President Putin congratulates Russians with Orthodox Christmas holiday

President Putin congratulates Russians with Orthodox Christmas holiday

“During the Christmas season we clearly feel with all our heart how important for us are parental, family traditions that are being handed down from generation to generation,” Vladimir Putin said Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended his congratulations to all Russian people on Orthodox Christmas holiday, pointing out to the Russian Orthodox Church’s “tremendous…

Trump’s son to visit Greenland, amid father’s interest

Trump’s son to visit Greenland, amid father’s interest

Donald Trump confirmed Monday that his eldest son Don Jr plans to visit Greenland, two weeks after the US president-elect suggested that Washington annex the autonomous Danish territory. “My son, Don Jr, and various representatives, will be traveling there to visit some of the most magnificent areas and sights,” Trump said in a post on his Truth…

Canadian ministers meet Donald Trump aides over tariff risks, immigration

Canadian ministers meet Donald Trump aides over tariff risks, immigration

Canada’s new finance minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly met aides to US President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on Friday to discuss the risks of imposing new trade tariffs, the Canadian government said. Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on imports from Canada when he takes office in January unless the country…

Pope Francis urges diplomacy on Ukraine, calls Gaza situation ‘extremely grave’

Pope Francis urges diplomacy on Ukraine, calls Gaza situation ‘extremely grave’

Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Wednesday called for talks between Ukraine and Russia to end the war that followed Moscow’s full-scale invasion two years ago and has killed tens of thousands. In his Christmas Day “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and world) address, Francis mentioned the Ukraine conflict directly and called for “the boldness…