Denmark will on Saturday host a meeting organised by Ukraine bringing together several nations -- including those who have remained neutral on the Russian invasion -- to discuss a path towards peace.. The meeting in Copenhagen aims to discuss ways of achieving a "just and lasting peace" in Ukraine, the source said.
Builder Manuel Rojche does not know who to vote for in Guatemala's presidential election on Sunday.. "He said to me: 'I'm going (to the United States) and God willing I'll get there and I'm going to help you... because you've already worked a lot,'" Manuel Rojche said his son had told him.
Laser-focused on countering China, US President Joe Biden has embraced Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he has few other world leaders, casting aside any concerns about the Hindu nationalist's authoritarian streak.. - Sidestepping rights concerns - Modi enjoyed more obvious kinship with fellow right-wing populist Donald Trump, for whom the prime minister arranged a packed stadium rally in his home state of Gujarat, a scene hard to imagine with Biden, who is not known for exciting the masses.
Members of a multinational group on Antarctic conservation failed to agree Friday on a roadmap for the creation of three new marine protected areas -- a goal that has proven elusive for years.. Members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) met to discuss plans for three new marine protected areas (MPAs): in East Antarctica, the Weddell Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula.
Around 40 people are missing after a migrant boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, the UN said on Friday.. The southern Italian island of Lampedusa is one of the main entry points for migrants crossing the Mediterranean.
The Colombian government is working with British producer Simon Chinn to make a documentary about the four Indigenous children who survived 40 days alone in the Amazon after a plane crash that killed their mother, the country's president said Friday.. The four children -- Lesly (13), Soleiny (9), Tien Noriel (5) and one-year-old Cristin -- were the only survivors of a small plane crash in the Amazon on May 1.
Republicans and Democrats offered competing visions for reproductive rights Friday as the anniversary of the US Supreme Court decision ending nationwide abortion access threw a spotlight on a polarizing issue sure to dominate the 2024 election.. Trump is due to deliver the keynote address on Saturday -- the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling, which made reproductive rights a prerogative of the states.
Canadian authorities said Friday they would launch an investigation into the loss this week of the Titan submersible along with five people onboard during a dive to the Titanic wreck.. The Canadian-flagged Polar Prince cargo vessel towed the Titan out to sea last weekend but lost contact with it about an hour and 45 minutes after the submersible launched into the ocean depths.
Conservative frontrunner Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday urged voters to give Greece "a stable government" when they go to the polls at the weekend, as he seeks to secure an absolute majority for a second term in power.. "In uncertain times, Greece needs a government that will not depend on fragile majorities," he warned.
The chief of the Wagner mercenary group on Friday accused Russia of killing a "huge number" of its forces in strikes and vowed to retaliate, ratcheting up tensions between Moscow and the private military company.. A huge number of our fighters, our comrades died."
