Legislative elections in Armenia: Pashinian in the lead according to initial partial results. According to the Central Electoral Commission, the results after counting 32% of polling stations showed on Sunday evening that the Civil Contract party of the Armenian Prime Minister was ahead of the Strong Armenia alliance of Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan, with respectively 51.2% and 23% of the vote. voice. The participation rate rose to 59%, according to the commission. Nikol Pashinian claimed a “historic victory†et s’est engagé à “pursue the path of rapprochement with the West†while developing relations with Russia. “The first estimates give Pashinian’s party 61 seats in the National Assembly, which has 105 members, a clear majority if this figure is confirmed after the final count, observe Radio Free Europe. That would still fall short of the 70 seats required to easily pass the constitutional reforms he deems necessary to establish peace with long-time neighbor and rival Azerbaijan and pass other measures.â€
Philippines: tsunami alert after 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The powerful earthquake occurred on Monday near the coast of the island of Mindanao, in the south of the country. The earthquake left one dead and four injured and caused significant material damage, according to police. According to the Philippine newspaper The Inquirer, buildings were also destroyed. Videos posted on Facebook and authenticated by AFP show a shopping center housing a Jollibee fast-food chain collapsing in the province of General Santos, while elsewhere a building on the campus of a local school collapsed. The earthquake, which occurred on the first day of the school year, led to the suspension of classes, specifies The Inquirer. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, based in Hawaii, warned that tsunami waves were possible “in the next three hours†along the coasts of the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan and as far as Japan.
Tennis: German Alexander Zverev wins the Roland-Garros final. The world number 3, aged 29, ended his long quest for a first Grand Slam title on Sunday after his victory in five sets against the Italian Flavio Cobolli (6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 [5]6-1). “Alexander Zverev is the first German to win a Grand Slam men’s singles title since Boris Becker’s victory in Melbourne in 1996. Only Henner Henkel had won before in Paris, in 1937†, reminds The time. “The best German player of the last ten years not only outperformed his Italian opponent, but also conquered his own demons. John McEnroe, in particular, believed that Zverev was the best tennis player in history to have never won a Grand Slam… underlines the weekly. From now on, “eye has nothing left to prove to anyone†, concludes the newspaper.
London, Paris and Berlin support the idea of a Zelensky-Putin meeting. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday they supported the proposal for direct dialogue between the Ukrainian president and his Russian counterpart – with a view to achieving a ceasefire. In a joint statement published after a meeting in London, which was also attended by the Ukrainian leader, the three Europeans “Salué l’appel lancé”. by Volodymyr Zelensky to end the war through diplomacy. Citing the open letter sent Thursday by the Ukrainian president to his Russian counterpart, they indicated that this “dialogue ‌direct†would take place “with the “active participation of the United States and Europe†. This meeting proposal was rejected by Putin, who said he did not see the point at present in a face-to-face meeting with the Ukrainian leader. Sunday, in an interview with the channel Sky News, Zelensky said he met Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich in kyiv and sent him messages intended for the Russian president. He confirmed that he was ready to meet Putin and that kyiv would not cede Donbass.
The United States is reportedly considering buying the Chagos Islands. The White House is studying a project aimed at acquiring the Indian Ocean archipelago from Mauritius, reports Sunday The Telegraph. According to the newspaper, US officials have “drawn up a proposal to bypass the UK and strike their own deal to take control of the main Chagos atoll, Diego Garcia, which is home to a strategically important US-UK military base. THE ​Telegraph affirms that the project would be part of a set of options developed by the Trump administration in order to “propose different choices to the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, who plans to “return†the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The “White House has spoken regularly with Downing Street about Diego Garcia’s future,” the article added. In April, London suspended its agreement to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, which Donald had strongly criticized as “serious error†.
