• The Canadian Press

    Xi pledges more Gaza aid and talks trade at summit with Arab leaders

    BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated calls for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and promised more humanitarian aid for people in Gaza as he opened a summit with leaders of Arab states Thursday in Beijing.

  • Evening Standard

    Covid 'universal antibody cocktail' could treat every variant of virus

    Scientists hope to create a vaccine that could work against every strain of the virus

  • Reuters

    Ukraine says Russia building up forces near Kharkiv region's north

    Russia is building up forces near the northern part of Ukraine's Kharkiv region where it launched an offensive this month, but it still lacks the troop numbers to stage a major push in the area, Ukraine's top commander said on Thursday. Ukraine says it has stabilised the front in the northeastern Kharkiv region where Russian forces launched a cross-border assault on May 10 that opened a new front in the 27-month-old war and stretched Kyiv's outnumbered troops. Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi said Russia was continuing to send additional regiments and brigades from other areas and from training grounds to bulk up its troops on two main lines of attack in Kharkiv region's north.