PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin pledged to "avoid an escalation, reduce risks and preserve peace" in eastern Ukraine during a phone call on Sunday (Feb. 20), the French presidential office said in a press release.
MUNICH, Germany - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday, Feb. 19, that diplomatic channels are still the means to solve the Ukrainian problem but warned against "being naive."
JAKARTA - The Group of 20 (G20) members issued a joint commitment to ensure aid and support for poor and developing economies to assist their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
BRASILIA - The number of fatalities due to floods and mudslides in Petropolis, a town in southeast Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, rose to 130 on Friday, Feb. 18, according to local authorities.
