Fuminori Tsuchiko uses donations from Japan to run a free cafe for residents of Ukraine's war-hit city of Kharkiv.
A United Nations committee said on April 28 it was deeply concerned about human rights violations by Russian forces and private military companies in Ukraine, including enforced disappearances, torture, rape, and extrajudicial executions.
Pope Francis arrived in Hungary on April 28 at the start of a three-day trip where the war in Ukraine, migration, and Europe's Christian roots are expected to top the agenda in his public addresses and talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has invited Pope Francis to visit Ukraine and asked for help in repatriating thousands of children taken to Russia or Russian-occupied land since Moscow's invasion.
The Kremlin said on April 27 it welcomed anything that could bring an end to the Ukraine conflict closer when asked what it thought of a phone call the day before between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
After talks with the European Commission, Hungary's government will submit a key judicial-reform bill to parliament as part of its efforts to unlock suspended EU funds, Justice Minister Judit Varga said.
The Czech government has made the head of the Russian Orthodox Church the first person on its national sanctions list due to his support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on April 26.
Three Russian military aircraft flying without transponder signals have been intercepted in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, Germany's Luftwaffe said on April 26.
Ukraine is working with the FBI and U.S. companies to collect evidence of war crimes by Russians, such as geolocation and cell-phone information, senior officials said on April 25.
The Kremlin said on April 26 that Moscow's move to take temporary control of the assets of Finnish energy group Fortum and its former German subsidiary Uniper was in retaliation for what it called the illegal seizure of Russian assets abroad.
A New York lawyer pleaded guilty on April 25 to making $3.8 million in payments to maintain properties that were beneficially owned by Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian billionaire oligarch under U.S. sanctions, court records showed.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on April 25 that the situation related to the Black Sea grain deal had reached a deadlock, adding that there were still obstacles blocking Russian exports.
There are no plans for South Africa to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC) as earlier suggested by President Cyril Ramaphosa, his office said April 25, citing a communication "error" from the ruling ANC party
A Russian tennis player was not allowed board a flight operated by Polish flag carrier LOT, the airline confirmed on April 25.
Some former KFC restaurants in Russia began reopening as Rostic's on April 25, as the new owners revive a brand born soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Remarks by China's ambassador to France questioning the sovereignty of former Soviet states such as Ukraine are totally unacceptable, Czech and Lithuanian foreign ministers said before a meeting with EU colleagues April 24.
The Group of Seven (G7) leading economic powers called on April 23 for the "extension, full implementation, and expansion" of a critical deal to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea, the group's agriculture ministers said.
Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on April 22 he did not want to "please anyone" with his views about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, after provoking criticism in the West for suggesting Kyiv shared the blame for the war.
Russian-origin fertilizer that Latvia seized due to European Union sanctions is being sent to Kenya by the United Nations World Food Program, Latvia's Foreign Ministry said.
The Kremlin said on April 21 that it was monitoring reports of a possible ban on exports to Russia by Western countries and that any new sanctions would hit the global economy.
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