Trial of Belarusian Nobel peace laureate opens
A Belarusian court on Thursday opened the trial of jailed human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.
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CES 2023: Stellantis preps cost cuts due to higher EV prices
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares says his company has to work to cut costs globally in order to keep electric vehicles affordable for the middle class
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 317 of the invasion
Putin’s unilateral ceasefire comes into effect; reports of Russian attacks before and after start of truceSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading…
French winter sport events cancelled due to lack of snow in Alps and Pyrenees
Several winter sport events in France have been cancelled, postponed or moved because abnormally warm temperatures have stripped mountain slopes of their snow covering, organisers have said.
The con artist and the WWI war chest: How the French secret service wound up in a blackmail scandal
It has all the elements of the perfect spy novel – a secret war chest, an immoral businessman and daring blackmail attempts. An explosive investigative report on Wednesday blew the lid off of what may be one of the French foreign intelligence service’…
Half of glaciers will be gone by 2100 even under Paris 1.5C accord, study finds
If global heating continues at current rate of 2.7C, losses will be greater with 68% of glaciers disappearingHalf the planet’s glaciers will have melted by 2100 even if humanity sticks to goals set out in the Paris climate agreement, according to resea…
Nate Thayer, reporter who interviewed Pol Pot, dies
Nate Thayer, a fearless reporter who survived several brushes with death over decades covering conflict in Southeast Asia and was the last western journalist to interview Pol Pot, the leader of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, has died
‘Now control yourselves’: Wagner group founder hails former convicts freed after fighting in Ukraine
Footage supplied by Russia’s RIA state news agency showed Yevgeny Prigozhin shaking hands with the first group of convicts who gained their freedom after serving for six months
US and Germany agree to send armed fighting vehicles to Ukraine
Joe Biden and Olaf Scholz indicate shift in position on supplying heavier weapons to Kyiv to help in war against Russia Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesJoe Biden and his German counterpart Olaf Scholz have agreed to send infantry fighting vehic…
Ukraine rejects Putin’s 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas
Kyiv says Moscow’s declaration of truce, after Russian president cited appeal from patriarch, is ‘hypocrisy’Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesUkraine has rejected an announcement by Vladimir Putin of a 36-hour ceasefire to mark Orthodox Christmas…