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The Hungarian Foreign Ministry said planned talks between Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Germany’s top diplomat Annalena Baerbock have been cancelled due to an “unforeseen change in his schedule”. The ministry has asked Berlin to postpone the visit to a later but still relevant date, it told 444.hu, a Hungarian news site, on Saturday. “There […]

PARIS (AP) — Voters in France’s overseas territories and those living abroad began casting their ballots Saturday in legislative elections that could deliver an unprecedented victory for the French nationalist far right. Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration Rassemblement National party emerged as the winner first round voting last Sunday, followed by a coalition of centre-left, far-left

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks left more than 100,000 households in northern Ukraine without power overnight and cut off water supplies to a regional capital, Ukrainian authorities said Saturday, as civilian casualties rose sharply in the country’s besieged east. The northern Sumy region, which borders Russia, was plunged into darkness after Russian strikes damaged

The Party for Freedom (PVV), a Dutch far-right nationalist party, will join a new alliance of like-minded parties in the European Parliament, its leader said. The alliance, also known as the Patriots for Europe, was recently formed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. “We are PVV patriots, we love our country. Strong and sovereign. We

The latest escalation, which took place on Thursday, “increases the risk of full-scale war,” the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General said in a statement. Note to Correspondents. “Escalation can and must be avoided. We reiterate that the danger of a miscalculation leading to a sudden and wider conflagration is real,” it added, stressing

“People are facing multiple protection risks and have reported widespread looting of homes and personal belongings,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said (OCHA) said in a flash update issued late Thursday evening. Humanitarian partners hosting displaced people from Sennar State in southeastern Sudan are scaling up their aid efforts to meet

Simon Springett, UN coordinator for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, spoke via video link from Grenada about a scene of total devastation in Carriacou, where Beryl first made landfall on July 1. “The entire island is completely affected… that is literally 100 percent of the population,” he stressed. Hurricane Beryl is the strongest hurricane in

The new names apply to Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Gambia, Italy, Mongolia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Spain. In addition, for the first time the list includes two cross-border reserves, which extend across Belgium and the Netherlands, and Italy and Slovenia. Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCOemphasized that these designations are given at

The leaders of three West African military governments are meeting for the first time to cement an alliance that was formed despite opposition from neighbouring countries. Between 2020 and 2023, soldiers seized power in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in a series of coups. All three countries – now forming the Sahel Alliance – have

The severity and frequency of droughts, floods and storms will increase with climate change, leading to increased water stress. Marginalized communities will travel great distances in search of fresh water that is safe to drink. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (Nairobi) Friday, July 5, 2024 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, July 5 (IPS) – Kenya