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Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder says his friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin could help end the war in Ukraine. He also called the prospect of an alleged nuclear attack by Putin

A rare bus drivers’ pay strike ended after agreement with their union and employers after earlier causing commuter chaos in South Korea’s capital. A wage strike involving thousands of bus drivers in

The action comes after Argentine President Javier Milei called Colombia’s Gustavo Petro a “terrorist” in a recent interview. Colombia has ordered the expulsion of Argentine diplomats after President Javier Milei called his Colombian counterpart Gustavo

India’s Foreign Ministry has protested after the US joined Germany in raising concerns over the arrest of a leading opposition politician, Arvind Kejriwal. New Delhi summoned a US diplomat on Wednesday. India’s

The two countries say they will raise an investment fund over the next four years to protect the Amazon rainforest. Relations between Paris and Brasilia have improved since Lula da Silva’s became

Police fired tear gas and deployed water cannons to keep protesting farmers at bay as agriculture ministers from the bloc met a few steps away to revise proposals to ease the crisis.

Deutsche Bahn and the GDL train driver’s union have given more details of a pay-and-terms deal they struck on Monday, ending a long-running industrial dispute marked by several strikes. Germany’s national rail

The High Court in London has ruled that Julian Assange can continue his legal battle, unless the US promises within three weeks that he won’t face the death penalty. The legal saga

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro faces multiple criminal investigations and had his passports confiscated last month. Police would not have been able to arrest him while he was staying at a foreign