The move should not however be seen as a “prelude to an outright and permanent ban, rather an interlude in which the regulatory environment can catch up with the reality of cryptoassets,” Rycroft, the former chief of Britain’s Brexit department, added. Communities Secretary Steve Reed is expected to confirm the government will adopt the recommended […]
Continue ReadingEurope is about to start the gas stockpiling season with key storage tanks depleted, meaning it will need to compete even more with Asian buyers to secure supplies, just as the Middle East conflict disrupts energy flows. Dutch facilities are now just about 6% full, the lowest for this time of year in data going […]
Continue ReadingBetween January 2023 and mid-February 2026, at least 4,765 Palestinians from 97 locations, have been displaced by settler violence, the UN’s humanitarian office says. Most were from Bedouin and herding communities in Area C. At the start of this year, 600 people were forced from one Bedouin village, Ras Ein al-Auja, in the Jordan Valley.
Continue ReadingThe film’s official synopsis says: “Fourteen years after the passing of Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure. Meanwhile, Sam’s daughter, Elanor, has discovered a long-buried secret and is determined to uncover why the War of the Ring was very nearly lost before it even began.”
Continue ReadingIran praised Pakistan’s “good intentions” but did not say how it had responded. A Pakistani analyst described “significant and rapid progress” in indirect talks.
Continue ReadingAround 2,000 new wind turbines should help Germany achieve its climate target for 2030. Mar 25, 2026, 12:52 p.mMar 25, 2026, 12:52 p.m This is what a new climate protection program that the cabinet in Berlin approved. Environment Minister Carsten Schneider and his colleagues had been negotiating the details for a long time. Germany has […]
Continue ReadingRussia launched a massive attack on Ukraine in broad daylight on March 25, firing hundreds of drones into the territory. It comes after Russia fired nearly 1,000 drones in a 24-hour period, killing a total of eight people across the country. This record attack had hit Lviv’s historic centre and residential houses in the west […]
Continue ReadingGermany’s business outlook soured as higher energy prices due to the Iran war threaten to derail its nascent economic revival. An expectations index by the Ifo institute dropped to 86 from a revised 90.2 – the lowest in more than a year. That was in line with the expectations of analysts in a Bloomberg survey. […]
Continue ReadingMoscow fired nearly 1,000 drones at Ukraine in 24 hours, as it starts is spring offensive. One damaged an energy facility on the region of Chernihiv, leaving close to 150,000 consumers in the city and its surroundings without power. Russia’s air defences also downed nearly 400 incoming Ukrainian drones, making it the largest reported overnight […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Hungary will gradually cut off gas supplies to Ukraine until Russian oil deliveries resume through the Druzhba pipeline, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday. Hungarian natural gas exports […]
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