KYIV, (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany, France and Italy – all criticised in the past by Kyiv for support viewed as too cautious – made a joint visit today to show solidarity with Ukraine, where officials pleaded for more Western arms.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden, under pressure over sky-high gasoline prices, yesterday demanded oil refining companies explain why they are not putting more fuel on the market as they reap windfall profits.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine said it urgently needed more weapons to fend off Russian advances in the south and the east, an appeal aimed at the West as the leaders of Germany, France and Italy are expected to visit Kyiv on Thursday.
(Reuters) – John Hinckley, who wounded then U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three others in a 1981 assassination attempt, was released without conditions on Wednesday in compliance with a federal judge’s order.
LONDON/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. government has pushed new, increased funding into three technology companies since the start of the Ukraine conflict to help Russians sidestep censors and access Western media, according to five people familiar with the situation.
LONDON/BOSCOMBE DOWN, England, (Reuters) – Britain’s first flight to take asylum seekers to Rwanda did not take off as scheduled yesterday after the European human rights court issued last-minute injunctions to stop the deportation of the handful of migrants on board.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia told Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant in embattled Sievierodonetsk to lay down their arms by early today as it fights to maintain momentum in its battle for control of eastern Ukraine.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Energy company executives at a conference on the global transition insisted yesterday that fossil fuels, especially natural gas, are still needed at a time when global markets grapple with tight energy supplies and skyrocketing prices.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Top advisers to then-President Donald Trump told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were unfounded and would not reverse his 2020 election loss, but he refused to listen, according to testimony yesterday at a hearing of the committee investigating the Jan.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian forces cut off the last routes for evacuating citizens from the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, a Ukrainian official said, as the Kremlin pushed for victory in the Donbas region.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Judges in London have thrown out last-ditch bids by human rights groups and campaigners to stop Britain sending its first flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda today, a plan the United Nations’ refugee chief described as “catastrophic”.
(Reuters) – Governor Kathy Hochul yesterday signed legislation that protects patients getting abortions and medical professionals in New York from legal retaliation by other states that restrict the procedure.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala expressed cautious optimism on Sunday that more than 100 trade ministers meeting in Geneva would achieve one or two global deals this week, but warned the path there would be bumpy and rocky.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian defenders were fighting fiercely for “every metre” of Sievierodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Russian forces destroyed a bridge to another city across the river, leaving stranded civilians with just one way out.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Corporate plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions fall short of what is needed to combat climate change, with “major credibility gaps” found among the world’s largest companies, according to a new stocktake of net-zero efforts in the public and private sector.