Diasporas

Authorities in Estonia on Thursday said they would prevent Russian nationals from obtaining temporary residence permits or visas to study in Estonia. The Estonian Foreign Minister, Urmas Reinsalu, said in a statement that “maintaining sanctions against Russia is essential to ensure unrelenting pressure on this country.” “If sanctions help to …

Xi Jinping and Joe Biden had a two-hour “sincere and in-depth” meeting on Thursday, during which the Chinese president warned his American counterpart not to “play with fire” about Taiwan, Chinese state media reported. “Those who play with fire end up getting burned,” Xi told Biden, as quoted by the …

U.S. health officials announced Wednesday that soil and water samples taken from Mississippi contain bacteria that cause a rare but serious disease called melioidosis. They thus alerted doctors in the country, asking them to be vigilant in the face of possible symptoms of this disease in patients. Two individuals living …

US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday that he plans to speak with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov soon, for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February. This telephone interview, scheduled “in the coming days (…) will not be a negotiation about Ukraine”, said …

Colombian star Shakira is in full disagreement with the Spanish prosecutor’s office over the accusation of tax evasion, which she denied. According to her lawyers, the possibility of reaching an agreement remains open until the opening of the trial in a Barcelona court while the formal dismissal of the 45-year-old …

Images of the Ukrainian presidential couple posing hand in hand or in front of a dilapidated plane are causing a stir on social networks, as Ukrainian troops still clash with Russian soldiers on the ground. The photos did not go unnoticed. Snapshots of the Ukrainian presidential couple taken by Annie …

New York City on Tuesday asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to rename monkeypox, a name deemed stigmatizing and which risks pushing patients to isolate themselves rather than to seek treatment. New York City Health Commissioner, Ashwin Vasan, in a letter to WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited the Republic of Congo on Monday, the second leg of an African tour aimed at strengthening ties between Moscow and Africa, the continent which keeps its line of neutrality in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. African countries, which have a tangled heritage of relations with the …

French President Emmanuel Macron denounced Russian presence in Africa, as he arrived in Cameroon on Tuesday, a first visit to the country which marks the start of his tour through Africa. The Head of State wants to relaunch Franco-African collaboration, and reaffirm in Cameroon the political and economic relations between …

Former US President Donald Trump returns to Washington on Tuesday, a first since his departure from the White House in 2021 and the chaos of the assault on the Capitol. The billionaire, who is flirting more and more openly with the idea of running for president in 2024, will speak …