Steve Rosenberg
Russia Editor
Getty ImagesIn Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic circle, President Vladimir Putin vowed to “strengthen…
Category: 2. World
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Putin says Greenland ‘nothing to do with Russia’ in nod to US
Getty ImagesSpeaking in the Russian Arctic on Thursday, Putin said competition in the region was intensifying -
Affluent India’s pet obsession is fuelling a boom in care industry
For Neha Bapna, nothing in the world is more important than her dog Muffin.
Every time she takes a train to travel across India, the four-year-old Shih Tzu is right by her side – in first class. He only eats hypoallergenic food, which is often…
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Can Vietnam golf its way out of new US import taxes?
Annabelle LiangBusiness reporter
Getty ImagesVietnam’s PM has said he would “golf all day long” with Trump Countries around the world are braced for Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day in America!!!” next week.
The US president’s deadline to…
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Albanese faces headwinds ahead of May vote
Katy WatsonAustralia correspondent
Getty ImagesAlbanese’s term has been marked by an agenda on climate change, cost of living and Indigenous issues When Cyclone Alfred barrelled over Australia’s east coast earlier this month, it also blew the…
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Ros Atkins on… Trump’s plan for Greenland
President Trump has repeated claims that taking control of Greenland is essential for US national security – as Vice-President JD Vance and his wife Usha visit a US space base there on Friday.
The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at what…
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How will Australia choose its next prime minister?
Hannah RitchieBBC News, Sydney
Getty ImagesIt is compulsory for Australians to vote on election day – and many will queue for a customary sausage in bread On 3 May Australians will head to the polls to vote in their first federal election since…
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Canada PM Mark Carney says old relationship with US ‘is over’
Jessica Murphy & Bernd DebusmannBBC News
Reporting fromToronto and Washington DCCanada: Retaliatory trade action to have “maximum impact” on US Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Canada’s old relationship with the United States, “based…
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Australia to hold federal election on 3 May
Australia will head to the polls for a federal election on 3 May.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose Labor Party will be defending a three-seat majority, announced the date after visiting the Governor General in the capital, Canberra, on…
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CIPCC facilitates rare opportunity for foreign journalists to interview Bangladeshi chief adviser
HAINAN – A delegation of foreign journalists has been provided with a unique chance to meet with Bangladeshi interim government’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus in the southern Chinese province of Hainan.
Professor Yunus, a global pioneer in social…
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Six people dead after tourist submarine sinks in Egypt
Cachella Smith and Lana LamBBC News
David McArthur MBE/ReutersSindbad submarine vessels seen off the coast of Hurghada in August 2022. Six people have died after a tourist submarine sank in Egypt’s Red Sea.
Local officials say 39 others were…
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