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www.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago
Europe news

MPs open inquiry into success of UK Treasury sanctions on Russia

The UK Treasury committee is investigating the effectiveness of economic sanctions on Russia, looking at expanding them to cover buyers of Russian oil and gas.
The committee is examining freezing and confiscating assets as part of UK's sanctions on Russia, assessing the impact and potential loopholes exploited by Putin and his associates.
www.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago
Europe news

Fishy business: After Russia invaded Ukraine, its seafood industry thrived

Sanctions effectiveness questioned
Selective impact of sanctions
www.nytimes.com
1 month ago
Europe news

U.S. Campaign to Isolate Russia Shows Limits After 2 Years of War

President of Brazil's neutral stance on Ukraine-Russia conflict contradicts US and European allies' view
Russia's economic resilience defies US efforts to isolate Putin
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Europe news

President Zelenskyy arrives in Rome for meetings with the pope and Italian leaders

An exterior view of the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome where Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenskyy is expected to meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Saturday.Riccardo De Luca/AP ROME Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy arrived in Rome on Saturday for talks with Italian officials and Pope Francis, who has said the Vatican has launched a behind-the-scenes initiative to try to end the war launched last year by Russia.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Despite Xi's trip to Russia, dialogue between China and Ukraine is still possible

Hours after Xi Jinping wrapped up a state dinner hosted in a lavish 15th-century palace, where he extolled Beijing's positive role in Vladimir Putin's invasion, Russia sent a swarm of drones to Ukraine that killed seven people in a town south of Kyiv.Commenting on the attack, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, wrote: Every time someone tries to hear the word peace' in Moscow, another order is given there for such criminal strikes.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia, Iran sending top envoys to UN's human rights council

GENEVA - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will help kick off the latest and longest-ever session of the U.N.'s top human rights body on Monday, with Iran's foreign minister, a senior Russian envoy, and the top diplomats of France and Germany among scores of leaders set to take part.Are you on Telegram?
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Theregister
3 months ago
Privacy professionals

Government Google ads show up on adult websites and in Iran

Ads paid for by government agencies and major companies were found on inappropriate and potentially sanctioned websites.
Adalytics report raises questions about where ads appear and whether ad revenue violates sanction rules.
World politics
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

Russia Denounces West Over Drone Strike on Moscow

A day after a drone strike on Moscow, Kremlin officials jumped on the refusal of Ukrainian allies to denounce the attack as proof that Russia's real war was with the West.The Kremlin's spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, said Russia would have preferred to hear at least some words of condemnation from Western capitals.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

Residents of Kherson Told to Evacuate as Battle Appears Imminent

Zelensky accuses Russia of deliberately slowing grain shipments.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

The U.S. says it has warned Russia of 'catastrophic consequences' if it uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

On NBC's "Meet the Press," Mr. Sullivan said American and Russian officials have spoken frankly and repeatedly, including in recent days, about specific steps the administration would take if nuclear weapons were deployed.Biden administration officials have warned Russian officials in private conversations of "catastrophic consequences" if Moscow uses nuclear weapons in its invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. national security adviser said on Sunday."We have communicated directly, privately, at very high levels to the Russians, that there will be catastrophic consequences if they use nuclear weapons in Ukraine," Mr. Sullivan said.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Russia appears closer to defaulting on its international debt as grace period ends.

Russia appeared closer to defaulting on its international debt on Monday as a grace period to make a payment expired, the latest sign of how isolated Russia has become from global financial markets as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Russia appears to miss its foreign debt payments deadline, falling into default.

Russia appeared to be falling into default on its international debt on Monday as a grace period to make a payment expired, the latest sign of how isolated Russia has become from global financial markets as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Navalny's anti-corruption group urges Congress to place sanctions on 6,000 of Putin's midlevel cronies.

