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Schmidt had held the powerful position, established by the Dayton Peace Accords, since 2021. "We demand that Western countries cease their intervention in the domestic affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina," Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Balkan nation. "We insist on the immediate closure of the OHR," he said. "It is past time for them to gain genuine sovereignty and independence." Nebenzia said the departure of Schmidt, whom his country never recognized... Читать дальше...

France's health minister said on Tuesday that there was "no evidence" of widespread hantavirus circulation in France and that officials were "rather reassured" – although not completely certain – that the strain identified on the MV Hondius cruise ​ship ‌had not mutated.

Hosts Gujarat defended 168 in Ahmedabad as Rabada took 3-28 and, with his fellow quicks, bowled out Hyderabad for 86, their lowest ever score in the IPL. Fellow quick Jason Holder cleaned up the Hyderabad middle and lower-order to claim 3-20 from his four overs. "Worked out for us nicely," said Gujarat skipper Shubman Gill. "We bowled very well. We knew if we bowled well, we would always be in the game." Former champions Gujarat leapfrogged Hyderabad and defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru to top the 10-team table... Читать дальше...

The Senate voted 51-45 to confirm Warsh's appointment to the board for a 14-year term, with the results largely along party lines. The Senate will hold a separate vote to confirm Warsh as the central bank's chair, taking over from incumbent Jerome Powell, whose term finishes at the end of this week. US President Donald Trump has frequently insulted and criticized Powell, demanding the central bank lower interest rates faster, despite significant economic headwinds. US consumer inflation came in... Читать дальше...

As the Africa Forward Summit comes to a close, French President Emmanuel Macron is speaking to journalists from FRANCE 24, RFI and TV5Monde in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi about what the president describes as a new model of partnership between Paris and African nations. Watch the full interview on FRANCE 24 from 9PM Paris time.

Warsh was confirmed to a 14-year term on the Fed's board by the Senate on Tuesday, with a separate vote due to install him as the central bank's chief. The 56-year-old native of upstate New York left his first term on the board prematurely in 2011, griping over policy differences. Now, he returns to lead the Fed -- tasked with, among other things, managing US inflation and ensuring maximum employment -- with an agenda that includes changing how it makes decisions, communicates those moves and implements policy shifts. Читать дальше...

It was also announced Tuesday that another five players and a member of the support staff had been sanctioned by World Rugby, with bans issued of up to nine years. A parallel investigation between World Rugby and the World Anti-Doping Agency was triggered when irregularities in urine samples were identified by the governing body's athlete passport management programme. Sharikadze, 32, who made more than 100 appearances for Georgia, is the most heavily sanctioned for tampering with urine samples... Читать дальше...

The MV Hondius set sail from this spectacular Patagonian port, sandwiched between snow-capped mountains and the South Atlantic, on April 1. Five days later, a Dutch man who had travelled through South America on a birdwatching trip with his wife, developed symptoms of hantavirus, a rodent-borne disease. He, his wife and another of the ship's passengers later died of the virus, which has revived bitter memories of the emergence of Covid-19, despite health experts downplaying similarities between the viruses. Читать дальше...

The birds, with their iridescent, sweeping trains, perch on rooftops and fences across Punta Marina, a village on the Adriatic Sea coast in the Emilia Romagna region, east of Bologna. Their booming numbers have split the town in two -- one side thinks they should be left alone; the other wants them taken to more suitable pastures. The once-revered creatures appear throughout nearby Ravenna's prized mosaics as a symbol of immortality -- but 81-year-old Marco Manzoli, a retired bus driver, said they were essentially delinquents who poo a lot. Читать дальше...

Murray had a six-month spell coaching former rival Novak Djokovic between November 2024 and last May but has since spent time away from tennis. But he has now returned to work with Draper, who looks the most likely of Britain's current male tennis players to succeed two-time Wimbledon king Murray as a Grand Slam champion. Draper announced on Tuesday he had split from coach Jamie Delgado, who himself had worked with Murray when the 38-year-old Scot was a player. "I am very grateful for everything... Читать дальше...