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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers on Saturday in a continuing reshuffle while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight.

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has disclosed that she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy — though in a video announcement Friday, she did not say what kind of cancer or reveal details of her treatment.

LiveEO is announcing the launch of TradeAware Lite, a free version of its software solution TradeAware, designed to help companies achieve compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

Giant sequoias, the largest trees on Earth, are thriving in Britain, growing at a rate nearly equivalent to those found in their native range in the US state of California, researchers said on Wednesday.

Prime Minister and Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin on Monday met in Paris with executives of LVMH Group and Kering, widely considered the world’s leaders in the fashion industry and luxury goods, to discuss investment opportunities in Thailand and the government’s policies on soft power promotion.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Monday vowed to strengthen mutual relations across all dimensions and foster a closer partnership between their two countries.

Pope Francis said in an interview that Ukraine, facing a possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and not be ashamed to sit at the same table to carry out peace talks.

Money makes the world go round, so sang Sally Bowles in the famous movie Cabaret. Money today keeps the global economy ticking, and if the central banks stop printing money, we would already be in a 1930s Depression.  

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had a hectic day of meetings on Friday with several French business leaders in Paris to discuss trade and investment opportunities with Thailand.

Ocean temperatures hit a record high in February, with the average global sea surface temperature at 21.06 degrees Celsius (69.91 degrees Fahrenheit), the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday.

Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it, a senior US administration official said Saturday, a day before talks to reach an agreement were to resume in Egypt.

The United States has no plans to send troops to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon spokesperson Major General Patrick Ryder, said during a briefing on Tuesday. 

Denmark ends 2022 Nord Stream blasts probe, police announce Monday. Although the investigation had found that the blasts were the result of sabotage, there were insufficient grounds to bring the matter to court in Denmark