A German dentist accused of killing three people ruthlessly has refused to speak in court even as the trial began on Wednesday in the German port city of Kiel.

The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Sidie Tunis, has harped on the need to boost trade relations between West African nations and the Kingdom of Morocco to boost economic growth.

U.S. President Joe Biden, on Tuesday announced first tranche of sanctions on Russia, following its decision to recognise the independence of certain areas of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

EU diplomats and officials on Tuesday said EU sanctions on Russia could include blacklist on politicians and officials, ban on trading in Russian state bonds, import and export ban on separatist entities.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday brought a formal end to former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of White House records.

Ms Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, has urged parties involved in the Ukraine crisis to make meaningful progress on implementation of the 2015 Minsk agreements, as she briefed the Security Council.

European Commission and European Council have jointly condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognise the non-government controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine as independent entities.

France’s Court of Auditors has criticised the escalating public debt accumulated by the country during the pandemic so far and has called for a vigorous restructuring of the country’s public finances.