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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban has arrived in Moscow for talks with the Russian President Vladimir PutinOrbán’s press secretary said Friday. It is a rare visit by a European leader to Russia since the country invaded Ukraine more than two years ago. Orban’s visit comes just days after he made a […]

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will not represent the European Union “in any form” during an expected trip to Russia, the EU’s top diplomat said Josep Borrell he said on Friday. Orbán’s “visit to Moscow takes place exclusively within the framework of bilateral relations between Hungary and Russia,” Borrell stressed in a scathing statement. “Prime

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said his country will use its term as president of the Council of the European Union to negotiate peace in Ukraine, with the controversial leader reportedly set to visit Moscow. After Hungary took over the six-month rotating post on July 1, Orbán posted on the social media platform X:

A Tanzanian portrait artist accused of painting a photo of President Samia Suluhu Hassanhas been sentenced to two years in prison or a fine of $2,000 (£1,600) after being found guilty of cybercrime. Shadrack Chaula was arrested for allegedly recording a video in which he was seen burning a photo of President Hassan and verbally

PARIS (AP) — Candidates for the French crucial and polarizing parliamentary elections made their final attempts on Friday for the second and decisive round of voting after a three-week campaign marked by hate speech, verbal abuse and physical attacks. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said his ministry had recorded 51 verbal and physical attacks against

Hurricane Beryl has regained strength off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula ahead of an expected landfall in the popular holiday destination, packing winds of up to 115 mph (185 kph). After causing major damage in the Caribbean, the hurricane has now reached Category 3 out of 5 strength, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) and the Mexican

BANGKOK (AP) — Fresh fighting has broken out in the northeast Burmaending a China-brokered ceasefire and put pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on several fronts in the country’s civil war. The Ta’ang National Liberation Army, one of three powerful militias that carried out a surprise attack joint offensive

Chinese tech executives, including those from Alibaba Group Holding and generative artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI, discussed how large language models (LLMs) can shape businesses at the annual conference of the Luohan Academy, Alibaba’s open research institute. At the Luohan Academy’s 2024 Annual Digital Economy Conference, Zhang Fan, COO of Zhipu AI – one of

As rising tensions between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah fuel fears of a full-fledged war, an old video of a busy airport has emerged, falsely claiming to show people fleeing Lebanon in June 2024. The claims are “not true”, the country’s civil aviation authority told AFP. The video has been circulating since at least September 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C) welcomes SPD parliamentary group chairman Rolf Muetzenich before the start of the special meeting of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag, together with German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach and parliamentary group leader Katja Mast. The coalition leaders have reached an agreement on the new budget after lengthy negotiations. Michael