President Vladimir Putin said he doesn’t object to Degtyarev’s nomination

This would create the threat of disintegration of the organization, EHESS Director of Studies Jacques Sapir said

Israel says its forces have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza.

Russia is expected to have economic growth by 3.2% in 2024, 1.6% in 2025, and 1.1% in 2026, the document indicates

Two Chinese companies, one Russian firm and one Russian national were blacklisted

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, is urging ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to exercise prudent management of overtime budgets. Addressing the Standing Finance Committee reviewing the First Supplementary...

A St Catherine man has been charged with false imprisonment for tying up his ex-girlfriend and leaving her inside his house for hours after she ended the relationship. He is 26-year-old Nevarro Daley, self-employed, of Eltham Park, Spanish...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman has been sentenced to two life terms in prison for killing a pregnant Arkansas woman and trying to pass off the dead woman's baby as her own stillborn child. Amber Waterman, 44, of Pineville,...

A man was last night gunned down in Portmore Pines, Portmore, St Catherine. Killed was 24-year-old Bjorn Moore, of a St James address, who was employed by courier company Beryllium as a security guard. No motive has been established in Moore...

The Ministry of Finance on Friday morning published the information gathered during the public hearings conducted by the FINSAC Commission, which was established to ascertain activities that led to the collapse of Jamaica's financial sector in...

This will make it possible for at least 24,000 borrowers to receive subsidies and to improve financial stability of the domestic agricultural sector, Mikhail Mishustin said

Creation of drugs to prevent severe diseases, including cancer, is the priority, Mikhail Mishustin stressed

About 85,000 facilities were built

Issues of energy cooperation were discussed as well, Alexey Overchuk said

The productive dialog was maintained throughout the year in all areas of Business Council’s activities, Sergey Katyrin noted

Lucy Connolly, the wife of West Northamptonshire Conservative councillor Raymond Connolly, has been jailed for inciting racial hatred on X on the day of the Southport attacks.

Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has removed several high-ranking defence and security officials from their posts, days after dismissing the security minister. A presidential decree declared late Wednesday that the director generals of both the police and military police, the chiefs of general staff of the armed forces as well as the commanders of the national nomadic guard had all been «called to other functions». It follows Saturday's announcement on state television that Security Minister Mahamat Charfadine Margui had been replaced by a general, Ali Ahmat Akhabache. The reshuffles come against the backdrop of a deteriorating political and security climate in the central African country. The killing of a former commander of general intelligence and his son by unidentified armed men prompted an official order last week «to secure the city of N'Djamena» and carry out «systematic searches» for weapons. Heavily armed soldiers were deployed in parts of the capital to conduct the searches. Opposition parties also announced last week that they would refuse to take part in parliamentary and local elections on December 29, denouncing a «harmful climate of dictatorship and of terror». General Deby Itno was proclaimed transitional president in April 2021 by a junta of 15 generals after his father, iron-fisted president Idriss Deby Itno, had been shot dead by rebels following 30 years in power. After a new constitution was approved in a referendum in December, Deby Itno, 40, was elected president in May in elections that the opposition boycotted and international observers said were not credible. © Agence France-Presse

President Volodymyr Zelensky told allies Thursday Ukraine must be in a position of strength before any peace talks with Russia, as he explained his «victory plan» to EU leaders and NATO defence chiefs in Brussels. More than two and a half years into the war, Kyiv is slowly but steadily losing new territory in its eastern Donbas region and under mounting pressure to forge an exit strategy -- which it says must start with ramped-up Western support. «Ukraine is ready for real diplomacy, but for it, we must be strong,» Zelensky said as he headed into talks with the EU's 27 leaders. «A forcefully imposed truce instead of fair peace never provided security.» «Russia will resort to diplomacy only when it sees that it cannot achieve anything by force,» Zelensky added. «This is the plan. This is exactly what's needed, and we must create the right conditions to end this war.» After the EU summit Zelensky was to join defence ministers for the first of two days of talks between NATO's 32 member states, holding a joint press conference with Alliance chief Mark Rutte. While calling it a «strong signal,» the NATO secretary-general cautioned ahead of time he was not endorsing Zelensky's «whole plan» -- which calls first and foremost for an immediate invitation to join the US-led alliance, a plea widely seen as unrealistic. Zelensky's plan also rejects any territorial concessions, calls for Western allies to lift restrictions on using donated long-range weapons to target Russian military sites, and suggests deploying a «non-nuclear strategic deterrence package» on Ukrainian territory. The Ukrainian leader has traveled in recent weeks to Washington, Paris, Berlin, Rome and London to defend his plan -- unveiled to Ukrainian lawmakers Wednesday -- but it has yet to earn backing from Western capitals. - 'Position of strength' - NATO countries have declared Ukraine to be on an «irreversible path» to membership. But the United States and Germany have led opposition to immediate entry, believing it would effectively put the alliance at war with nuclear-armed Russia. Rutte reiterated the Alliance line on Thursday saying only that «Ukraine will be a member of NATO in the future.» Washington's ambassador to NATO, Julianne Smith, was blunter ahead of the Brussels talks, saying: «We are not at the point right now where the alliance is talking about issuing an invitation in the short term.» The US position is unlikely to shift whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris wins the White House on November 5 -- though there are fears a second Trump term could upend the support Ukraine receives from NATO's biggest power. Insiders agree the elephant in the room at the NATO talks will be the contest playing out across the Atlantic, with one diplomat saying the Alliance was in «waiting mode.» But Ukraine's allies are well aware that time is of the essence, with the outlook on the battlefield bleak. Rutte said NATO's focus remained on keeping «massive military aid moving into Ukraine» in order «to make sure that if ever one day Zelensky and his team decide to discuss with Russia how to end this, that he will do this from a position of strength.» But despite Ukraine's plea for stepped-up air defence systems -- as Russian forces pound its cities and infrastructure -- no new announcements were expected from NATO this week. - 'Various ways to define victory' - Some at NATO argue the setbacks inflicted on Russian President Vladimir Putin since the invasion are already sufficient to justify seeking a negotiated outcome -- rather than letting the war drag on indefinitely. «There are various ways to define victory or to define defeat,» said one NATO official. On the eve of the NATO meeting, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for exploring ways to end the war -- potentially including talks with Putin. But according to an alliance diplomat, other voices still fear that anything short of an outright victory for Kyiv would spell «disaster» -- ensuring that an emboldened Russia does not stop there. © Agence France-Presse

