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Firefights battle raging wildfires that have broken out across southwestern Siberia in Russia have killed at least 10 people and damaged hundreds of buildings this week.
Putin urges authorities to take stronger action to prevent wildfires
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin is urging authorities to take stronger action to prevent wildfires in Russia.Speaking in a video call with federal and regional officials, Putin emphasized that the wildfires which hit the country last year were the largest in years — and asked local governors to report on measures that were taken to increase fire safety last time.Fires that have broken out across southwestern Siberia in Russia have killed at least 10 people and damaged hundreds of buildings this week. Blazes ripped through several villages on Saturday, with high winds hampering efforts to extinguish them."We can't allow a repeat of the last year's situation," said Putin. "We need to combat fires in a more efficient, systemic and consistent way."He...
May 10, 2022

Putin urges authorities to take stronger action to prevent wildfires

Prince Charles sits next to the Queen's crown during the state opening of Parliament, at the Palace of Westminster in London, Tuesday.
Prince Charles reads out Queen’s speech in UK parliament
LONDON — Britain’s Parliament opened a new year-long session on Tuesday with a mix of royal pomp and raw politics, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries to re-energize his scandal-tarnished administration and revive the economy amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis.Johnson’s Conservative government set out the laws it plans to pass in the coming year at the tradition-steeped state opening of Parliament."Her majesty's government's priority is to grow and strengthen the economy and help ease the cost of living for families," the speech began.The ceremony took place without 96-year-old Queen Elizabeth II, who pulled out due to what Buckingham Palace called “mobility issues”.Instead, her son and heir, Prince Charles, read the Queen’s speech written by the...
May 10, 2022

Prince Charles reads out Queen’s speech in UK parliament

A combo picture of Finland PM Sanna Marin, right, with her Swedish counterpart, Magdalena Andersson.
Sweden and Finland to reveal NATO decisions soon
BRUSSELS — Finland and Sweden are expected to reveal in the coming days whether they will ask to join the NATO military alliance. Russia's war in Ukraine has sparked an urgent rethink in both countries.Coming out in favor of joining would be a historic development for either nation: Sweden has avoided military alliances for more than 200 years, while Finland adopted neutrality after being defeated by the Soviet Union in World War II.Along with Ukrainian resistance and Western sanctions, if either decided to join it would be one of the most significant ways in which the invasion appears to have backfired on Russian President Vladimir Putin, who cited NATO expansion as one of the reasons for attacking Ukraine.“There is no going back to the status quo before the invasion,” said Heli...
May 10, 2022

Sweden and Finland to reveal NATO decisions soon

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock
German foreign minister visits Bucha, Irpin on surprise Ukraine trip
KYIV — German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock paid a surprise visit to Ukraine's martyred towns of Bucha and Irpin on Tuesday, a day after Russian missiles pounded the strategic port city of Odesa.Earlier, diplomats said the UN Security Council would hold a crisis meeting on Thursday to discuss the worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Follow FRANCE 24's live blog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).More than 1,000 Ukrainian troops, many of them injured, remain in the sprawling Azovstal steelworks in the Russian-controlled port city of Mariupol, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has told AFP."Hundreds are injured. There are people with serious injuries who require urgent evacuation. The situation is deteriorating...
May 10, 2022

German foreign minister visits Bucha, Irpin on surprise Ukraine trip

UN Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița of Moldova.
Guterres expresses solidarity as Moldova grapples with fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine
CHISINAU — Moldova, the most fragile of war-torn Ukraine’s neighbors, needs and deserves massive support to match its generosity as a recipient of nearly half a million refugees, and to preserve its own stability, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday.Speaking at a press conference alongside Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau, the UN chief said: “Moldova is not just another country receiving refugees ... I am deeply concerned about the continuation and possible spread of the war Russia is waging in Ukraine, and by the impact it is having not only in the region but around the world.”“The United Nations is committed to supporting not only the people of Ukraine, but also the people of Moldova during these difficult times,” said...
May 10, 2022

