Articles by Crispian Balmer

The League party leader Matteo Salvini attends a voting session at the Chamber of Deputies to elect the country's new president in Rome, Italy, January 24, 2022.

Italy Will Keep Supporting Ukraine If Right Wins Vote, Says Meloni

Italy will keep sending arms to Ukraine and back Kyiv in its war against Russia if the conservative bloc wins a forthcoming national election, the head of the most popular party in the alliance has said.

President of the European Council Charles Michel speaks with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at a main meeting room ahead of European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium June 23, 2022.

Italians Ask Draghi To Overcome Political Crisis, Stay In Office

Italy's mayors, business organisations and union leaders urged Prime Minister Mario Draghi at the weekend to rethink his decision to resign, warning that the stability of the debt-laden country was at risk.

Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio speaks during a news conference following talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia February 17, 2022.

Italian Foreign Minister Accuses Own Party Of 'Immaturity' Over Ukraine

Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on Sunday accused his own 5-Star Movement party of undermining government efforts to support Ukraine and weakening Rome's standing within the European Union.

Israelis dance with flags by Damascus gate just outside Jerusalem's Old City June 15, 2021.

Jerusalem On Edge Before Contentious Israeli Flag March

Flag-waving Jewish nationalists are set to march through the heart of the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday in a parade that could re-ignite violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

Hamas Challenges Israel Over Nationalist Flag March In Jerusalem

An annual "flag" march by Israeli nationalists through Jerusalem's Old City this Sunday could prove to be a dangerous test of the Islamist Hamas group's assertiveness in opposing Israeli actions in the contested city.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a joint news conference with Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh (not pictured) following their talks in Moscow, Russia April 27, 2022. Yuri Kochetkov/Pool via

Israel Demands Apology After Lavrov Says Hitler Had Jewish Roots

Israel denounced Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for suggesting that the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying his comments were anti-Semitic and dangerous.

Israel Demands Apology After Russia Says Hitler Had Jewish Roots

Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying it was an "unforgivable" falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust.

Ukrainian President Urges Italy To Seize Mystery Yacht

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Italy on Tuesday to seize a mystery yacht worth some $700 million that has been linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

U.N. Agency Warns Ukraine War Could Trigger 20% Food Price Rise

International food and feed prices could rise by up to 20% as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, triggering a jump in global malnourishment, the United Nations food agency said on Friday.

Egg Hurled In Black Athlete's Face As Racist Attacks Surge In Italy

far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini who has been accused of stoking xenophobia quotes WW2 fascist dictator Mussolini at his opponents.

"Like A War Zone": Volunteers Travel Miles To Tornado-hit Mississippi

"Like a war zone": volunteers travel miles to tornado-hit Mississippi

Workers at an historic English pottery are working flat out to meet demand for the fine bone china souvenirs

Coronation Souvenirs Boost Struggling English Ceramics Industry

Coronation souvenirs boost struggling English ceramics industry

A seemingly never-ending political crisis is plunging oil-rich Kuwait's economy into the mire

'Great Misery': Kuwait Political Crisis Drags Down Economy

Rebels control swathes of the country and command an impressive arsenal of weapons that they have used to attack Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

'Stuck In A Swamp': Saudi Arabia Seeks Exit From Yemen War

Technology

FILE PHOTO -A pump jack is seen surrounded by steam during sunset at a PetroChina's oil field in Karamay

Oil Prices Ease As Aramco Says Ready To Boost Crude Output

Oil prices dropped for a second session on Monday after the head of the world's top exporter, Saudi Aramco, said it is ready to ramp up output while production at several offshore U.S.

Activision Blizzard owns "Candy Crush" and "Call of Duty"

Microsoft's Activision Bid Gets A Boost In UK

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had stated in provisional findings last month that the deal could hurt competition in cloud gaming and gaming consoles.

A sign advertising job openings is seen outside of a Starbucks in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., May 26, 2021.

Starbucks Wants To Pause Mail-In Union Elections

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi

Hindenburg's Block Report Drags Jack Dorsey's Fortune By Over $500M

World

Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhamedov in the capital Ashgabat last January 20

Turkmenistan Stages Parliamentary Elections

Turkmenistan stages parliamentary elections

Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council Danilov speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kyiv

Ukraine Security Chief Says Basing Russian Nuclear Weapons In Belarus Will Destabilise Belarus

A top security adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Russian plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus would destabilise that country, which he said had been taken "hostage" by Moscow.

Tesla was hit by the closure of its factory in Shanghai, China for several weeks due to lockdown measures imposed because of a surge in Covid cases

Tesla Hits 3 Million In Vehicle Production

A car drives near a clock tower in Jdeideh

Lebanon Has Two Times Of Day Amid Daylight Savings Dispute

National

British PM Rishi Sunak meets Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in London

Party Pressure Mounts On Netanyahu To Pause Judicial Overhaul

A top lawmaker from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party echoed on Sunday a call by the defence chief to pause a contested judicial overhaul, and raised the possibility that the government's parliamentary majority could be eroded.

A general view of skyline buildings, in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Police Keep Tight Tabs On First Authorised Protest In Years

Hong Kong police on Sunday permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment of a sweeping national security law in 2020.

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks during a news conference in Taipei

Honduras Ends Decades-long Taiwan Ties, Taiwan Decries Monetary Demands

Challenger Wins UAW Labor Union Presidency, Vows Reforms

Politics

U.S. President Biden and Irish Taoiseach Varadkar attend annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Rhetoric Over US Debt Limit Boils Over As Republicans, Democrats Joust

Partisan sniping over raising U.S. borrowing authority ratcheted up on Friday when House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy accused President Joe Biden of ignoring the issue.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) hosts a bill enrollment ceremony for legislation blocking the enactment of a DC Criminal Code Revision

McCarthy Expects US House Will Pass Legislation To Address TikTok

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy thinks lawmakers will pass bipartisan legislation to address national security worries about Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, he said on Friday, and called the testimony of the company's CEO "very concerning." .