MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos released thousands of tons of methane gas into the atmosphere from an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico last December, research published yesterday by the European Space Agency (ESA) showed.
KYIV/SLOVIANSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine said yesterday its forces were holding their positions in intense fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk and had retaken ground in the south, targetting gains in the biggest swathe of territory seized by Russia since the invasion started.
VIENNA, (Reuters) – Iran yesterday dealt a near-fatal blow to chances of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as it began removing essentially all the International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring equipment installed under the deal, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Leaders attending the Summit of the Americas are poised to issue a declaration pledging measures to curb illegal migration and help countries receiving large number of migrants to cope with them, according to a draft document seen by Reuters today.
KYIV/SLOVIANSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – The battle for the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk is brutal and will determine the fate of the Donbas region, said the country’s president, as Russian troops lay waste to the city in an assault aimed at controlling eastern Ukraine.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The European Parliament yesterday rejected a proposal to upgrade the European Union’s carbon market, an unexpected move that exposed divisions over the bloc’s core climate policy and could delay negotiations to finish the measure.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces struggled to hold their ground in bloody street-to-street fighting in the eastern frontline city of Sievierodonetsk as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the situation was difficult, also pledging to retake Russia’s gains.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Actor and Uvalde, Texas, native Matthew McConaughey met with President Joe Biden yesterday, and urged more congressional action on gun violence in an emotional speech, sharing stories of those who were killed in last month’s elementary school shooting.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday that she tried hard when she was in office to prevent the situation in Ukraine from developing to the current state, adding that she does not blame herself for not trying hard enough.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian police have opened a criminal probe and interviewed at least four witnesses believed to be among the last to have seen a British journalist and an indigenous expert who went missing in a remote and lawless part of the Amazon jungle on Sunday.
KYIV, (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian troops were engaged in fierce street fighting with Russian soldiers in the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, a pivotal battle in the Kremlin’s attempt to control the eastern Donbas region.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a confidence vote on yesterday but a large rebellion in his Conservative Party over the so-called “partygate” scandal dealt a blow to his authority and leaves him with a struggle to win back support.
(Reuters) – South Africa yesterday said the United Arab Emirates had arrested Rajesh Gupta and Atul Gupta, brothers who face charges of political corruption under former South African President Jacob Zuma.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a confidence vote today but a rebellion by 148 of his 359 Conservative Party lawmakers dealt a serious blow to his authority.
(Reuters) – Shootings in three American cities killed nine people and wounded two dozen more on Saturday night and yesterday morning, the latest outbreaks of gun violence in the wake of three mass shootings that have rattled the United States.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia struck Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with missiles early on Sunday for the first time in more than a month, while Ukrainian officials said a counter-attack on the main battlefield in the east had retaken half of the city of Sievierodonetsk.
LAGOS, (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria during mass yesterday, killing at least 50 people including women and children, according to a hospital doctor and media reports.
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Italian oil company Eni SpA and Spain’s Repsol SA could begin shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as next month to make up for Russian crude, five people familiar with the matter said, resuming oil-for-debt swaps halted two years ago when Washington stepped up sanctions on Venezuela.