(Adnkronos) – The pro-European Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu was reconfirmed as Prime Minister today, after reaching a coalition agreement to keep the far right out. “I nominate Marcel Ciolacu as Prime Minister,” said outgoing Liberal President Klaus Iohannis. “I wish him

(Adnkronos) – US President Joe Biden has commuted the death sentences of 37 of the 40 federal inmates, stepping in ahead of the return of Donald Trump, who oversaw a record number of lethal injections during his first term. With less than

(Adnkronos) – The death toll in Mozambique from Cyclone Chido, which struck last week, has risen to at least 120 dead and nearly 900 injured. The updated toll was released by local authorities, Radio France Internationale reports. 

(Adnkronos) – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) yesterday announced the arrest of at least 18 suspected members of the Islamic State, during a joint counter-terrorism operation with the international coalition carried out the day before in the Syrian city of Raqqa, in

(Adnkronos) – The toll from an explosion inside a military base in the city of Gimhae, in the southeastern part of South Korea, is at least three injured. This was reported by the South Korean agency Yonhap, based on news released by

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump’s transition team is pushing to get the United States out of the World Health Organization on the first day of the new administration. The Financial Times writes, citing members of the tycoon’s team, that they have talked about

(Adnkronos) – The team of the new French government of François Bayrou will not be announced before 6 pm to respect the day of national mourning in solidarity with Mayotte, devastated by Cyclone Chido. The Elysée announced it, as reported by the

(Adnkronos) – More than a thousand North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in fighting against Ukrainian forces, after being deployed in support of Russian troops, more than two years after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is

(Adnkronos) – “Yes we have a plan, we think we are going to vote this morning, so stay tuned, but we have a plan.” This is how Mike Johnson announced that a ‘plan C’ has been reached by the Republicans in a

(Adnkronos) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend the commemoration ceremony for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland on January 27. The Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita writes, explaining that the Israeli premier fears being

(Adnkronos) – German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF announced today the cancellation of the planned debate between Green chancellor candidate Robert Habeck and Alternative for Germany (AfD) candidate Alice Weidel.   ARD told Dpa that Habeck had refused in writing to hold

(Adnkronos) – South Korean police interrogated acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo. It is the first time and he was heard in relation to the events of December 3, when Yoon Seul Yeol, the president ‘suspended’ after the vote for impeachment

(Adnkronos) – Nine weeks before the early vote in Germany, the Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz appears to be on the rise in the polls, so much so that he almost equals his rival Friedrich Merz, candidate for chancellor for the CDU/CSU

(Adnkronos) – UN World Food Programme executive director Cindy McCain has expressed her devastation and the humanitarian agency’s solidarity over the “unconscionable” deaths of its staff members in an air strike in southern Sudan on Thursday.  “I am shocked and heartbroken by

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni was on Friday set to attend a north-south summit in Lapland, northern Finland, where European leaders are focusing on security – chiefly Russia – and on migration.   The summit’s aim is to look at the

(Adnkronos) – Three World Food Programme staff members were killed in an air raid in Sudan. This was denounced by Wfp in a statement shared on ‘X’, underlining that a field office of the UN organization was hit in the raid. “Wfp

(Adnkronos) – Israeli settlers set fire to the mosque in the village of Madra in the West Bank overnight and vandalized it with anti-Arab graffiti. Palestinian media report that the settlers wrote that they acted in ”revenge” and drew the Star of

(Adnkronos) – Six people, including a 15-year-old girl, were injured in an attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvy Rih last night. This was announced by Sergei Lyssak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration. “A two-story building was partially destroyed…Over twenty

(Adnkronos) – US diplomats have arrived in Syria to meet with the new authorities in a bid to urge them to promote unity after 13 years of civil war, the State Department announced. This is the first official diplomatic mission sent to

(Adnkronos) – Although Ukraine and invader Russia have not yet reached a ceasefire, Italys foreign minister Antonio Tajani is ‘cautiously optimistic” that the almost three-year-old war could end in 2025.  “I am optimistic but cautious. We have not yet reached a ceasefire,

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani is attending a Christmas lunch in Kosovo on Monday with Italian soldiers serving in the Nato-led KFOR international peacekeeping force and has underlined Italy’s full support for the European integration of the western Balkans.  ”On 23

(Adnkronos) – Incoming United States president Donald Trump is crucial to negotiations towards a just peace ending Russia’s 34-month-old invasion of Ukraine, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani told Il Messaggero daily in an interview published on Friday.  “Without America, Europe cannot do

(Adnkronos) – The United States is one step away from a shutdown after the diktat of Donald Trump and Elon Musk against the bipartisan agreement negotiated by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to avert, by the deadline of midnight tomorrow, the closure

(Adnkronos) – Green light for the return to Brasilia of President Lula, after the latest medical tests passed with “extremely satisfactory” results in San Paolo, where he underwent surgery for a brain haemorrhage last week. The Brazilian government made it known.  

(Adnkronos) – French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to “rebuild” Mayotte on the basis of new “criteria” after the devastation caused by Cyclone Chido, and has also called for an intensified “fight against illegal immigration”. Macron also rejected accusations that the government

(Adnkronos) – Iraq has announced the start of repatriations for Syrian troops who fled the lightning offensive that led to the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.  “Today, the Iraqi authorities will begin repatriating Syrian soldiers to their country after coordinating with the

(Adnkronos) – Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned Silvio Berlusconi among the leaders of the past with whom he would have a cup of tea if he had the chance. Along with the former Italian Prime Minister, Putin also mentioned former German Chancellor

(Adnkronos) – Swedish police have revealed that they have been invited – as observers – to board a Chinese ship anchored off Denmark and accused of having taken part in the sabotage of two submarine cables, to closely follow the investigations conducted

(Adnkronos) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to meet with US President-elect Donald Trump “at any time”.  “I don’t know when I will see him. He’s not saying anything about it. I haven’t spoken to him in over four