WASHINGTON - Russian activists with Aleksei A. Navalny's anti-corruption organization are lobbying members of Congress to impose fresh sanctions on 6,000 officials and business leaders who have benefited from President Vladimir V. Putin's patronage, a sweeping measure that they hope will force his backers to distance themselves from the Russian president.
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France news
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
France news

South Korea, EU agree to boost pressure on Russia, condemn North Korean missile tests

Leaders of South Korea and the European Union agreed Monday to increase pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine and condemn North Korea's ballistic missile tests.South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Seoul after attending the weekend summit of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations in Hiroshima, Japan.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

Russia, Iran sending top envoys to UN's human rights council

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will help kick off the latest and longest-ever session of the U.N.'s top human rights body on Monday, with Iran's foreign minister, a senior Russian envoy, and the top diplomats of France and Germany among scores of leaders set to take part.
The Independent
1 year ago
France news

G7 invoke 'unity' against Russia; EU pledges Ukraine funds

The European Union is giving Ukraine another 500 million euros ($520 million) to buy heavy weapons to fend off the Russian invasion, the bloc's foreign affairs chief said Friday at a gathering in Germany of top diplomats from the Group of Seven wealthy nations.
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www.npr.org
10 months ago
Europe news

Latest in Ukraine: Zelenskyy scores F-16 training, as Russia claims to take Bakhmut

President Biden walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of a working session on Ukraine during the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Sunday.In a win for the Ukrainian leader, Biden supported training Ukraine's pilots to fly F-16s.Susan Walsh/AP Here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
UK politics

Sunak must be firm. Ukraine's fate will be decided by war and diplomacy not by sanctions | Simon Jenkins

Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to London yesterday on his surprise tour of European capitals suggests a last throw of the dice in his bid to drive the Russians from his country.He has justice on his side and is desperate for logistical support.He has shown he can use it well and deserves to get it.As he did in his meeting with Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, he is also requesting additional economic sanctions on Russia.
Independent
1 year ago
World news

China, Russia and Iran hold joint naval drills in Gulf of Oman

Naval forces from China, Iran and Russia are staging joint drills in the Gulf of Oman this week, China's defence ministry has said.ther countries are also taking part in the "Security Bond-2023" exercises, the ministry added.Iran, Pakistan, Oman and the United Arab Emirates all have coastline along the body of water lying at the mouth of the strategic Persian Gulf.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Mind the Gap Between the West and the Rest

Every little bit helps.(Bloomberg)When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addressed a joint session of the US Congress just days before Christmas - his first trip abroad since Russia's invasion 10 months ago - he described a triumph against the Kremlin in the "battle for the minds of the world."
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Europe news

The U.S. looks to reorient ties with Saudi Arabia over an oil-production cut that could benefit Russia.

WASHINGTON  The American secretary of state said on Wednesday that the United States would re-evaluate its relationship with Saudi Arabia over the kingdom's decision to support Russia by agreeing to cut oil production next month, a move that the White House has asserted helps Moscow's war effort against Ukraine.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Westerners in no mood for concessions to Russia in Ukraine, poll finds

Nearly eight months into Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine, citizens in core western alliance countries show little appetite for the kind of concessions to Russia that might form part of an eventual agreement to end the fighting, according to a major survey.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Europe news

Ukraine secured military aid, including advanced fighter jets, at the G-7 summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, following the conclusion of the G7 Summit Leaders' Meeting on May 21, 2023 in Hiroshima, Japan.The G7 summit will be held in Hiroshima from 19-22 May.Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images A lot happened in the 24 hours that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended the G-7 summit this weekend.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Biden Says He'd Use Military Force on Iran as "Last Resort" to Prevent Nukes

U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview aired Wednesday that he would be willing to go to war with Iran to prevent the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon, a position that drew condemnation from advocacy groups and foreign policy analysts who questioned the moral, strategic, and legal bases for such a stance.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia-Ukraine live news: Russia's FM warns of World War III risk

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says peace talks with Ukraine will continue, but says World War III danger is serious'.
The Independent
1 year ago
Berlin

Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine War

BERLIN - German authorities say they have seized a massive superyacht in Hamburg after determining that it belongs to the sister of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov.
kvue.com
1 year ago
Europe news

US to send more military aid to Ukraine, defense official says

As Western nations keep sending weapons into Ukraine, Russia has found it difficult to stop the flow aid -- possibly due to its own supply issues.
www.france24.com
10 months ago
Europe news

The Interview - Wife of jailed Russian activist Kara-Murza says she will 'never stop fighting' for him

12:41 THE INTERVIEW FRANCE 24 FRANCE 24 spoke to Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition activist who was recently sentenced to 25 years in jail by a Moscow court for "high treason" because of his outspoken criticism of the war in Ukraine.Kara-Murza sent a message to her jailed husband: she will "never stop fighting" for him.
www.dw.com
10 months ago
Europe news

Ukraine: Von der Leyen visits Kyiv to mark Europe Day DW 05/09/2023

33 minutes ago33 minutes ago The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday to underline the EU's support for Ukraine on Europe Day.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen marked Europe Day in Ukraine's capital Kyiv where she met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Russian proxies in Ukraine claim victory in annexation votes

Kyiv and the West dismiss the referendums in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine as a sham'.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Germany is investigating leaks in Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia.

Authorities were trying to determine the cause of leaks in two gas pipelines running from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea after both experienced a sudden drop in pressure, German and Danish officials said.
The Verge
1 year ago
Europe news

Google's Russian branch plans to file for bankruptcy

Google's Russian subsidiary will file for bankruptcy, according to a report from Reuters, with the company stating it can no longer keep the branch.
kvue.com
1 year ago
Europe news

European leaders blast cutoff of Russian gas as 'blackmail'

Russia's move to use its most essential export as leverage in the Ukraine war marked a dramatic escalation in economic sanctions and countersanctions.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

After warnings, no evidence China is supplying arms to Russia, U.S. officials say

On Feb. 26, U.S. officials said that there is not yet evidence that China has sent lethal military support to Russia in its war against Ukraine.(Video: Blair Guild/The Washington Post)
Top administration officials said Sunday there is no evidence that China has sent lethal military support to Russia, a step Beijing is said to be considering.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Larry Summers: Why sanctions on Russia aren't effective

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said price caps on Russian energy should be stiffened up to maximize the impact of sanctions on the country as the war in Ukraine hits a year.The former Harvard University president said on Fareed Zakaria GPS Sunday, economic sanctions on Russia haven't bitten hard because a countries making up a significant part of the world's GDP, like China, India and Turkey, haven't participated.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Europe news

Switzerland's parliament is considering a retooling of Swiss neutrality

Switzerland is considering allowing its military hardware to be given to Ukraine.It would be a big change in policy for the traditionally neutral country.A MARTINEZ, HOST: Switzerland's parliament today will consider something that was once unthinkable, a retooling of Swiss neutrality.As NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports, the reason is Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Brazilian Tax Authority Numbers Reveal Cryptocurrency Market Recovery in January Bitcoin News

Numbers from the Brazilian tax authority indicate that the cryptocurrency market experienced a resurgence in January, with trading increasing more than 10% compared to December.Tether's usdt is still the currency that moves the most volume, a reality related to OTC (over-the-counter) trades, according to market analysts.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia rains missiles on Ukraine, eyes Bakhmut capture in April

Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin forecast Bakhmut would fall by April, blaming delays on the Russian military bureaucracy.Russia bombarded Ukraine with missiles on Thursday and struck its largest oil refinery, Kyiv said, while the head of the Wagner mercenary group predicted the long-besieged city of Bakhmut would fall within a couple of months.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia faces critical shortage' of artillery shells, says UK defence chief

Russia faces a critical shortage of artillery shells and Moscow's ability to conduct ground operations in Ukraine is rapidly diminishing as a result, Britain's armed forces chief has said.Adm Sir Tony Radakin, the chief of defence staff, told an audience at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) thinktank on Wednesday that the Kremlin had only planned for a short period to subjugate Ukraine, and has instead found itself embroiled in a conflict lasting nearly 10 months.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Ukrainian official calls on allies to boycott' Russian culture

