Liz Truss’s government will roll out major initiatives to confront an array of economic and social problems: soaring energy costs, surging inflation and pressure on public services.
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While American female basketball players have largely stayed away from Russia, dozens of American men have sought pay and career development in the country.
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After the Ukrainian military’s sweeping victory in the northeast last week, the fate of Siversk, in the Donbas region, appears once more undecided.
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Talk of mobilisation in Russia and of referendums in occupied Ukraine are both signs of weakness
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Russian-backed separatists in the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) and Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) will hold referendums from September 23-27 on joining Russia, the Russian state-news agency TASS reported Tuesday. Earlier, the Russian-backed separatist parliaments in the regions passed laws allowing such a vote to take place. In response, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted: “Sham […]
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The European Medicines Agency’s top scientist stated Tuesday that the pandemic is “ongoing” after U.S. President Joe Biden declared that the health crisis was over. “I cannot honestly answer why President Biden came to that conclusion,” the regulator’s chief medical officer, Steffen Thirstrup, told journalists during a briefing. “What is clear to me … is […]
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NEW YORK — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Tuesday for world leaders to abandon neutrality, step up military and other support for his country, and stay united as it tries to repel a Russian invasion. Zelenskyy didn’t name names, but — in a live video interview with former U.S. President Bill Clinton — he warned […]
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Don’t expect the EU to strip countries’ veto power any time soon. After a meeting of EU affairs ministers in Brussels on Tuesday, Mikuláš Bek, the European affairs minister for the Czech Republic, which currently holds the EU’s rotating presidency, said he only foresaw “limited progress” by year’s end on the issue. “I’m not too […]
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Germany’s data-retention law — aimed at combating major online crime — is not compatible with EU law, the European Court of Justice ruled.
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The EU wants to expand its so-called ‘solidarity lanes’ to help Ukraine exports its goods towards member states. EU officials briefing reporters say around 2.6 million tonnes of Ukrainian agricultural goods were exported via such lanes in August.
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