Orban digs in over blocked Ukraine loan at EU talks

A defiant Hungarian leader Viktor Orban vowed on Thursday to keep blocking a massive loan for Ukraine despite heavy pressure from EU partners, who were headed into a Brussels...

Actor Sean Penn is a die-hard Zelensky backer

At the 2026 Oscars ceremony, actor Sean Penn joined a small coterie of male performers who have three Academy Awards to their name. But the 65-year-old, who was named...

Ukraine amputee veterans climb for recovery

Energetic pop music blasted from speakers at a modern climbing gym in Kyiv as Ukrainian veterans stood at the foot of the wall doing burpees and crab walks, resistance...

Peaceful negotiations

I am in a state of shock to see the situation around the world. We are talking about AI, landing on Mars and exploring the moon but at the...

Stress test

World needs peace

I tremble at watching the news with what is going on latest and staying indoors makes me reminisce about the time when the world was hit by Covid. The...

European leaders vow support for Ukraine

European leaders vowed on Tuesday not to abandon Ukraine as Russia's invasion entered a fifth year, though divisions among Kyiv's partners overshadowed commemorations of the outbreak of the continent's...

World upheaval should not be a deterrent to growth

There are many things that China and Germany do not see eye-to-eye on — notably Russia's war in Ukraine — but the leaders of the world's second and third...

Drones dominate Ukraine battlefield four years into fighting

Ukrainian tank platoon commander Valentyn Bohdanov remembers a time earlier in Russia's war when heavy armour fought pitched battles like boxers trading punches in the ring. Four years into...

Orbán is running an aggressive media campaign

Facing tough odds in an upcoming election, Hungary's pro-Russian prime minister is trying to convince voters that the greatest threat to the country is not economic stagnation — the...