The IX St. Petersburg open-air International All Together Opera Festival which opens in August and will be the first festival since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, will become a symbol of "rebirth for the Russian cultural life," the musical director or the festival, Fabio Mastrangelo, told Sputnik

Rubem Novaes, CEO of Banco do Brasil - the largest Latin American bank in terms of assets - has announced his resignation to ensure the company's renewal

The death toll from the coronavirus infection in the world topped 636,000, over 15.6 million cases of infection were detected, and over 8.9 million of those patients were cured, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from federal and local authorities, media and other sources

Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh dismissed Foreign Minister Noureddine Erray from his position on Friday, a press release received by Sputnik read

The United Nations announced on Friday that UN chief Antonio Guterres has appointed a veteran Jamaican diplomat to run the International Trade Center (ITC) and aid small, vulnerable economies

A Moscow court on Friday ordered Renato Usatii, a Moldovan businessman and politician, arrested on financial fraud charges, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the hearing