John Bridge

Russia expels 34 employees of French diplomatic missions in retaliation for the "wrong" French decision to declare 41 Russian diplomats in France an unwanted people. Moscow also expels 24 Italian diplomats. They must leave Russia…

Russia has expelled two Finnish diplomats. The Russian Foreign Ministry said the two had been declared personae non grata in response to the expulsion of two employees from the Russian embassy in Helsinki. In addition, Moscow has…

The Russian Ministry of Defense reports an agreement on the evacuation of wounded people from the steel factory in Mariupol, where Ukrainian fighters have been holed up. The wounded Ukrainian fighters would be transported to…

The Swedish newspaper Expressen reported that the Swedish government plans to apply for NATO membership next Monday. However, the country has not yet decided to join the military alliance. According to the newspaper, the decision…

The largest white diamond ever auctioned has yielded less than expected. Nevertheless, the stone went under the hammer in Geneva for 18.8 million dollars. The value of the so-called The Rock was estimated by auction house…

Beer brewer Grolsch is not conducting a marketing campaign that focuses on the sporting event around the World Cup in Qatar. According to a spokesman, that decision was prompted by a "confluence of circumstances", including…

Like President Vladimir Putin, Russian generals are complicit in crimes in their war in Ukraine and should be tried before a court-martial, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said. Speaking on the day that Russia celebrates…

The Russian Foreign Ministry ruled out the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine on Friday. They are of no use in the "military special operation," it said. With that formulation, Moscow refers to its invasion of the neighbouring…

The Ukrainian army will launch a counter-offensive in the war with Russia by mid-June at the earliest, Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksij Arestovich expects. The hope is that arms shipments announced by Western countries will…

British MPs want to question Elon Musk about his plans with Twitter. Last month, the billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX announced that he wants to buy social media for $44 billion. The question is posed by the parliamentary…