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Ukrainian investigators named former energy minister German Galushchenko as a suspect in a laundering probe after alleging they found approximately $12 million in bank accounts linked to his family, investigators said Monday. Galushchenko was accused in November of taking part in a $100-million kickback scheme from contractors building fortifications to defend energy infrastructure against Russian […]

Glaciers are vital to Earth’s water supplies, yet they are being pushed to the brink of collapse. Half of the world’s glaciers could disappear by the end of the century. A French mountain climber is putting her experience to use by helping scientists collect ice samples from major glaciers around the world. Living and dormant […]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed Viktor Orban’s leadership during a visit to Budapest on Monday, ahead of elections threatening the nationalist prime minister’s hold on power. Orban is facing heavy competition for the the April 12 legislative elections in Hungary with polls suggesting his Fidesz party is trailing opposition leader Peter Magyar’s TISZA. […]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban Monday during a visit to Budapest on the final stage of his Europe tour. An ally of President Donald Trump, who has also maintained close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Orban lags behind the main opposition candidate in opinion polls ahead of […]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on the final leg of a whirlwind trip to Europe that saw him address the Munich Security Conference, meet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for talks, and visit another right-wing ally, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. Despite speaking of an unbreakable link and shared heritage with Europeans, Rubio’s […]

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas pushed back against what she described as “European bashing” in a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday. Kallas welcomed the message of unity delivered by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the annual gathering but dismissed the Trump administration’s talk of Europe’s “civilisational erasure”. 

Four astronauts docked at the International Space Station on Saturday for a research mission set to last several months. Among the crew is Sophie Adenot, who joins two American astronauts and one Russian, becoming only the second French woman to travel into space. The new team is replacing a previous crew that was forced to […]

It is the third and final day of the Munich Security Conference, the annual gathering of political leaders, military officials and security experts, after the first two days largely focused outward on Europe’s relationships, notably the European Union’s ties with the United States and Russia’s war against Ukraine, while Sunday’s agenda turns inward to examine […]

Following his appearance in Munich, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is travelling to Budapest, a visit that comes just two months ahead of elections in Hungary that could see longtime leader and Trump ally Viktor Orbán lose power after 16 years, after Orbán used his annual state of the nation address on Saturday to […]

A Ukrainian drone attack damaged Russia’s Taman port, sparking a fire at the strategic Black Sea hub, local officials said Sunday. The reported attack comes as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio begins a two-day trip to Slovakia and Hungary, whose conservative leaders have warm ties with President Donald Trump – but have resisted pressure to […]