China has maintained its position as the world’s largest manufacturing hub for 12 straight years.

As the conflict in Ukraine deepens and the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva is gearing up to hold its annual month-long session, which begins on Monday.

The first talks aimed at stopping the fighting between Ukraine and Russia ended Monday with no agreement. 

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that the Russian Armed Forces have disabled 118 military infrastructure facilities in Ukraine.

English Premier League clubside Chelsea, owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, have made a 24-word statement on Russian invasion of Ukraine, but it was without mentioning Russia at all.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has pleaded with the international community to do more as sanctions announced so far are not enough.

Niger Republic has freed “terrorist chiefs” from jail, including members of Boko Haram, as part of reconciliation efforts in the West African nation, officials and state media said on Saturday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to act on his threats to use nuclear weapons in the war over Ukraine, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).