Day: March 3, 2023

Russia’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has denied that Moscow’s forces committed atrocities in Ukraine, blaming instead the West for the destruction of the country and, in particular, the UK for promising to provide Kyiv with long-range weapons. Russian ambassador Andrey Kelin also said long-range weapons were a threat to Russians and people in the … Read moreRussia envoy denies atrocities, blames West for Ukraine’s misery

President Emmanuel Macron has said the era of French interference in Africa was “well over” as he began a four-nation tour of the continent to renew frayed ties. Anti-French sentiment has run high in some former African colonies as the continent has become a renewed diplomatic battleground, with Russian and Chinese influence growing in the … Read moreMacron says era of French interference in Africa is ‘over’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have met briefly at a gathering of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations in the first high-level meeting in months between the two countries. US officials said Blinken and Lavrov spoke on Thursday for roughly 10 minutes on the sidelines of … Read moreBlinken, Lavrov talk at G20 meeting as US-Russia tensions soar

Dozens of people were killed when two trains collided head-on in central Greece, in the country’s deadliest rail crash on record. Here is what we know so far. What happened and when? A passenger train travelling from the capital, Athens, to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a cargo train carrying shipping containers coming … Read moreWhat went wrong in Greece? All to know about deadly train crash