In addition to escalting Moscow’s diplomatic conflict with the United States, the case could further isolate Russia by frightening away more of the few foreign journalists still working there.

Bolsonaro left for the United States two days before he was due to hand over the presidential sash to Lula on January 1.

The Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands, has a poor record for maritime safety, with vessels often overcrowded and many ageing ships in use.

The King was greeted with military honours at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate earlier on Wednesday as he began his visit to Germany, part of efforts to reset Britain’s relations with Europe after its 2020 departure from the European Union.

Previously, China had staged major war games around Taiwan when then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei.

The spy satellite is the latest in a series of locally produced satellites first put into orbit in 1988.

Myanmar’s ruling junta on Tuesday disbanded Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy and 39 other parties over their failure to meet a deadline to register for an election.

Xi has not talked to Zelenskiy since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year but China published a 12-point plan for “a political resolution of the Ukraine crisis” last month.

The United States says such transits by Taiwanese presidents are routine and that China should not use Tsai’s trip to take any aggressive moves against Taiwan.

The Taliban administration has barred most girls from high school and women from universities saying there are perceived problems including around female Islamic dress.

Russia and Ukraine routinely accuse each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant.

Experts say the images could indicate progress in miniaturising warheads that are powerful to mount on intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of striking the US.

Reacting in Washington to the latest school shooting, US President Joe Biden urged the US Congress again to pass tougher gun reform legislation.

US President Joe Biden described the images from Mississippi as “heartbreaking” and said in a statement that he had spoken with Reeves and offered his condolences and full federal support for the recovery.

Some three months since taking office, Netanyahu’s nationalist-religious coalition has been plunged into crisis over the bitter divisions exposed by its flagship judicial overhaul plans.

South Korea’s military “strongly condemned” the launches as a grave provocation violating United Nations Security Council resolutions, and called for an immediate halt.

Kyiv and its Western allies fear tactical nuclear weapons could be used in battle after Putin and others warned Russia was prepared to use all its vast arsenal in defence.

Putin likened his plans to the US stationing its weapons in Europe, and said Russia would not be transferring control of the weapons to Belarus.

Participants chanted slogans against the reclamation project as they marched in the rain with banners in the eastern district of Tseung Kwan O, where the project is slated to be built.

The Congress party has questioned investments made by state-run firms in Adani companies and the handover of the management of six airports to the group in recent years, even though it had no experience in the sector.