During the second stop of his Latin American tour after Brasilia and ahead of Cuba and Nicaragua, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Tuesday said in Caracas in front of his local colleague Yván Gil Pinto that Venezuela was “without a doubt” one of Russia's “most loyal partners.”
According to the Office for National Statistics, the consumer price inflation rate in the United Kingdom eased to 10.1% year-on-year in March 2023, down from 10.4% the month before.
The first rehearsal for King Charles III Coronation took place as the military paraded through the quiet streets of central London in the early hours of the morning. The rehearsal was due to start at 10 pm on Monday but was delayed, before hundreds of military personnel followed the route on horseback preparing for the coronation on 6 May..
Football's governing body FIFA Monday confirmed Argentina will be hosting the U-20 World Cup between May 20 and June 11 after Indonesia was disqualified as the organizer for refusing to welcome Israel's team. Hence, Argentina -as hosts- will participate in the tournament instead of Indonesia, after failing to make it through the qualifying round.
A senior ISIS leader was killed Monday by US forces in northern Syria, it was announced. The raid targeted Abd-al-Hadi Mahmud al-Haji Ali, who was said to be plotting attacks in the Middle East and Europe, according to the Pentagon.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Brasilia on Monday, where he discussed issues such as trade and Russia’s war in Ukraine with members of Lula’s administration.
The Galician banking corporation Abanca confirmed it had sold most of the fishing processing conglomerate of Nueva Pescanova to the Canadian corporation Cooke Seafood Inc.<br />
Nueva Pescanova is the name of the defunct Galician Pescanova company recovered by Abanca, after it surfaced the company was indebted in over 500 million US dollars which ended with several of the original owners jailed for fraud and fake accountancy.
China became a controversial topic in discussions on Monday as the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major economies gathered in Japan for a second day of talks, with the European Union divided as to how react to a Taiwan major conflict.
Energy cooperation helped China's overall trade with Russia maintain its strong growth momentum in the first quarter with an increase of 38.7% from a year earlier, far outpacing the growth of China's total trade.
Dozens of people were killed in attacks on villages in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a civil society organization said Saturday. Local sources blamed the attacks on the CODECO militants, saying they attacked at least three villages, around 60 kilometers from the provincial capital of Bunia.