US President Donald Trump sowed confusion on Sunday, announcing an “energy ceasefire” between Ukraine and Russia that sparked astonishment in Kyiv, silence from Moscow and support from Ukraine’s Western allies. But the ceasefire appeared shaky at best as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia struck multiple Ukrainian power plants on Sunday, including one in the […]
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Raphael Glucksmann elected centre-left French presidential candidate
Eurodeputy Raphael Glucksmann was on Sunday elected the centre-left candidate for next year’s French presidential elections, organisers of the vote said, winning comfortably in the first round. Glucksmann, 46, who leads the centre-left Place Publique party, won 66 percent of the 120,787 votes cast in the primary. Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure was a distant […]
Pope to be operated on for lump on lung
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday announced he would have an operation “in the coming days” for a lump on his lung, saying it had been located “at a very early stage”.”During recent medical checks, a nodule on my lung was found. It has been detected at a very early stage and is very localised,” the […]
Lula stages mass rally ahead of Brazil’s presidential run-off
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led a massive rally Sunday to call for more days off for workers ahead of an election runoff against his right-wing opponent Flavio Bolsonaro. A sea of people massed along Sao Paulo’s Paulista Avenue, which was awash in red, the color of Lula’s Workers’ Party. The leftist leader, […]
Pakistan imposes emergency rule in Imran Khan’s provincial stronghold
Pakistan placed a northern province under emergency rule on Sunday, the president’s office said, following anti-government demonstrations by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and militant violence in the northwest. Thousands of Khan’s supporters have been marching in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to demand his release and airing anti-government criticism fuelled by harsh economic […]
Russia hits Ukraine power plants despite Trump energy ceasefire claim
Russian strikes hit multiple Ukrainian power plants on Sunday after US President Donald Trump’s claim that both sides had agreed to stop hitting each other’s energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Zelensky, in a post on social media, said a drone had hit a Kyiv power plant, leading to power outages in the capital. […]
India’s ‘cockroach’ leaders vow to keep up election protests
Leaders of India’s youth-led “cockroach” movement on Sunday pledged to press on with protests against the country’s election commissioner, hours after they were released from detention, as authorities sought to thwart major demonstrations in New Delhi. The rallies in the capital come after weeks of opposition mobilisation following allegations of misconduct during a nationwide voter […]
Tens of thousands urge climate action at Brussels demo
Tens of thousands of people marched Sunday through the Belgian capital Brussels to the EU’s headquarters to demand greater action to combat climate change ahead of a major UN summit. Record heatwaves across Europe in recent months have raised concerns about the impact that man-made climate change is having on the continent. Delegates from around […]
Djibouti boat wreck leaves 139 migrants dead, 84 missing: UN
At least 139 migrants died, including 15 children, and 84 went missing when an overcrowded boat sank while heading from Djibouti to Yemen, a UN agency said Sunday. The vessel was carrying 305 people, most of them Ethiopian, when it capsized north of the Djibouti town of Obock on the night of October 8-9, the […]