A top Ukrainian official Oleksandr Tkachenko has urged the country's allies to boycott Russian culture  and ban Russian composer Tchaikovsky from performances  until the bloody invasion comes to an end.Mr Tkachenko said over 800 cases of destruction of Ukrainian culture, including destroyed museums, liquidated libraries and erasure of the word Ukraine, have been recorded by its ministry of culture and information policy since Russia's invasion of its neighbour began on February 24.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Ireland would need to speak to UK' before any move to restrict Russian tourists

Ireland would need to hold discussions with the UK ahead of making any move to restrict Russian tourists entering the country, a senior minister has said.
The Independent
1 year ago
UK news

Putin's Russia 'mirroring the fascism and tyranny' of the Nazis, Wallace claims

Vladimir Putin's regime is "mirroring" the actions of the Nazis, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace will say as the Russian leader stages a military parade to celebrate victory over Hitler's fascists.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Ukraine welcomes a U.S. push for energy aid, saying time is of the essence.

BUCHAREST, Romania  Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met on Wednesday with his Ukrainian counterpart on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers as the United States rushed to raise funds to help Ukraine repair energy infrastructure that has been battered by Russian attacks.Mr. Blinken said at a news conference on Wednesday that the United States and its allies would send Ukraine more weapons and impose further economic sanctions on Russia.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Alexei Navalny aide says his survival may depend on value to Vladimir Putin

Alexei Navalny's survival may depend on his value to Vladimir Putin as a future bargaining chip, his chief aide said, warning that the opposition leader's health was at risk after being forced into indefinite solitary confinement.Leonid Volkov, speaking on a visit to London, added that Navalny had lost access to his family and was being permanently detained in a 8 by 12ft cell following the isolation decision by Russian authorities last week.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Europe news

West should not dictate' peace terms to Ukraine, says Czech foreign minister

Western backers of Ukraine should not dictate peace terms to Kyiv and recognise that the country is in effect fighting against Russia to protect all of Europe, the Czech foreign minister has said on a trip to London.Jan Lipavsky, whose country holds the EU presidency, also blamed Russia for what appears to be a stray air defence missile landing in Poland on Tuesday, because it had attacked Ukraine with more than 100 rockets.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

The MH17 case: A timeline of tragedy and conflict.

AMSTERDAM  A Dutch court will deliver its verdict on Thursday in the trial of four men with ties to the Russian security services for the shooting down of a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014.The disaster claimed all 298 civilian lives aboard, and came in the midst of a conflict that foreshadowed Russia's invasion of Ukraine this year.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

55,000 Ontario Education Workers Strike Despite 'Draconian' New Anti-Labor Law

Defying new legislation fast-trackedby right-wing Ontario Premier Doug Ford outlawing strikes, more than 55,000 education workers in the Canadian province hit the picket lines Friday, vowing to stay in the streets for "as long as it takes" to secure a contract they feel is fair.The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) launched what it called"a wake-up call and a call to arms for organized labor across Canada" after Ontario's Progressive Conservative government on Thursday enacted Bill 28 - the Keeping Students in Class Act - which imposes contracts on CUPE members and prohibits them from striking on pain of a $3,000(USD) daily fine per employee and up to a $371,000(USD) penalty for the union.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Global statesmen: Only diplomacy can end Ukraine war

Zeid Raad Al Hussein, left, Mary Robinson, second from right, and Ernesto Zedillo, right, listen as former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, in New York.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)UNITED NATIONS - Only dialogue and diplomacy can end the devastating war in Ukraine, with total victory on the battlefield impossible for either warring party, members of a group of prominent former world leaders founded by Nelson Mandela said Friday.
www.thelocal.es
1 year ago
Europe news

