Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday blocked 50 billion euros (USD 54 billion) in aid for Ukraine, hours after the European Union agreed to formally open membership talks with Kyiv, Al Jazeera reported.
However, despite their opposition to the sanctions against the Taliban, China and Russia did not call for a review of the sanctions on the group. Moscow and Beijing did not veto the continuation of the monitoring team's work.
The United States said that it wants Russia to negotiate in "good faith" regarding the release of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and American Paul Whelan, adding that Washington would welcome serious engagement with Moscow.
In a historic decision, India's first woman candidate, Uma Sekhar, was elected to the Governing Council of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) on Thursday, according to sources.
Addressing the public and media in his first end-of-year news conference since the offensive started, Putin asserted that achieving peace depends on Ukraine meeting these conditions.
It reported that Russia entered the war with 360,000 troops, including contract and conscript personnel, of which the country lost 315,000 on the battlefield. 2,200 tanks out of 3500 have been lost and 4,400 of the 13,600 infantry fighting vehicles and armoured personnel carriers have als
US President Joe Biden held a meeting with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy and discussed Ukraine's self-defence against Russian offensive, including plans for the coming year.
Biden said, "Congress needs to pass supplemental funding to Ukraine before they break for holiday recess, before they give [Vladimir] Putin the greatest Christmas gift they can possibly give him."
At the COP28, Dubai Police showcased their adventure game, COP28UAE, which has received over 920,000 views and is available in six languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish, and Chinese, the official languages of the United Nations.