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Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered a helicopter to the President of Zimbabwe, the country’s government announced on Thursday, as the Russian leader seeks support from African leaders meeting in St Petersburg. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is among African leaders taking part in the two-day Russia-Africa summit. Today I met …

Italians are divided over the issue of transgender women entering the Miss Italy pageant after authorities decided to ban transgender people from the competition. A foreign election has come to shake Italy. It is not political, but rather societal. This is the coronation of Rikkie Kollé, elected Miss Netherlands 2023 …

Russia has called for the immediate release of the President of the Republic of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, overthrown by soldiers in a coup. “We count on the rapid release of President Bazoum by the military,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement. “We call all parties to …

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “strongly condemns the unconstitutional change in government” in Niger, his spokesman said on Wednesday. It came after Nigerien soldiers announced a coup on national TV, saying they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation’s borders. “Mr Guterres said he was deeply …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law on Monday July 24 banning sex change operations, local media reported. The text prohibits “any medical intervention” for gender reassignments, including surgical operations and hormonal therapies. Changing the gender designation in identity documents will also be prohibited. The bill had passed …

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is capable of replacing exports of grain to Africa from Ukraine after he withdrew from a deal allowing their safe shipment across the Black Sea. Kremlin said in a statement that Moscow could provide the grain on a commercial and free-of charge basis. …

France can grant refugee status to Russian soldiers who refused to fight in Ukraine, according to the doctrine adopted by the National Court for the Right of Asylum (CNDA) on Thursday, which however rejected the request of a Russian citizen, whose elements were deemed insufficient. “Russians fleeing mobilization for the …

A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison in Britain on Thursday for stealing 200,000 chocolate eggs, local media reported. According to reports, Joby Pool, 32, broke into a warehouse in Telford, central England, on February 11 at 7:30 p.m. local time. Using a stolen tractor, he left with …

British foreign intelligence chief on Wednesday called on Russians “appalled” by their country’s invasion of Ukraine, to join his services in London, in a rare public appeal for new operatives. In a speech in Prague, Richard Moore, head of MI6, said that “many Russians today are silently appalled at the …

Immunization of children around the world, which fell during the Covid-19 pandemic, is starting to recover but remains below the level before the health crisis, the UN said on Tuesday. “This is good news. On average, countries around the world are recovering and getting closer to the level of immunization …