Jewish groups demanded an explanation after Anthony Rota, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, introduced a 98-year-old veteran of an SS unit as a “hero.”
The summit between Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin will be closely watched for signs that North Korea will supply Russia with munitions. Mr. Putin said the two would discuss rocket technology.
A shadowy fight is playing out on three continents for control of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s sprawling interests as head of the Wagner mercenary group. The biggest prize: his lucrative operations in Africa.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia will not attend the funeral for Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary chief who launched a failed mutiny against Russia’s military leadership and and died in a plane crash last week, the Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday, according to Russian state media. The spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, added that the Kremlin had no further information on the funeral, according to New York Times report.