NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte charged Russia with violating Romanian airspace on Friday after a meeting of the alliance’s defence ministers in Brussels. Rutte expressed full solidarity for Romania and commended the Romanian Air Force and NATO’s top military commander for their “quick and effective response” to the incide
Double trouble and dancing troupes: Africa’s top shots
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent: On Thursday, South African artists from the Ajao Africa group dazzle audiences at the Arts Council of Pakistan festival in the capital Karachi… ( Shahzaib Akber/EPA) A family of elephants strikes a pose at the Aberdare National Park in Kenya. (Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
Tokyo inflation likely to miss BOJ target for first time in five months: Reuters poll
By Communications Counter TOKYO (Reuters) – Consumer inflation in Tokyo for October likely undershot the central bank’s price target for the first time in five months, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. The core consumer price index (CPI) in Tokyo, a leading indicator of nationwide price trends, was expected to have risen 1.7% from a [&he
Venezuela Ousts Electoral Board Dissenter Ahead of 2025 Vote
(Bloomberg) — Venezuela lawmakers ousted a national electoral board member who declared irregularities around President Nicolás Maduro’s reelection in July and urged the Prosecutor’s Office to promptly initiate a criminal investigation into him. Most Read from Bloomberg The government-controlled National Assembly appointed Conrado Pérez to re
Al-Sinwar responsible for the worst crimes
Following the killing of the leader of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, Yehya al-Sinwar, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pointed out that the extremist had committed the worst crimes. For the “terrible, brutal, inhumane attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens, who were killed, raped, and degraded in the worst possible way,