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Ukrainian families cross Europe to plead for prisoners held by Russia

Lucerne, Switzerland Reuters Svitlana Bilous travelled half way across Europe – from her home in Ukraine to a Swiss mountaintop resort – to stand on the sidelines of an international summit to pressure Russia to end its war in Ukraine and tell the world about her missing husband. During the day’s events, she will join […]

World leaders join Ukraine summit in test of Kyiv’s peace push

Buergenstock, Switzerland Reuters World leaders gathered at a Swiss Alpine resort on Saturday to seek broader consensus for Ukraine’s peace proposals at a summit shunned by China and dismissed as a waste of time by Russia, which pushed its own rival ceasefire plans from afar. More than 90 countries took part, but China’s absence in […]

Putin demands more Ukrainian land to end war; Kyiv rejects “ultimatum”

Moscow, Russia Reuters President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow, demands Kyiv swiftly rejected as tantamount to surrender. On the eve of a conference in Switzerland to which Russia […]

World unprepared for another pandemic as WHO treaty talks push on

London, UK Reuters The world is unprepared for another health crisis like COVID-19, a leading global health expert has warned, as countries make a last push to agree a way forward for a pandemic treaty amid fears the political climate for agreement could sour. World Health Organization member states gathered in Geneva on Friday to […]

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says Russia putting pressure on countries to shun peace summit

Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Russia was still trying to disrupt next month’s world “peace summit” devoted to the conflict with Russia and was putting pressure on countries to stay away from the gathering. Zelenskiy wants the summit, scheduled for 15th to 16th June in Switzerland, to produce a front to […]

Dozens of countries sign up for Ukraine peace summit, Switzerland says

Berlin, Germany Reuters A summit that Switzerland hopes will pave the way for a peace process in Ukraine has drawn delegations from more than 50 countries, Swiss President Viola Amherd said on Wednesday. The neutral Swiss government was seeking a broad-based turnout from different parts of the world, and 160 invitations were sent, Amherd said […]

Ukraine may have talks eventually with Russia, intelligence officer says

Reuters Ukraine will at some point have to enter into talks with Russia to bring an end to their more than two-year-old war, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official said in an interview published on Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has repeatedly ruled out talks with the Kremlin, and a decree he issued after Russia formally […]

Swiss climate policy shortcomings violated human rights, top court rules

Strasbourg, France Reuters Europe’s top human rights court ruled on Tuesday that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change. The European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) decision on the case brought by more than 2,000 elderly Swiss women set a precedent that […]