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Jacob Evans Reporting fromBusiness reporter Getty/Dave Benett Rum is one of Jamaica’s biggest exports Rum is a key part of Jamaica’s cultural identity, but what exactly makes a rum Jamaican? That question is at the centre of a dispute that is continuing to rumble on the Caribbean island, as some…

US negotiators are holding talks in the Saudi capital Riyadh with their Ukrainian counterparts and separately with the Russians on Monday. Washington’s aim is to bring about an immediate partial ceasefire to the war in Ukraine, followed by a comprehensive peace deal. So could these Riyadh talks produce the breakthrough…

An Israeli air strike on a hospital in Gaza killed a senior Hamas leader and an aide on Sunday evening, a Hamas official told the BBC. Ismail Barhoum, the head of the group’s financial affairs, was killed in the strike on Nasser Hospital, the main medical facility in Khan Younis….

Fifteen million people participated in Turkey’s opposition CHP primary on Sunday in a show of support for ousted Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. His detention last week, seen as politically motivated, triggered mass protests across the country.  Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original Source

Negotiations between US and Ukrainian officials over the prospect of a partial ceasefire in the war with Russia have started Sunday in Saudi Arabia, part of the push by US President Donald Trump to end the conflict, now in its fourth year. The talks are expected to focus on the…

Film star Gérard Depardieu will stand trial in Paris on March 24 and 25 on charges of sexual assault against two women during the filming of “The Green Shutters” in 2021 – allegations that he denies. First accused of rape by actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018, the titan of French…

A court formally arrested the mayor of Istanbul, a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Sunday and ordered him jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was detained following a raid on his residence earlier this week, sparking the largest wave of…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s cabinet on Sunday approved a motion of no confidence on the attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara in its latest move against officials deemed hostile to the government. The move came after the attorney general warned that Netanyahu’s attempt to sack Israel’s internal security chief Ronen Bar was…

Sunday’s voter turnout is likely to be high as Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party, held a primary election for the 2028 presidential vote, FRANCE 24’s Jasper Mortimer said, citing the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as the main reason. Check out our Latest News and Follow us…

White House-led talks on the future of TikTok are coalescing around a plan for the biggest non-Chinese investors in parent company ByteDance to up their stakes and acquire the short video app’s US operations. The plan, which would see software company Oracle continuing to house US user data while allowing…