Ukrainian grain reaches Spain by rail

Spain's Foreign Minister has said that Russian citizens are welcome in Spain despite the EU's suspension of its visa agreement with Russia, as the mass exodus of thousands of people continues following Putin's conscription call.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia-Ukraine latest: UN says civilian casualties exceed 10,000

The dead include hundreds of children killed mostly in intense shelling, missile and air strikes.
Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera's continuing coverage of Russia's war on Ukraine.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Russia's Opposition Has No Plan for Ending the War

With the Ukrainian and Russian armies stuck in November mud without significant advances, retreats or mutually acceptable grounds for a negotiated resolution, Western hunger for some kind of a workable scenario is becoming palpable.Costly, destructive and fraught with political dangers far beyond Ukraine's borders, the conflict cannot go on forever.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Take Putin's Nuclear Threat Seriously, But Not Too Seriously

Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised anew the possibility he might use nuclear weapons against Ukraine to prevail in a conflict going sideways.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Yemen's Ticking Oil Bomb Threatens the World Economy

Most of the limited international diplomatic energy devoted to ending the civil war in Yemen understandably goes to preventing the loss of lives, whether from bloodshed or famine.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Zelensky accuses Russia of deliberately slowing grain shipments.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has accused Russia of deliberately slowing down grain exports to create a food crisis, undermining a deal the United Nations brokered earlier this year that freed millions of tons of food trapped in Ukraine's ports by the war.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
Berlin

EU leaders united against Russia, divided over energy summit

The European Union has shown rock-solid unity in confronting Russia over its war in Ukraine, but EU leaders lack that common purpose heading into Thursday's summit to seek joint measures to contain an energy crisis that has already dented their economy and threatens to spread hardship among the bloc's 450 million people this winter.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
London

Indemnity body refuses to ask members to stop insuring ships carrying Russian oil

A City of London body whose members comprise the world's biggest shipping insurers is embroiled in a row with Ukraine's anti-corruption agency over enabling the export of Russian oil, the Guardian can reveal.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

Gazprom halts gas supplies to Italy.

Italy on Saturday became the latest European country to see its supply of natural gas from Russia severed, after the Russian monopoly Gazprom said it was unable to transport gas to Italy because of an administrative change in Austria, the Italian gas provider Eni said.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

Biden Declares West Will Not Be Intimidated by Putin's Actions

WASHINGTON - President Biden warned Russia on Friday that the United States and its allies would not be intimidated by its latest actions in Ukraine and said that the world would not recognize the sham referendum that President Vladimir V. Putin staged to justify seizingUkrainian land.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Russian Oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska indicted for evading sanctions

NEW YORK - Russian billionaire Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska has been indicted on a charge of sanctions evasion, part of an ongoing effort by the Justice Department to hold wealthy Russians with ties to Vladimir Putin accountable for violating U.S. laws as Russia's war in Ukraine rages on.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Japanese diplomat detained in Russia is released, officials say

TOKYO - A Japanese diplomat detained in Vladivostok, in Russia's Far East, on allegations that he obtained classified information has been released and will leave the country by Wednesday out of concerns for his safety, Japanese officials said Tuesday, amid deteriorating relations between the neighbors in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe politics

EU and US consider further sanctions on Iran over protest crackdown

The EU and the US are considering further sanctions against Iran over the attempt to suppress demonstrations and strikes in universities over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in a police detention centre.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe politics

'I'm always looking over my shoulder': anxiety among Estonia's Russians

ather Grigory Borisov offers a prayer for Ukraine every day in a special liturgy at the Lasnamäe church, a towering, whitewashed place of Russian Orthodox worship in the centre of the most populous suburb of Estonia's capital, Tallinn, where a majority are Russian speakers.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe news

Berlusconi claims Russians 'pushed' Putin into Ukraine war

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's three-time former prime minister, whose party is forecast to return to government after the general election on Sunday, has sparked a row after defending the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, over the war in Ukraine.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe news

Putin's nuclear threat shows a desperate man out of options | Simon Jenkins

ladimir Putin is ready to use a nuclear weapon in his ongoing attempt to conquer Ukraine.Or so says Vladimir Putin.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Putin's Troop Call-Up Shows That He's Losing

