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An American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi was forced to land in Italy due to a bomb threat, the Flight Emergency site and airport sources said on Sunday. “American flight AA292 will divert to Rome en route to Delhi due to a bomb threat,” Flight Emergency, a flight-tracking account, posted on X. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight with about 200 people onboard landed at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci airport at about 16:20 GMT, according to airport sources. The plane was over the Caspian Sea when the airline warned the crew of a bomb threat, sources added. A…
Pope Francis “is more unwell than yesterday”, the Vatican said in a statement on Saturday, adding that he had suffered a “prolonged asthma-like respiratory crisis” earlier in the day. The Vatican statement said the pope, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, was alert, but added that the prognosis for him “remains guarded”.
The United States wants the U.N. Security Council to vote on a brief draft resolution marking the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Monday before the 193-member General Assembly votes on the same text, diplomats said on Saturday. The U.S. move at the U.N. pits it against Ukraine and the European Union, who have for the past month been negotiating with U.N. member states on their own draft text on the war, which is due to be voted on by the General Assembly on Monday. On Thursday, Reuters reported that the U.S. had declined to co-sponsor the text…
A second meeting between representatives of Russia and the United States is planned for the next two weeks, the RIA state news agency reported on Saturday, citing Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. Moscow and Washington held their first talks on ending the nearly three-year war in Ukraine on Tuesday, aimed at restoring relations and preparing to conclude the conflict. The meeting will take place in a third country and the specific location is being agreed upon, Ryabkov told RIA in an interview, without naming who would attend from the Russian or American sides. Ryabkov said there was “principled agreement”…
The Trump administration said on Wednesday it was rescinding federal approval of New York City’s congestion pricing program that is designed to reduce traffic and raise money to upgrade aging subway and bus systems. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the move will halt a program that “leaves drivers without any free highway alternative, and instead, takes more money from working people to pay for a transit system and not highways.” Under the program, which launched on January 5, most passenger vehicles are charged $9 during peak periods to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street. Trucks and buses pay up…
The head of Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency, Kyrylo Budanov, believes a ceasefire in the war with Russia could happen this year. “I think it is going to happen. There are most of the components for it to happen,” Budanov said in a YouTube interview with journalist Eynulla Fatullayev. He gave no details. Ukrainian officials largely dismiss the idea of a ceasefire, warning it will only give Russia time to rearm and prepare for further aggression. “How long it will be, how effective it will be – is another question,” Budanov added. Discussions about a possible ceasefire intensified after Donald…
Ukraine needs to rein in criticism of the United States, which is trying to secure a peace deal acceptable to all sides, White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said Thursday in an interview. “They need to tone it down and take a hard look and sign that deal,” Waltz told Fox News, referring to a critical minerals deal with Washington. At the same time, Waltz said he believed U.S. differences with Ukraine could be reconciled.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday auto tariffs will be around 25% and he will have more to share on the topic on April 2. On Friday, Trump said levies on automobiles would come as soon as April 2, the day after members of his cabinet are due to deliver reports to him outlining options for a range of import duties as he seeks to reshape global trade. Trump has long pointed to what he calls unfair treatment of U.S. automotive exports in foreign markets. The European Union, for instance, collects a 10% tariff on vehicle imports, four times…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that he was counting on unity and courage from his compatriots and pragmatism from the United States. “We are standing strong on our own two feet. I am counting on Ukrainian unity, our courage…on the unity of Europe and the pragmatism of America,” Zelensky said in his nightly video address. He said it was important that the current visit to Ukraine by the U.S. envoy for Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, be “constructive”.
Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said on Wednesday no one can force his country to give up following remarks from U.S. President Donald Trump attacking Ukraine and its president. “We will defend our right to exist,” Sybiha said on X.