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"The historic meeting between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin is also the pinnacle of non-verbal communication: Who is told to wait and how long? Who seems more relaxed? Who will come with a longer convoy?" - the daily "Die Welt" analyzes the most important "conscious and unconscious signals" of the meeting "of the US and Russian presidents.more

We would like to change the European Union's relations with Russia to a more predictable one, said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, when asked in Brussels what she expects from the meeting of the presidents of Russia and the USA in Geneva.more

EU ambassadors gave the green light to impose sanctions on people and entities in Belarus responsible for forcing a Ryanair plane to land in Minsk and the repression in the country, an EU source said today.more

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Cichanouska called on Britain to use its strength as states to strengthen sanctions against Alyaksandr Lukashenka's regime for human rights violations in Belarus.more

The diversion of Ryanair flight to Belarus, allowing a prominent critic to be arrested, was a “premeditated breach of all the international aviation rules”, according to the airline’s boss Michael O’Leary.more

Joe Biden, who will meet Vladimir Putin for the first time as US president today, may have to wait for him. Putin's meetings with world leaders often attract attention also because the Russian leader arrives late.more

Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez and GOP Sen. Susan Collins are renewing their call for a 9/11-style commission to study the causes of the COVID-19 and the U.S. response to the pandemic. more

The Irish government is set to announce an increase to the self-isolation period for British travellers, going up from five days to 10.more

Relations between the West and Russia are at their “lowest point” in many years, according to NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg. He was speaking as he arrived at NATO HQ in Brussels for a key meeting with US President Joe Biden and other NATO leaders.more

The Delta strain of coronavirus should be renamed the ‘Johnson variant’ because of the Prime Minister’s ‘lax’ border measures, Labour has said.more

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Italy regretted the incident at the Monte Cassino cemetery with the participation of the Belarusian delegation. Polish diplomats emphasize that putting flowers with the signs of a sickle and a hammer is the use of places of memory and symbols to "provoke and fester".more

Ministers should be banned from political lobbying for five years after they leave office, and not for two years as it is today, the UK Public Living Standards Committee has recommended in a report published today.more

Joe Biden left his sunglasses on when he met Queen Elizabeth II, but a former royal butler explains "he should have removed them."more

US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have met the Queen at Windsor Castle. The visit included a Guard of Honour and afternoon tea with the monarch.more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year hold on power is set to end on Sunday when the parliament votes on a new government, ushering in an administration that has pledged to heal a nation bitterly divided over the departure of the country’s longest-serving leader.more

Growing tensions between Britain and the European Union threatened to overshadow the Group of Seven summit's conclusion on Sunday, with London accusing France of "offensive" remarks that Northern Ireland was not part of the United Kingdom.more

About 3,000 soldiers and policemen will watch over security during the meeting of US and Russian presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin on June 16 in Geneva. The authorities in Bern also decided, inter alia, about temporary restrictions in the airspace.more

Europeans are experiencing a crisis of confidence in the EU due to its handling of the COVID pandemic and vaccine rollout, a new report shows. more

Boris Johnson thinks there will be "some pragmatic solutions" to post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland, he has told the BBC. The prime minister held talks with EU leaders at the G7 summit on Saturday.more

The global mobilization seen during the coronavirus pandemic must be used to fight climate change, said Prince Charles yesterday in a speech to G7 leaders.more

A reset in Franco-British relations is possible, but only if the British Prime Minister keeps his word to Europeans and fulfills his Brexit commitments, said French President Emmanuel Macron in a conversation with Boris Johnson.more

British Queen Elizabeth II, heir to the throne Prince Charles and Princess Camilla, and Prince William and Princess Kate arrived late afternoon yesterday afternoon at the Cornwall Botanical Gardens to attend the reception of the leaders at the G7 Summit.more

The alliance between the US and the UK should be called an "indestructible relationship", said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in an interview with the BBC yesterday after his first meeting with US President Joe Biden.more

The coronavirus pandemic and its recovery, preventing climate change and promoting free trade are the main themes of the three-day G7 leaders' summit, which begins today in the small town of Carbis Bay, Cornwall.more

More than 40 government-funded charities have written to Boris Johnson urging him to lift the 30 June deadline for EU citizens to apply to retain their rights to remain in the UK following Brexit.more