The United Nations Human Rights Council rejected on Thursday a US-sponsored draft resolution that sought to initiate a debate on the situation in the Uyghur-majority Xinjiang province in northwestern China

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss promised on Wednesday to reduce the size of the country's public debt amid a flurry of criticism over the government's new plan to support the economy, which includes large-scale tax cuts

The United States and Albania have requested the UN General Assembly resume the emergency special session after referendums were held in the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia to join Russia, Paulina Kubiak, spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly, told Sputnik on Tuesday