Discover Moscow with a spring in your step
Blossoming, dynamic and inspiring, Moscow is the perfect place to visit in spring. The perfume of lilac is literally in the air, everywhere you go.It’s a great time of the year to explore the city…
Category: International
Nazi swastika daubed on Torah ark inside Frankfurt airport synagogue
A leading Jewish group in Germany on Saturday condemned the antisemitic desecration of a Torah ark inside the Jewish prayer room at Frankfurt's international airport.Frankfurt police said a swastika was painted on the cabinet inside…
Pride parades marred by clashes and arrests in Turkey
Clashes broke out in Istanbul as police arrested around 20 people gathered in Taksim Square during this year's LGBT Pride parade in Turkey. The Istanbul Governor’s Office had refused to authorise the march, citing the…
In Armenia, a bitter election in the shadow of a lost war
Armenia goes to the polls on Sunday for early elections called by its prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, and against the backdrop of its military defeat to Azerbaijan in 2020.Pashinyan, who led the so-called Velvet Revolution…
Cambodia charges conservationists with plotting, royal insults
PHNOMPENH – A Cambodian court has charged four environmental activists with insulting the country’s king and conspiracy to plotting, a prosecutor said on Monday, following the arrest of three of them last week as they…
Armenia fumes as leaders of Turkey and Azerbaijan visit retaken Nagorno-Karabakh city
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has travelled to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as part of a trip reaffirming his nation's political support to Azerbaijan.He and his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev promised on Tuesday to also…
Thousands flock to Download Festival in UK amid fears over COVID-19 third wave
Thousands of heavy metal fans have descended on a park in England for the country's first full music festival since March 2020, despite warnings from scientists that a third wave of infections may already be…
Exclusive: Ursula von der Leyen says G7 global strategy has 'no strings attached' unlike China
The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has told Cuffnews that plans discussed by G7 leaders to help the world's developing countries come "without strings attached", in comparison to China.In an exclusive interview from…
Dozens of migrants rescued off Spain's Gran Canaria
GRANCANARIA – Spain’s coast guard rescued 45 migrants off the coast of Gran Canaria on Sunday including 24 women and eight children. The migrants, from sub-Saharan Africa, were spotted in a boat by a passing…
Hong Kong's Next Digital says Apple Daily newspaper to end on Saturday
HONGKONG – Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Next Digital said on Wednesday that due to the prevailing circumstances in the city its Apple Daily newspaper will come to an end no later than…