President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged on Friday that Ukraine would not be able to join NATO before the end of the Russian invasion. . Ukraine is a candidate to join both NATO and the European Union but some European capitals are wary of setting a formal timeline for membership as Russia's invasion continues.
Dozens are feared dead and at least 200 people have been injured in a multiple train collision in eastern India's Odisha state, local media and officials said Friday.. Witnesses and officials told local media that the Coromandel Express passenger train and a goods train collided near Balasore, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar.
Two civilians were killed on Friday in shelling on Russia's Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine, while Moscow's forces attacked Kyiv for a sixth day in a row. . Over the past few days, thousands of residents have fled villages near Russia's southwestern border with Ukraine as shelling has intensified.
France's surging national debt is causing increasing alarm with the country risking a fresh warning on Friday over its credit rating after a downgrade.. Leading ratings agency Fitch in April lowered its rating on France's debt, which is approaching three trillion euros ($3.2 trillion).
US senators voted to suspend the federal debt limit Thursday, capping weeks of fraught negotiations to eliminate the threat of a disastrous credit default just four days ahead of the deadline set by the Treasury.. Around 80 years ago, lawmakers introduced a limit on how much federal debt could be accrued.
Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah married Saudi architect Rajwa Al Saif on Thursday in a wedding attended by royals from across the globe.. That year Bassem Awadallah, an adviser to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was convicted of conspiring to topple King Abdullah II. In April 2022, Hamzah renounced his royal title, saying that his own values no longer aligned with those of "our institutions".
President Joe Biden took a face-first tumble on Thursday after tripping over an obstacle on stage at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, but he appeared unhurt.. Air Force personnel helped him back up and he did not appear to require further help.
A court in Senegal on Thursday sentenced firebrand opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, to two years' jail on charges of "corrupting youth" but acquitted him of rape and issuing death threats.. He faced charges of raping a 23-year-old beauty salon worker, who also accused him of making death threats.
Ethnic Serbs gathered again in a flashpoint town in Kosovo on Thursday at the site of clashes earlier this week with NATO-led soldiers in Kosovo, as international pressure mounts on Pristina to diffuse tensions.. On Monday, NATO-led peacekeepers armed with shields and batons clashed with protesters throwing rocks, bottles and Molotov cocktails.
A trove of Freddie Mercury's previously unseen handwritten draft lyrics for some of Queen's biggest hits goes on show Thursday in New York, ahead of their sale in London later this year.. Meanwhile a red notebook from the early 1970s, before Queen were signed as a band and believed to be Mercury's earliest known containing lyrics, will also be on show in New York until June 8.
