LONDON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The Russian embassy in London on Saturday described Britain's planned transfer to Ukraine of more than 2 billion pounds ($2.5 billion) backed by frozen Russian assets as a "fraudulent scheme". Britain said in October it would lend Ukraine 2.26 billion pounds as part of a much larger loan from the Group of Seven nations backed by frozen Russian central bank assets to help buy weapons and rebuild damaged infrastructure. The loans were agreed in July by leaders of the G7 - Britain, Canada, France, Germany,...

ROME, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies "stand ready to support a transition process that leads to credible, inclusive, and non-sectarian governance" in Syria, a statement said on Thursday. The G7 said a political transition after the end of Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule had to ensure "respect for the rule of law, universal human rights, including women's rights, the protection of all Syrians, including religious and ethnic minorities, transparency and accountability". "The G7 will work with and fully support a future Syrian...

The City Council approved plans to build more than 220 apartments near Garden of the Gods Road, about three years after a previous council denied another apartment project across the street because they concluded it could make emergency evacuations more dangerous.

Yes, it seems like a good location for apartments No, it seems unsafe and/or overcrowded

The City Council approved plans to build more than 220 apartments near Garden of the Gods Road, about three years after a previous council denied another apartment project across the street because they concluded it could make emergency evacuations more dangerous.

Yes, it seems like a good location for apartments No, it seems unsafe and/or overcrowded

The Institute for Public Policy Research has called on the government to ensure that UK businesses are a secure, sensible, and stable place to invest. Britain has the lowest rates of investment, including both businesses and government, of any G7 nation, a think tank has reported. The analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has said that without new investment, it’s hard to see how UK economic performance can improve. The report comes amid a sluggish recovery by the UK economy from a technical recession it entered at...

Misleading video used to falsely claim Biden wandered off at G7 conference Claim: Video shows Biden wandered off from world leaders at G7 skydiving event. President Joe Biden’s age has long been the subject of conservative attacks, even more so now that at age 81, he’s seeking a second term. According to claims using edited or out-of-context videos, Biden once left in the middle of a news interview (False), "turned around and shook hands with thin air" (False), and sat in an imaginary chair at a D-Day event (he didn’t)....