Russia tells UK court Ukraine should be forced to pay debt despite disputes
Russia told Britain’s Supreme Court on Monday that Ukraine should not be allowed to use geopolitical arguments to dispute billions of dollars in debt, after Kiev argued it had been forced to borrow the money from Moscow.
Finland picks world’s youngest PM to head women-led cabinet
Finland’s new prime minister – about to become the world’s youngest serving premier – will have a finance minister two years her junior in a new women-led coalition cabinet, party officials said on Monday.
Putin meets Ukraine leader for first time at Paris peace summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the first time on Monday at a summit in Paris aimed at advancing efforts to restore peace to eastern Ukraine.
Factbox: Some of the world’s youngest national leaders
Finland’s Sanna Marin is about to become the world’s youngest serving prime minister at the age of 34.
British model Lily Cole backs climate change hunger strikers
British model and actress Lily Cole on Monday visited two elderly climate change activists from the Extinction Rebellion group who have been on hunger strike outside Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party headquarters for 22 days.
Russia cannot compete at 2022 World Cup under own flag: WADA
Russia’s national soccer team cannot play in the 2022 World Cup under the Russian flag because of doping sanctions that bar the country from major sporting events for four years, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Monday.
WADA sanctions are inappropriate and excessive: Russian Olympic Committee
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) sanctions against Russia are inappropriate and excessive, the president of Russia’s Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov said on Monday after WADA banned the country from all major sporting events for four years….
WADA president laments ‘almost never-ending’ Russian doping saga
The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency lamented an “almost never-ending” saga on Monday after Russia was banned from the world’s top sporting events for four years for tampering with doping tests.
Factbox: Impact of Russia ban on Olympics medal hopefuls
Russia was banned from the world’s top sporting events for four years on Monday, including the next summer and winter Olympics and the 2022 soccer World Cup, for tampering with doping tests.
Russia hands out passports to 125,000 residents of rebel-held east Ukraine
Russia has issued passports to 125,000 residents of rebel-held eastern Ukraine, Russia’s interior minister said on Monday, deepening Moscow’s ties with the separatist region even as it begins talks with Kiev aimed at ending the conflict.
