Former President Donald Trump has been endorsed by Steve Daines, who’s leading the Republican effort to retake the Senate in 2024, a significant step in Trump’s quest to become his party’s standard-bearer for the third time.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres confronted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Security Council on Monday, denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a violation of the UN Charter as well as international law.
Russia sees no progress in meeting its demands regarding implementation of the Black sea grain initiative, said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after his talks with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
A cold front has caused temperatures to plunge across northern China, sparking concern about damage to fruit and vegetable crops and driving investors to bet on production losses.
South Korea’s economy grew more than expected at the beginning of the year, providing the central bank with breathing room while also highlighting ongoing risks to growth.
First Republic Bank and its auditor KPMG were sued by shareholders over alleged misstatements ahead of last month’s regional-banking crisis.
Countries including China and Iran are deploying digital repression more frequently to target dissent both at home and beyond their borders, the top US intelligence official said, raising the alarm about the erosion of democratic norms worldwide.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a violation of the UN Charter as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov listened impassively during a Security Council meeting on Monday.
The US announced Sudan’s two warring factions had agreed to a three-day cease-fire and raised the prospect of peace talks, even as the two sides showed little appetite for negotiations to end fighting that’s killed hundreds of people.
The leaders of Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group fighting for control of the North African nation resisted renewed diplomatic efforts to bring them to the negotiating table, as residents fled mounting violence and foreign governments accelerated efforts to repatriate their staff.
