Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in The UK-EU summit has been scheduled for next month after being postponed in the wake of Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation as prime minister. The European Council confirmed the Brussels meeting […]
Continue ReadingDominique Schelcher, the CEO of Cooperative U, confirmed on X that a cyberattack hit “the cold production facilities of several stores in our network” since Sunday night. EU agriculture and food commissioner Christophe Hansen condemned the attack, also mentioning Leclerc, France’s largest supermarket chain, which has not yet publicly confirmed that it is affected. French […]
Continue ReadingWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in A massive fire has destroyed Marché des Enfants Rouges in Paris, the capital’s oldest covered food market. Emergency services were called to the scene in the city’s 3rd arrondissement at […]
Continue ReadingThe EU’s Red Sea naval mission is struggling to attract reinforcements, with only the Netherlands and Belgium offering one extra vessel each, while the Houthis escalate their attacks on Riyadh. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Italy has been driving the push to bolster Aspides, the EU naval operation launched in February 2024 to secure navigation in the Red […]
Continue ReadingTom Cruise’s latest film Digger is expected to lose around $245m (£185m), Hollywood analysts have said, after the film’s continuing poor performance at the box office. Ticket sales for the satirical black comedy, which stars Cruise as oil magnate Digger Rockwell, dropped by around 60% in the movie’s second weekend in cinemas. It brings Digger’s […]
Continue ReadingEight orangutans have been released into the wild in Borneo after being rescued from intense wildfires. Three mothers, their three daughters and two adult males were freed in a reserve in the west of the island on Friday. Indonesian wildlife authorities rescued 46 of the apes, which are critically endangered, before fires tore through their […]
Continue ReadingEU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday called on the US to align with the bloc's sanctions policy against Russia, saying coordinated pressure from Washington and European partners could help bring an end to the war in Ukraine. Speaking to reporters ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg, Kallas said efforts […]
Continue ReadingDeloitte wrote in a September 2005 email that “certain changes will have to be made to the accounts (bank account balances, interest income, profit and loss account)” because of the backdated changes to Kravin’s assets. So Deloitte was apparently advising on the falsification of financial records. The evidence suggests it allowed Abramovich’s company to evade […]
Continue ReadingNATO’s top military commander is expected to warn Russia on Monday that the alliance can counter any attack, officials said. US General Alexus Grynkewich will outline his “theory of victory” at a Warsaw security conference amid Western concerns over Moscow’s alleged campaign of sabotage and interference against Ukraine’s wartime backers.
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump is facing a growing backlash over plans to import diesel from Russia as the Iran war continues to impact global energy prices. Trump on Friday announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to release 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately “to the American and global marketplace” followed by several other shipments. […]
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