US President Donald Trump waived key Russia-related sanctions and tariffs days before they were due to take effect under a law he signed last month, including duties on Russian goods and penalties for buying its oil and gas. The move comes amid a widening rift with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
US President Donald Trump has waived more sanctions on Russia in a bid to ease energy prices.
US President Donald Trump has waived more sanctions on Russia in a bid to ease energy prices.
NYTimes – World Pope Leo XIV has returned to the Vatican after being discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Saturday, four days after undergoing lung cancer surgery. Doctors removed part of his right lung to extract a cancerous tumour and reported continued improvement. The Vatican had initially estimated a weeklong hospital stay and cancelled his audiences through Tuesday.
BBC News – World Belgian foreign minister urges further EU sanctions and links attack to Israel’s ‘illegal settlement policy’ Masked settlers attacked a group of European diplomats during a visit to the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Belgium’s foreign minister said, on a second day of high-profile assaults on Palestinians and others during the sensitive olive harvest. At least four people have been killed and more than 100 injured…
BBC News – World A Mexican judge sentenced three Mexican men to 158 years and nine months in prison each for the 2024 murders of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad. The surfers were killed during a surfing trip in Mexico's Baja California in what was described as an apparent botched robbery. The men were found guilty a week before sentencing.
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