Latvia’s Parliament on Thursday approved a series of amendments to the country’s energy law in order to ban gas imports from Russia in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Thus, the Lower House of Parliament has approved the amendments after the third and final reading of the bill, which envisages diversifying natural gas supply…

Former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has garnered for the second time the most support in the vote to choose Boris Johnson’s successor as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, followed by UK Secretary of State for Trade Penny Mordaunt. The Conservative Party presented on Tuesday the final list with the eight names…

The death toll from an attack by Russian forces on the central Ukrainian city of Vinitsia has risen to 22, including three children, the deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s office, Kirilo Tymoshenko, has said. “So far, 22 people are known to have died as a result of the rocket attack on the city, including…

The Iranian government said Thursday that “lying and misrepresenting the truth” is a “frequent” occurrence among US politicians, before rejecting accusations of Tehran’s responsibility for civilian deaths in Ukraine. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Naser Kanani has pointed out that White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan “accused Iran of supporting the killing of Ukrainians” through…

The first lady of Peru, Lilia Paredes, has gone to testify before the Congressional Oversight Commission, as she was demanded, to answer for the alleged crimes of usurpation of functions and influence peddling committed by her sister, Yenifer Paredes, although she has invoked her right not to testify. “I totally abstain from testifying,” he has…

South Korea’s Justice and Unification Ministries said Thursday that there was “no legal basis” for repatriating two North Korean fishermen who defected to the South a day after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said such a decision constitutes a “crime against humanity”. Yoo Sang Bum, a People’s Power Party (PPP) deputy, said the ministries…

A Gambian court has sentenced former Intelligence chief Yankuba Badjie and four other members of the security forces to death for the murder of an activist in 2016, during the last phase of former President Yahya Jamé’s regime. Badjie has been sentenced to death along with Saikou Omar Jeng, Babucarr Sallah, Tamba Masireh and Lamin…

The European Commission estimates that inflation will reach “historic” levels in 2022 and climb to 7.6% in the euro zone and 8.3% in the EU as a whole this year, two figures that raise last May’s forecasts by 1.5 percentage points in both cases, in the second economic forecasts it has published since the Russian…