up their barrage of cities, towns and villages in eastern and southern Ukraine.
President Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated for a second term on Saturday, vowing to first take action to avoid any further escalation of Russia’s war in Ukraine before going on to focus on promoting France and Europe on the world stage.
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) – Canadian poultry farmers are facing fear and stress as a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 avian influenza is currently circulating in both wild and domestic flocks across North America.
Britain´s governing Conservatives suffered local losses in their London strongholds, according to results announced Friday.
Inflation in Turkey soared to nearly 70% in April, as prices eat away at earnings and put even basic necessities out of reach for many.
Economists forecast that the central bank´s Monetary Policy Committee will raise interest rates for a fourth consecutive meeting to 0.75%.
People in Britain are voting Thursday in local elections that will decide the makeup of local authorities across the country.
Stanislav Shushkevich, who steered Belarus to independence during the breakup of the Soviet Union, has died. He was 87.
Germany’s conservative opposition leader traveled to Kyiv on Tuesday, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz has so far refused to visit Ukraine.
France’s Greens and the party of far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon reached an agreement Monday to join forces against President Macron.