Vladimir Putin's decision to declare a partial mobilization of Russian military personnel was intended as a show of strength.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

Opinion | Ukraine's Russian 'Liberators' Are Seeing That We Live Better Than They Do

Ukrainian citizens, like these on Dnieper River in Kyiv in 2014, enjoyed a higher standard of living than many of the Russian soldiers now occupying parts of the country.
the Guardian
1 year ago
UK politics

Boris Johnson admits to private meeting with ex-KGB agent

Boris Johnson has admitted for the first time that he met ex-KGB agent Alexander Lebedev at an Italian palazzo without officials present in April 2018, when he was foreign secretary.
The Independent
1 year ago
France news

UN watchdog says Iran plans to ramp up uranium enrichment

Iran plans to install two new cascades of advanced centrifuges that will allow Tehran to rapidly enrich more uranium, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said Thursday, the latest escalation in the standoff over the country's atomic program.
Independent
1 year ago
Coronavirus

North Korea reports 15 more suspected Covid-19 deaths

North Korea has confirmed 15 more deaths and hundreds of thousands of additional patients with fevers as it mobilises more than a million health and other workers to try to suppress the country's first Covid-19 outbreak.
East Bay Times
1 year ago
Public health

North Korea reports 15 more COVID-19 suspected deaths

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has confirmed 15 more deaths and hundreds of thousands of additional patients with flu-like symptoms as it mobilizes more than a million health and other workers to try to suppress the country's first COVID-19 outbreak, state media reported Sunday.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

L.A. clothing importer admits to skirting $6.4 million in customs tariffs

A Los Angeles County clothing brand has agreed to plead guilty to submitting fake customs forms to skirt almost $6.4 million in tariffs and to doing business with a woman who has ties to the Sinaloa drug cartel, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Almost all' Ukrainian grain reaching European nations: Putin

Ukraine denies the Russian leader's claims that grain export under UN-backed deal to ease the global food crisis was mostly helping EU.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

John Sullivan, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, leaves Moscow to retire.

John J. Sullivan, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, left Moscow on Sunday and is retiring from public service after serving under five American presidents, the State Department said.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Turkey offers to mediate in Ukraine nuclear plant standoff

Fighting around the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine is stoking fears of an atomic disaster.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 171

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 171st day, we take a look at the main developments.
Here are the key events on Saturday, August 13.
Skift
1 year ago
Marketing

4 Takeaways From Airbnb's Second Quarter Report

Airbnb's revenue stream wasn't as internationally diverse in the second quarter as it was pre-pandemic, but it is slowly creeping back to that level as international markets open.
Independent
1 year ago
Europe news

EU nears deal to ration gas amid Russian cut-off fears

European Union governments have neared an agreement on rationing natural gas this winter to protect against any further supply cuts by Russia as Moscow pursues its invasion of Ukraine.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Germany news

How reliant is Germany - and the rest of Europe - on Russian gas?

Russia has resumed critical gas supplies to Europe through Germany, reopening the Nord Stream gas pipeline after 10 days, albeit at a lower capacity.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Germany news

Germany's SPD calls on Gerhard Schroder to quit party over Russia links

The co-leader of Germany's Social Democratic party (SPD) has urged the former chancellor Gerhard Schröder to hand in his party membership after he made clear in an interview that he had no intention to resign from his seats on the boards of Russian energy companies over the war in Ukraine.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Canada news

French fry producers in 'unfriendly' nations refusing to supply Russia, says McDonald's replacement | CBC News

An employee prepares fries in a Vkusno & tochka, a restaurant chain now running the former McDonald's locations after its pullout from Russia, in Moscow on June 12.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 135

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 135th day, we take a look at the main developments.
Here are the key events so far on Friday, July 8.
Get the latest updates here.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

The U.S. and Britain will ban imports of gold from Russia.

