Schools are offering rewards including iPads and bikes to children to boost attendance, a report has suggested.

A Russian military court yesterday handed down long prison sentences to 12 members of Ukraine&s Azov regiment, which led the defence of the city of Mariupol in the early months of the war and is designated as a &terrorist organisation& by Russia.

Investors see the Argentine peso on the verge of devaluation again, with the currency poised to change direction once more after going from one of the worst in the world in 2023 to among the strongest performers last year.

Russia&s time-wasting and new demands over a ceasefire in Ukraine suit Kyiv just fine & the delays help build a non-American alliance and mean it can drive on with campaigns where it&s dominant in a war that it can win.