As many as 111 public schools and 60 universities have been destroyed

Icelandic bicycle manufacturer Lauf Cycles has closed a financing round worth nearly 500 million Icelandic krónur, marking a major milestone for the fast-growing company.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame received his counterpart Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau, on Monday, April 28, and held talks on bilateral cooperation across mutually beneficial sectors.

[New Times] Ibuka, the umbrella organization of Genocide survivors' associations, has recorded and documented testimonies from 250 elderly survivors, known as Intwaza, since 2023.

[New Times] World TB (tuberculosis) Day on March 24 was started to create awareness among people about a chronic, sinister but totally curable disease. Before, T.B. was considered a death warrant. But the discovery of the first anti-TB. drug Streptomycin in 1943, kindled some hope in people, and other drugs followed subsequently. Today T.B. is curable with effective drugs, the only thing needed is timely diagnosis and treatment. In general, T.B. is considered a disease of the lungs. But it does affect other organs,

President Putin has ordered a 72-hour ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict to mark the 80th anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany Read Full Article at RT.com

Over a dozen people have suffered injuries in an attack on the Donbass city of Gorlovka, Ivan Prikhodko has said Read Full Article at RT.com

The former president has given an address outlining Moscow’s current foreign policy priorities Read Full Article at RT.com

Hungary’s parliament has approved a bill to withdraw from the ICC, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has announced Read Full Article at RT.com

Kiev now wants an unconditional ceasefire because its forces are retreating, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Sergey Lavrov recalled US Vice President JD Vance's statement, warning all those who are urging the Ukrainian regime to continue the war

According to US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, the US «will use all necessary legal means to stop American companies from investing in China’s military-industrial sector»

During the ceremony, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed confidence that Cuba, as a BRICS partner country, will play an «active and constructive role» in the work of the group

The Russian foreign minister underlined that BRICS was a negotiating platform and should not be viewed «as an adversarial structure, political opposition to anyone, whether the United States or the European Union» or any other international entities

Particular attention was paid to the need of continuing the effort of promoting the reform of international monetary and financial institutions, the minister said

A 'humble' Irish-born charity worker with a valid Green Card living in California since the age of 12 is under ICE detention after a trip abroad to visit her dying father.

WASHINGTON, CMC – A new report by the World Bank says organised crime and violence have become a central obstacle to development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The chief economist for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank,...

The St Catherine North police are probing a case of suspected suicide in relation to the death of a man whose body was found at his home on John's Road in Spanish Town. The deceased has been identified as 49-year-old mechanic Oniel Williams,...

A man was arrested in Castleton, St Mary this morning over the seizure of a gun allegedly found at his home. The weapon is a nine millimetre pistol which was loaded with 23 nine millimetre rounds of ammunition. The police report that a team went...

Detectives assigned to the St Andrew North police are probing the murder of a 25-year-old man who was killed during a live stream on TikTok on Monday in Red Hills. Dead is Jabari Johnson, alias 'BabaSkenng'. Reports are that about 6:30 p.m...

Belarus «managed to preserve a portion of the aviation industry» of the USSR, the Russian President said

«The trade turnover is over 50 billion in the dollar equivalent,» the Russian leader said

According to the Russian leader, the world needs «a new architecture of equal and indivisible security, which would reliably protect all states without compromising the security of others»

The company will have the direct access to the official IT infrastructure of Zeekr and the catalog of original spare parts and equipment recommended by the manufacturer for maintenance

«If the principles that are enshrined in the foundation of the WTO were fully observed, they would certainly meet the interests of all states that are members of the WTO,» the foreign minister noted

Pierre Ny St-Amand, the 53-year-old man who crashed a bus into a daycare in Laval, Que., has been found not criminally responsible for his actions.

Mark Carney's Liberals will form government after a hard fought battle that saw close races across the country — especially in the Greater Toronto Area.

There will be seven General Election 2025 rallies on April 30, the penultimate day of campaigning. They include a bumper crop of People's Action Party (PAP) rallies, but none from the main opposition party Workers' Party.   Tune in to AsiaOne to follow PAP's Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC and Hougang SMC rallies live. Police advisory Police said in a release that attendees are encouraged to take public transport as large crowds are expected at the rallies. They should also prepare for traffic diversions, lane closures and slower traffic. The pick-up and drop-off points for ride-hailing services may be affected as a result. Carparks in the vicinity of the election meeting sites are restricted to season-parking holders only. Vehicles found illegally parked or causing obstruction may be towed away.

At the People's Action Party (PAP) rally held on Tuesday (April 29) at Yishun Stadium for Nee Soon GRC, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam addressed concerns about jobs and the rising cost of living in Singapore. Shanmugam, who is leading the five-member PAP team to contest the GRC, spoke about how American tariffs are impacting Singapore's investments, jobs, and businesses.  «Investments will slow down, that means new job creation is going to be affected. Businesses are going to be affected,» he said, adding that despite US President Trump’s claim of a three-month suspension of the tariffs, the situation remains unpredictable. He assured residents, however, that the government has plans in place to navigate these challenges. «We are not a country that waits for trouble, we prepare beforehand. PM has formed an Inter-Ministerial Committee, chaired by DPM Gan Kim Yong,» Shanmugam said. He praised DPM Gan for his quiet yet effective approach in managing challenging situations.

Workers' Party (WP) secretary-general Pritam Singh has hit back at Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in his speech at the East Coast GRC rally on Tuesday (April 29), accusing the People's Action Party of «negative politics» themselves. PM Wong, who is PAP's secretary-general, had said during a walkabout at One Punggol Hawker Centre earlier that day that he was «rather taken aback» by the WP's «negative tone», particularly in their criticisms of Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong and PAP's Punggol team at a recent rally.  «I would say to Punggol residents, let's reject this kind of negative politics,» PM Wong had urged. Delivering the final speech of the rally that evening in Bedok Stadium, Singh recalled how a «previous Prime Minister» had said that he would have to spend time «fixing the opposition» should they gain seats. «This is the PAP DNA,» he said. «I wonder what Prime Minister Lawrence Wong would say about this. Is this negative politics?»

A major NATO submarine search exercise, Dynamic Mongoose, began off the coast of Iceland today and will continue for the next two weeks. Iceland serves as the host nation, and the Icelandic Coast Guard emphasizes the importance of participating in such operations.