South Africa’s government will provide diplomatic immunity to attendees of two meetings of officials from the BRICS group

Vladimir Putin will not be willing to negotiate while still trying to win the war in Ukraine, the European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell has said. “[Vladimir] Putin has amassed over 300,000 men there, twice as many as he had when he launched the invasion,” he told reporters after an event in Barcelona, pointing to the “enormous” Russian military presence in Ukraine. Mr Borrell said he was “not optimistic” about what could happen to change the situation this summer. At least one person was killed and four injured overnight in Kyiv after Russia continued with its overnight attacks for the third night running. This comes as Russia dispatched units of its airborne troops and motorised rifle units to Bakhmut as private mercenary convicts from the Wagner Group started to exit the frontline city. “Yes, there (in Bakhmut) rotational measures are taking place due primarily to the large losses of the Wagner criminal group. They are forced to do this,” Ukrainian military spokesperson Serhiy Cherevaty said. The war combat dynamics have remained mostly the same in recent days, he added. Read More Russia hits Kyiv in pre-dawn attack as air defenses work to stop relentless bombardment Ukraine warns of revenge attacks after wave of Russian missile strikes on Kyiv Ukraine vows to destroy Russian ‘rapists’ and ‘murderers’ in latest action movie-style trailer

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A key gauge of Chinese stocks was on track to enter a bear market as a weak economic

Two surveys suggest China’s manufacturing sector improved or at least stabilized in May compared with the previous month,

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on top officials to increase efforts to build a “high quality” education system

At least nine people were wounded in a mass shooting at Florida’s Hollywood Beach on Memorial Day, according to reports. The incident, which saw a 15-year-old victim among the wounded, took place in the area of the 1200 block of N Broadwalk on Monday evening, according to CBS Miami. “Please avoid the area of Johnson to Garfield Streets, as well as the Broadwalk, due to an ongoing shooting investigation. Heavy police presence in the area. If you are looking to reunite with a family member, we have set up a reunification area at Johnson St and N Ocean bus loop,” tweeted Hollywood Polie Department. Witnesses posted online that the shooting took place outside Nicks Bar & Grill at around 7pm ET.

President Joe Biden and his European allies have repeatedly stressed their desire to “de-risk,” not “decouple,” from the

At least seven people were wounded in a mass shooting at Florida’s Hollywood Beach on Memorial Day, according to reports. The incident, which saw a 15-year-old victim among the wounded, took place in the area of the 1200 block of N Broadwalk on Monday evening, according to CBS Miami. “Please avoid the area of Johnson to Garfield Streets, as well as the Broadwalk, due to an ongoing shooting investigation. Heavy police presence in the area. If you are looking to reunite with a family member, we have set up a reunification area at Johnson St and N Ocean bus loop,” tweeted Hollywood Polie Department.

Soon-to-mature Treasury bills rallied as trading resumed after the Memorial Day holiday, following a tentative deal over the

Japan’s unemployment rate fell for the first time in three months, potentially feeding into higher wages and providing

The Big Tech rally of this year has further to run as the risk of a US recession