Guterres expresses solidarity as Moldova grapples with fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson of the Democratic Unionist Party says it will not join a power-sharing government without action on the protocol.
DUP blocks new N. Ireland government in Brexit protest
BELFAST — The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) will not go back into government in Northern Ireland until its concerns about post-Brexit trading arrangements are resolved, the party's leader has said.Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was among the party leaders to meet with NI Secretary Brandon Lewis in Belfast on Monday. Thursday's historic election saw Sinn Féin become Stormont's largest party.Would-be first minister Michelle O'Neill said there could be no attempt by the DUP to "punish the public".O'Neill and Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald held talks with Lewis, who also met with the leaders of the Alliance Party, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is resisting pressure from the UK and...
May 09, 2022

DUP blocks new N. Ireland government in Brexit protest

During her 70-year reign, the Queen Elizabeth has until now only missed two state openings. — courtesy photo
Queen hands over to Charles and William for state opening
LONDON — The Queen Elizabeth has pulled out of this year's state opening of Parliament and the reading of the Queen's speech, Buckingham Palace has announced.This will be the first time since 1963 that the Queen will have missed this constitutional ceremony, which sets out the government's legislative plans.Prince Charles will deliver the speech on Tuesday for the Queen.The 96-year-old monarch has mobility problems and has had to cancel a number of recent public appearances.Until Monday evening Buckingham Palace had been saying the Queen hoped to attend, but has now confirmed she will not go to the ceremony in Westminster, because of "episodic mobility problems".A statement said the Queen, in consultation with her doctors, had reluctantly decided not to attend the...
May 09, 2022

Queen hands over to Charles and William for state opening

Europe Day is celebrated on May 9.  The EU institution marks this year's Europe Day with the display of the flag of Ukraine.
Europe Day: What is it and what does it represent?
BRUSSELS — Every May 9, Europeans celebrate Europe Day, a commemorative occasion that honors the starting point of the continent's political and economic integration, and the peace achieved as a result of the decades-long collective effort.The celebration traces back to 1950, when Robert Schuman, then-French minister of foreign affairs, delivered his landmark declaration proposing that France and Germany — two nations with a long and bloody history — join their coal and steel production.With this in mind, Schuman intended to accelerate the modernization of both countries after the economic devastation and human carnage of World War II and to avoid a potential race of unfair competition.By turning such critical industries so inextricably intertwined, the French minister had a...
May 09, 2022

Europe Day: What is it and what does it represent?

Russian servicewomen march during a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow.
Putin says West 'forced' Ukraine offensive as Russia marks Victory Day
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to cast Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as a forced response to Western policies.It came as Russia has been marking Victory Day on Monday with a special military parade in Moscow.The day commemorates the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II and comes amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.In his speech, Putin said the campaign in Ukraine was a timely and necessary move to ward off what he described as “an absolutely unacceptable threat just next to our borders”.The Russian leader's message was in line with a consistent narrative from Moscow and repeated in Kremlin-controlled state media: that Russia is responding to a perceived threat from the West, and particularly NATO.“The danger was rising,”...
May 09, 2022

Putin says West 'forced' Ukraine offensive as Russia marks Victory Day

Olena Zelenska, left, and Jill Biden met at a school in the border town of Uzhhorod.
Jill Biden in Ukraine as US announces new sanctions
UZHHOROD, Ukraine — US First Lady Jill Biden has met her Ukrainian counterpart Olena Zelenska in Ukraine as Washington announced further sanctions on Moscow.The two first ladies met at a school in the border town of Uzhhorod.It was Mrs Zelenska's first appearance in public since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February.The US imposed new sanctions - including visa curbs on 2,600 Russian and Belarusian individuals - in response to the Russian invasion.Three Russian TV stations and executives from Gazprombank were also sanctioned by Washington.Meanwhile, G7 leaders said they were committed to phasing out or banning Russian oil.The meeting between the two first ladies took place at a school which is currently being used as a temporary shelter for displaced people.Mrs Biden...
May 09, 2022

Jill Biden in Ukraine as US announces new sanctions

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