Parliamentary and presidential elections were last held in Ukraine in 2019. Parliamentary approval is required every 90 days to extend martial law, which allows troops to be mobilised and the electoral cycle to be suspended.

China’s retaliation deepened the economic turmoil from Trump’s tariffs, sending markets down and leaving foreign leaders uncertain how to respond to the major trade disruption.

Confirmed Denisovan fossils now have been identified from three places - the Penghu Channel, Denisova Cave in Russia and the Tibetan Plateau in China’s Gansu province

TASS cited the russian ambassador to US as saying that both sides had stressed the importance of resuming direct flights between Russia and the United States in expanding business ties and contacts.

Unions are demanding the government reinstate sacked employees, reopen salary talks and scrap plans to privatize some public firms, among other measures.

US President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement on Monday that Washington and Tehran were poised to begin direct talks in Oman on Saturday over Iran’s nuclear program

Google spokesperson claims it a plan of becoming more nimble and operating more effectively since Google combined platforms and devices last year

The sudden collapse at the Jet Set club in Santo Domingo after midnight on Tuesday marred a concert by merengue singer Rubby Perez where politicians, athletes and other prominent local figures had gathered.

While announcing a 90-day tariff pause on dozens of countries, Trump ratcheted up tariffs on Chinese imports, raising them effectively to 145% when levies imposed earlier this year are taken into account.

Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukrainian intelligence had information about 155 Chinese citizens fighting in Ukraine.

The bloc was due to launch counter-tariffs on about 21 billion euros of US imports from next Tuesday.

Both Moscow and Washington have complained in recent years about the difficulties of getting credentials for their diplomats.

The step will immediately affect those applying for lawful permanent resident status, foreign students and those affiliated with educational institutions linked to antisemitic activity.

The tragedy struck after midnight during a concert by Dominican merengue singer Rubby Perez, when the roof suddenly collapsed at an event attended by politicians, athletes, and other prominent figures.

Trump’s reversal on Wednesday came less than a day after major new tariffs took effect, following the most intense market volatility since early Covid-19 pandemic.