(Adnkronos) – Participants at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome have made financial commitments of more than 10 billion euros to support the war-torn country’s reconstruction, Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday.  “We must be proud of the result we are

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s government wants to see Ukraine’s rebuilding during the ongoing war with Russia because the war-ravaged former Soviet republic cannot lack “basic infrastructure”, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday.  “We want reconstruction to take place while the war is

(Adnkronos) – “Brazil is a sovereign state, with independent institutions, and will not accept any form of guardianship”. With a long post on X, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva responds to the public “letter” on X from Donald Trump with 50% tariffs

(Adnkronos) – At least 120 people have died as a result of the devastating flood that hit Texas. At least 160 are still missing. This is reported by the American media, citing local authorities. In Kerr County, the official death toll is

(Adnkronos) – The now former president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested again. He was arrested for the second time on the basis of a warrant from the Seoul Central District Court and today he will not be present

(Adnkronos) – Kyiv still in the crosshairs. At least two people died and 14 were injured in Russian attacks, with drones and missiles, which hit the Ukrainian capital overnight. The authorities denounce this, as reported by The Kyiv Independent, more than three

(Adnkronos) – The defence of Ukraine from Russia’s more-than-three-year-old invasion does not just affect Ukrainians but is vital for “us all” and for democracy, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Thursday in opening remarks to a meeting in Rome.  “Defending Ukraine is not

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani and Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky held brief talks ahead of the Ukraine Recovery Conference which got underway in Rome on Thursday.  Tajani, Zelensky, Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni, European Union Commission president Ursula von der Leyen,

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani and US president Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg held talks on the sidelines of the Ukraine Recovery Conference which kicks off in Rome on Thursday.  Tajani who is set to open the

(Adnkronos) – A two-day conference to support Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery and on accelerate its European Union entry opens in Rome on Thursday, attended by over 5,000 participants including the war-ravaged country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, Italy’s entire cabinet and 2,000 companies.  “The

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s companies can “add value” to war-ravaged Ukraine’s reconstruction and supporting Kiev is “a duty and an extraordinary opportunity for shared growth”, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.  “I believe that the experience of the Italian private sector can

(Adnkronos) – Two Chinese citizens, father and son, have been arrested in Ukraine. They are accused of espionage, of having tried to smuggle missile technology out of the country. According to Ukrinform news, on June 26, a 24-year-old Chinese man, a former

(Adnkronos) – Italy has praised a “concrete” US proposal for a truce in Israel’s war against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, which focuses on Israeli hostage releases, and has vowed to support US, Egyptian and Qatari efforts to mediate an end

(Adnkronos) – In a report adopted Wednesday with 490 votes in favor, 147 against and 49 abstentions, the European Parliament defines the “rigged parliamentary elections” of October 2024 in Georgia “a clear turn towards authoritarian rule”, following which the Georgian Dream party

(Adnkronos) – The leader of the Ennahda opposition party in Tunisia, Rachid Ghannouchi, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being found guilty of “conspiracy against state security”. Ghannouchi’s lawyers, who is 84 years old, have rejected the accusations and

(Adnkronos) – Attack in Mogadishu. In the Somali capital, the Jaalle Siyaad military academy, one of the main recruit training centers in Somalia, was targeted by a suicide bomber. The attack was claimed by Al-Shabaab.  According to a Somali policeman quoted by

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s state investment agency SIMEST is making available 300 million euros for small and medium-sized enterprises involved in the reconstruction of war-shattered Ukraine, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.  The SIMEST funds will “provide concrete support to our SMEs

(Adnkronos) – Italy on Wednesday expressed solidarity with Christians in Pakistan and called for their protection and the safeguarding of minorities and their religious freedom fundamental rights in the Muslim country and elsewhere in the world.  Cabinet undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano voiced the

(Adnkronos) – Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky is holding talks in Rome on Wednesday with Italy’s president Sergio Mattarella and Pope Leo XIV ahead of a conference on rebuilding the war-torn country that kicks off on Thursday.  Zelensky is also set to meet

(Adnkronos) – 263 people are said to have lost their lives in London during the heat wave that hit Europe last week. Sky News reports this, citing an analysis which believes that two thirds of these deaths would not have occurred without

(Adnkronos) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez reiterated, but this morning he did so in Parliament, that he will not resign in the face of the corruption cases that have involved prominent members of his Socialist Party, Josè luis Abalos and Santos

(Adnkronos) – Russia has launched the hardest attack since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. According to reports on Telegram from the Kiev Air Force, Moscow forces have launched 728 drones since 8 pm yesterday evening (local time), including hundreds of

(Adnkronos) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will announce ”strong measures” against corruption tomorrow. This was anticipated by the spokeswoman for the Spanish government Pilar Alegria during a press conference at the end of the Council of Ministers in Madrid. The measures

(Adnkronos) – The European Parliament today gave a favourable opinion on Bulgaria’s accession to the euro from 1 January 2026, adopting a report confirming Bulgaria’s compliance with the adoption criteria with 531 votes in favour, 69 against and 79 abstentions. The Parliament’s

(Adnkronos) – An imposter used artificial intelligence software to mimic the voice and writing style of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, contacting at least five senior officials, including three foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a member of Congress. This was

(Adnkronos) – Two crew members of the Eternity C, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier operated by a Greek company, were killed last night in an attack by marine drones and armed speedboats off Yemen. This was reported by the Liberian delegation during a

(Adnkronos) – The Kremlin called “shocking” the news of the death of former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit, found lifeless yesterday in his private car in Odintsovo, in the Moscow region, a few hours after the publication of the decree signed by

(Adnkronos) – A serious case of lead poisoning has affected the Peixin kindergarten in the city of Tianshui, in northwestern China, where at least 233 children have shown abnormal levels of lead in their blood after consuming contaminated sweets. According to state

(Adnkronos) – “We are very disturbed by the killings, recorded yesterday, of at least ten people, by the looting and destruction of property in Kenya”. This was stated by the United Nations spokesperson for human rights, Ravina Shamdasani, denouncing the use by

(Adnkronos) – Italy on Tuesday reaffirmed its support for a plan that Egypt unveiled earlier this year to rebuild Gaza as US president Donald Trump and Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu repeated their controversial proposal to relocate thousands of Palestinians from the coastal