US President Joe Biden "looks forward" to meeting Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Hiroshima on Sunday on the sidelines of a G7 summit in the Japanese city, the White House said.. The surprise appearance of Zelensky at the meeting of the world's richest democracies came right after the White House finally announced it would permit allied countries to supply Ukraine with American-built F16 fighter aircraft.
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Israeli protesters thronged the heart of Tel Aviv Saturday for a 20th straight week, keeping up their campaign against the hard-right government's controversial judicial reform plans which they view as a threat to democracy.. Israeli media reported tens of thousands in attendance, as in some previous protests.
When Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Hiroshima on Saturday to meet G7 leaders, the Ukrainian president arrived on a French government plane -- a move Paris sees as a key diplomatic success.. "We were able to convince the Japanese presidency" of the G7 "not only to invite President Zelensky to Hiroshima, but to allow him to exchange" with these emerging countries, during a session scheduled for Sunday at the end of the summit, said the French official.
The International Criminal Court said Saturday that it was "undeterred" after Russia put prosecutor Karim Khan on a wanted list over his issuance of an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin.. The presidency of the ICC Assembly of the States Parties said it "regrets these acts of intimidation and unacceptable attempts to undermine the mandate of the International Criminal Court".
Russia's private army Wagner claimed Saturday the total control of the east Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the epicentre of fighting, as Kyiv said the battle was continuing but admitted the situation was "critical". . Ukraine, which earlier this month claimed successes in and around Bakhmut, said the fighting for the city was ongoing.
More than 36,000 people have now been forced from their homes by deadly floods in northeast Italy, regional officials said Saturday, as rising waters swallowed more houses and fresh landslides isolated hamlets Violent downpours earlier this week killed 14 people, transforming streets in the cities and towns of the Emilia Romagna region into rivers.. The floods have caused over 305 landslides and damaged or closed over 500 roads in the region.
The sight of a tired-looking top White House domestic policy adviser in a Hiroshima hotel said it all: President Joe Biden may be on the other side of the world but his political fight back home over the debt ceiling has followed him.. The White House said Biden was going back to his hotel to check with negotiators in Washington, where it was morning.
At 82 years old, architect Yasmeen Lari is forging the way in fortifying Pakistan's rural communities living on the frontline of climate change.. - Traditional techniques - Climate change is making monsoon rains heavier and more unpredictable, scientists say, raising the urgency to flood-proof the country -- particularly as the poorest live in the most vulnerable areas.
A court in Guatemala provisionally suspended on Friday the presidential candidacy of businessman Carlos Pineda, a leading contender for the country's top job in elections slated for next month.. "The sixth chamber and its three magistrates granted the provisional recourse... temporarily suspending my participation," Pineda said in a video posted on Twitter.