Seychelles is celebrating the 39th Edition of the Creole Festival from October 5-31. The festival is a month-long celebration of the island nation's Creole culture and way of life. Despite the activities being held on a lower scale, due to the organisers giving deference to the festival's 40th anniversary next year - a series of activities are highlighted on the calendar this year. This week's buzz brings you five main activities of this year's Creole festival.   Moman Kreativite Moman Kreativite (Creative Moments) is an evening of songs, storytelling, traditional dance and theatrical performances from school children. It is an event where the students are able to showcase their creative talents. The initial show was held on October 5 at the International Conference Centre of Seychelles (ICCS). If you missed that one, do not worry, there is another show coming up on Saturday, October 19, at ICCS as of 2 pm. (Seychelles Nation) Photo License: CC-BY    Batenm Poupet Literally translated to mean 'a doll's christening', this event is organised by the Seychelles Heritage Foundation at the Domaine de Val des Pres in the eastern Mahe district of Au Cap.  The event is a ceremony that used to be popular in the past in the days of today's grandparents. It was organised when a child received a new doll that was very rare during those days. So the event was the opportunity for the girls to show their new dolls while the adults were able to meet. The event is scheduled for Saturday, October 19, at 2 pm. This was a well-known activity held in the past by neighbours to meet when there was no television.   (Seychelles Nation) Photo License: CC-BY    Selebo - Creole Music Show One of the highlights of the Creole Festival in Seychelles, Selebo, celebrates the rich traditions of the Seychellois people with a fusion of music, dance, and storytelling. It brings together locals and visitors to enjoy the sounds and rhythms of Moutya and Sega dances while tasting the Seychellois Creole cuisine. The music festival will be held on October 25 at the car park of the Stad Popiler in Seychelles' capital of Victoria. (Seychelles Nation) Photo License: CC-BY    Zenn artis Kreolofonn (Young Creolophone Artists) This is an exhibition in which young artists from Creole-speaking countries who participates in a competition showcase their works. The competition is open to children and young people aged between 4 and 21 from Creole-speaking islands, territories and countries or with a Creole tradition. It takes place every year in the Seychelles during the Creole Festival. (Seychelles Nation) Photo License: CC-BY    Bal Bobes (Creole Ball) As is customary, the Creole Festival ends on October 31 with a Creole Ball or as is commonly called «bal bobes,» which ends at six in the morning. This year to cater to the overwhelming demand, there will be Bal Bobes - one at the International Conference Centre Seafront Restaurant, another at the Vye Marmit restaurant, and one at the Nation Sports Council (NSC) Hall at Roche Caiman.   All three are paying activities and will start at 9 pm. (Creative Seychelles Agency) Photo License: CC-BY 

Edmonton police are asking the public for CCTV footage as they investigate two fires that appear to have been deliberately set as part of an extortion scheme.

An anti-Israel and profane message on a digital billboard in Moncton, N.B., has been turned off, but the question of how it got there in the first place remains.

Control of the Minnesota Legislature is up for grabs in next month’s election, and the outcome of two St. Cloud-area races for the Minnesota House could help determine which party is in charge of the state Capitol.

Mogadishu (HOL) — At least seven people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed, and six others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a slum village near the School Polizia in Mogadishu on Thursday.

The intense conversation between Barack and Obama at Ethel Kennedy's funeral has been decoded for the first time, revealing exactly what they said to each other.  

Under Republican Donald Trump, the international landscape was much calmer than under the current Democratic administration, led by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Viktor Orban said

The price continued growing to $2,711.9 per Troy ounce

Second on the Forbes list was Argentina’s Lionel Messi

«In the West Bank, the unemployment rate averaged 34.9 per cent between early October 2023 and the end of September 2024, while in Gaza it averaged a staggering 79.7 per cent,» the International Labor Organization said

The Russian leader lamented that sports were now highly politicized

Ottawa family doctors are seeing an influx of public servants looking for medical notes to support work-from-home requests, putting added strain on an already overburdened health-care system.

Tony Humby and Bruce Escott, two men accused of being central figures in a sexual exploitation case in St. John’s, were not believed to have acted alone.

In October of 2013, an Ottawa police intimate partner violence detective told Hanadi Mohammed she was going to charge her abuser, find people to help her and call back the next day. None of it happened, and Mohammed wound up back with her husband days later. He murdered her and tried to murder their daughter in 2021.

Premier Doug Ford's government is poised to announce rebate cheques to Ontarians as part of its fall economic statement, CBC News has confirmed.

A row has erupted between New Delhi and Ottawa over allegations linking Indian agents to an assassination of a Sikh activist Read Full Article at RT.com

Last night at a quarter to 11, my phone buzzed as 17 text messages landed, one after the other. All from friends and family, stunned by the news of Liam Payne's untimely death.