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US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have held "encouraging" talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv in their first official visit to Ukraine but made no breakthrough towards ending the war with Russia. The envoys' trip followed talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday which a

A British theatre producer and her billionaire family are entangled in a conflict with Ukrainian authorities attempting to confiscate a water company they co-own with a Russian oligarch. The dispute concerns a 34% stake in the producer of Ukraine’s largest bottled water brands, held by the Patarkatsishvili family,

The UK’s planned ban on trade with unlawful Israeli settlements is a welcome, if overdue, first step and must be judged according to its practical impact, a UN expert has told CuriosityNews. The UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has vowed to act more decisively against Israeli settlements, as well

A watershed moment in Sweden's national conversation on Indigenous rights has unfolded around Sami reindeer herding and ancestral land use. In late April and May, ahead of September elections, Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Ebba Busch delivered speeches and articles criticizing Sami grazing rights. At a press

US energy secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday morning that the US may not be able to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran that would prevent the country from having nuclear weapons. Asked on ABC on Sunday morning about any sign of such a deal, as negotiations appear stalled and

Typhoon Saudel delivered several days of heavy rainfall across the south-east Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong last week. The city of Putian, located in Fujian province, measured 416.5mm of rain within a 24-hour period from Thursday to Friday, while surrounding villages reported totals exceeding