The Caribbean country said it had reached a deal with hotel chains to “guarantee” the tourists’ accommodation “until such time as a solution is found.” Hotels in the Dominican Republic, a country renowned for its beautiful beaches, welcomed five million guests in 2021. The 14,800 Russian tourists are mainly in the eastern province of La…
Demands to dump Russia from football’s showpiece event were led by French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet. “The world of sport, and especially football, cannot remain neutral. I certainly would not oppose the expulsion of Russia,” said Le Graet told Le Parisien newspaper. France are the reigning world champions having won the 2018 tournament…
Lviv — a bastion of Ukrainian identity — lies near the Polish border and fears Russian tanks will at some point roll into the historic city. “You have to wait for the cloth to be well soaked. When it is, that means the Molotov cocktail is ready,” said one smiling employee. With a cap on…
The meeting will be convened on Monday, and is set to give all 193 members of the global body the opportunity to express their views on the invasion. Russia voted against the resolution, but under UN regulations it did not have veto power to derail the referral of the war to the General Assembly. The…
For Janos Molnar, one of dozens of Hungarians waiting on Sunday at the Tiszabecs border-crossing with food and aid supplies, the support is a “moral duty”. “I have three empty rooms at home in my nearby town, these people have been through hell,” the 50-year-old told AFP while holding a placard written in Ukrainian. According…