The United States and other Group of 7 countries will ban imports of gold from Russia, seeking to undercut a key source of revenue for Moscow as it wages war in Ukraine, President Biden said on Sunday as G7 leaders gathered in the Bavarian Alps.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Swiss customs reviews imports of Russian gold worth $200M

Switzerland is a global hub for precious metals with the country's handful of refineries handling about two-thirds of the world's gold.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe news

Sanctions are hitting hard enough to hurt Russia, if not stop it

Sanctions have affected many aspects of life in Russia, but one particular shortage has sent the wealthy elite into a spin: beauty clinics are running out of Botox.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Nothing to apologise for': Merkel defends Russia legacy

In first interview since stepping down in December, Merkel stresses Russia trade ties, and importance of diplomacy.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

Struggling in Ukraine's East, Russian Forces Strike in Kyiv

June 5, 2022, 6:07 p.m. ET
KYIV, Ukraine - Russian forces pressed hard on Sunday to take the town of Sievierodonetsk, one of the last obstacles to seizing the region of Luhansk.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe news

Russians and Ukrainians battle around Izium as Sweden joins Finland in Nato bid

Russia has attacked positions in eastern Ukraine as it tries to encircle Ukrainian forces in the Donbas and fend off a counteroffensive around the city of Izium.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Coronavirus

North Korea reports 15 more COVID-19 suspected deaths

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has confirmed 15 more deaths and hundreds of thousands of additional patients with flu-like symptoms as it mobilizes more than a million health and other workers to try to suppress the country's first COVID-19 outbreak, state media reported Sunday.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

The Russian bank, the Bruce Willis ad and the $900m sanctions battle

In one of Russia's most high-profile marketing campaigns, film star Bruce Willis appeared in cinematic advertisements with a car chase and a rooftop rescue, ending with the slogan, "Trust is just like me, but a bank."
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Russia 'preparing legal action' to unfreeze $600bn foreign currency reserves

Russia is preparing to take legal action to challenge the freeze on its $600bn (£462bn) foreign currency war chest put in place by western governments after the invasion of Ukraine, the head of the country's central bank has said.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

US seeks to seize superyacht in Fiji believed to be owned by Russian oligarch

The United States is seeking to seize a superyacht suspected of belonging to a Russian oligarch that is docked in the Pacific island nation of Fiji, a restraining order filed on Tuesday by Fiji's director of public prosecutions showed.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

'Scum-like guy': North Korean leader's sister attacks South Korea defence minister

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called South Korea's defence minister a "scum-like guy" for talking about preemptive strikes on the North, warning that the South may face "a serious threat".
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Scott Morrison defends trade pact with India after its refusal to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Scott Morrison has said that Australia has not betrayed Ukraine despite signing an interim trade deal with India, which has refused to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and continued to trade with Russia.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Good Morning, News: Oregon Governor Candidates on Forest Fires, Russia Wants Even More of Ukraine, and the History of "High Class" Abortionist Ruth Barnett

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www.npr.org
1 year ago
Europe news

The EU just proposed a ban on oil from Russia, its main energy supplier

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks Wednesday at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Germany to supply Ukraine with heavy weaponry for first time

Berlin gives green light to delivery of tanks with anti-aircraft guns in move welcomed by the United States.
the Guardian
1 year ago
UK politics

Ukrainian soldiers training in UK to use British armoured vehicles

Boris Johnson has revealed that dozens of Ukrainian soldiers are training in the UK, learning how to use 120 British armoured vehicles before returning with them to fight in the war against Russia.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

A German software giant is unplugging its Russia business.

In the days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the German software giant SAP halted all its sales in Russia.
East Bay Times
1 year ago
Europe news

Analysis: Despite Putin's efforts, Finland, Sweden edge closer to NATO

When Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, his goals were clear.
East Bay Times
1 year ago
Europe news

Live Updates | Russia says it has hit Ukrainian arsenals

By The Associated Press
MOSCOW - The Russian military says it has hit Ukrainian arsenals with long-range cruise missiles.
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