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Kyiv said it was "grateful" to the United Nations and Turkey for their efforts in "strengthening food security".

The G7 groups Japan, Britain, the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the European Union.

The visit came as a Russian missile strike killed four people and hit a hospital in eastern Ukraine

The U.N. aid chief said on Monday efforts will continue in coming days to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, a pact Russia has threatened to quit on May 18 over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports.

Britain has deployed 1500 troops in a major NATO exercise in Estonia. British troops are set to participate among 14,000 personnel from 11 NATO member-states.

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations plan to tighten sanctions on Russia at their summit in Japan this week, with steps aimed at energy and exports aiding Moscow's war effort, said officials with direct knowledge of the discussions.

Zelensky's arrival in Paris came hours after EU leaders in Germany presented him with a prize for the Ukrainian people for fighting for the bloc's freedom and values.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has presented a her bi-annual report to the OSCE Permanent Council. It highlights concerning trends towards authoritarianism.

Britain on Thursday became the first country to start supplying Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles, which will allow Ukrainian forces to hit Russian troops and supply dumps deep behind the front lines.

NATO Chiefs of Defence have met in Brussels with new Regional Plans on the agenda as concerns over the security threat posed by Russia motivate action.

EU officials are already discussing halting exports of sensitive technologies to eight Chinese companies over suspicions they are selling them to Moscow.

In a joint statement following their meeting in Washington, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated consensus on the conflict in Ukraine and foreign policy approaches to China.

Dutchman Kees Huizinga has faced many challenges in the two decades he has spent as a farmer in Ukraine. Russia's invasion has thrown up one challenge he never expected.

The recent drone attack on the dome of the Kremlin Senate building could have been carried out from inside Russia, US experts have claimed.

Russia launched a large-scale wave of strikes on Kyiv and across Ukraine sowing destruction and injuries, officials said early on Monday, as Moscow prepares for its cherished Victory Day holiday that marks the anniversary of its defeat of Nazi Germany.

The rapid developments in AI sector witnessed over the last few months have forced even its greatest proponents to speak against its potential negative impact.

Russia may sabotage undersea cables to punish Western nations for supporting Ukraine, NATO's intelligence chief warned on Wednesday, as the alliance boosts efforts to protect undersea infrastructure following the Nord Stream attacks.

Denis Gennadievich Kulkov, in an indictment unsealed by a US District Court in New York, is charged with device fraud, computer intrusion and money laundering.

The White House on Monday estimated that Russia's military has suffered 100,000 casualties in the last five months in fighting in the Bakhmut region and other areas of Ukraine.

Two Russian officials associated with the ruling United Russia party died on the same day, according to local media reports.

GigaChat is developed to reduce Russia's reliance on Western countries that have been imposing severe sanctions for a while now.

Chinese defence minister Li Shangfu praised Russia for "promoting world peace" during his four-day visit to the state

The UK government's cyber defence agency warned on Wednesday of an emerging threat to Western critical national infrastructure posed by hackers sympathetic to Russia and its war on Ukraine.

Two topics dominated discussions above all -- the war in Ukraine, and China's growing military and economic clout.

Georgieva was born and raised in Bulgaria, a former Soviet satellite state.

The UK and South Korea have made a joint statement outlining plans for cooperation on the transition to a clean energy future based on renewable and nuclear technology.

The US Treasury said Usmanov is close to Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president and now deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council.

The Head of China Research at the French Institute of International Relations says that Macron's hopes of China acting as mediator in Ukraine are unrealistic.

Pope Francis appeared to ask Russians to seek the truth about their country's invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message to the world on Sunday and appealed for dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians following recent violence.

Several conspiracy theories have cropped up about how Russian President Vladimir Putin is getting increasingly paranoid.