TLE DESK: Israel must meet the basic needs of Gazancivilians for food, water and medicine, the International Committee of theRed Cross said following Friday’s the […]
UK govt to challenge court block on migrant hotel
TLE DESK: The UK government said Friday (22 August) it would appeal a court ruling blocking it from housing asylum seekers in a flashpoint hotel, […]
European leaders to join Zelensky in Washington as Trump shifts Ukraine strategy
TLE DESK: European leaders will accompany Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington on Monday, as Kyiv and its allies scramble to influence Donald Trump’s evolving […]
Hopes fade as Pakistan flooding claims hundreds of lives
TLE DESK: The search for survivors grew ever more desperate on Sunday as rescuers clawed through mud and boulders in northern Pakistan, following flash floods […]
UNESCO World Heritage: 26 new sites inscribed
UNESCO Reports: The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee came to a close in Paris, France, with the inscription of 26 new cultural and […]
Vietnamese rice grower helps tackle Cuba’s food shortage
TLE DESK: Outside Havana, a combine belonging to a private Vietnamese company is harvesting rice, directly farming Cuban land, in the first instance, to help […]
Putin says discussed Ukraine peace on ‘fair basis’ with Trump
TLE DESK: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he discussed ways to end the conflict in Ukraine “on a fair basis” during his meeting with […]
Last chance saloon for global plastic pollution treaty
TLE DESK: Negotiators trying to secure a global agreement on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution have less than 24 hours to salvage a deal […]
Trump warns of make-or-break chance with Putin as pressure mounts
TLE DESK: Pressure mounted ahead of a landmark summit in Alaska between the United States and Russia, as Donald Trump warned that Vladimir Putin had […]
India and China eye border trade resumption
TLEDESK: India and China are discussing resuming border trade five years after it was halted, foreign ministry officials on both sides have said, as US […]