Published on 18/06/2026 – 12:07 GMT+2•Updated 12:12 “If Putin does not want to end this war and wishes to continue it — we will not sit quietly, we will respond,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his comments on Ukraine’s strike on Moscow’s oil refinery on Thursday morning. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “If Ukraine burns, so will […]
Continue ReadingEven as the United States and Iran appear to have forged a deal to stop their hostilities, the global shipping industry is cautious about resuming operations in the Strait of Hormuz. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Sea mines, skyrocketing insurance premiums and a lack of confidence after prolonged military activity in the critical waterway will make the recovery […]
Continue ReadingA new psychoactive substance appears on Europe's drug market about once a week. EU officials say synthetic opioids pose a risk so acute that a single gram can contain several thousand lethal doses. The warning comes from the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA), which published its 2026 European Drug Report on 9 June. The report […]
Continue ReadingUkraine launched a wave of drone attacks across Moscow early on Thursday morning, as it continued to target the Russian energy industry. In a series of posts on Telegram, Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin said air defences had intercepted 180 UAVS approaching the capital but that "several" had managed to strike a refinery in what he […]
Continue ReadingThe Netherlands will soon launch production of Ukrainian long-range and medium-range strike drones under a bilateral cooperation program. According to Fedorov, the drone production project will be funded by the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands. “As part of the Build with Ukraine program, we are launching the production of Ukrainian unmanned systems in the […]
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov confirmed that Kyiv is deliberately isolating Crimea from Russian supplies and ultimately from Moscow’s control. "Crimea is being isolated by drones. In the near future, it appears that the Crimean peninsula will turn into an island,” Fedorov said in an interview on Wednesday. "And this could lead to very unexpected […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 18/06/2026 – 10:25 GMT+2•Updated 10:31 US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said Europe must take the lead on building out a revamped “NATO 3.0” and creating a “real, hardline military alliance”. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Hegseth made the comments while speaking ahead of a meeting with his NATO counterparts in Brussels on Thursday. “NATO […]
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov confirmed that Kyiv is deliberately isolating Crimea from Russian supplies and ultimately from Moscow’s control. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “Crimea is being isolated by drones. In the near future, it appears that the Crimean peninsula will turn into an island,” Fedorov said in an interview on Wednesday. “And this could lead to […]
Continue ReadingThe firm’s outgoing boss Tim Cook did not say when prices would rise or which products would be affected.
Continue ReadingScientists, using data from last October and this January, estimate about 13,000 baby seals from a group of 17,000 on Heard Island were killed by the H5N1 strain of bird flu since last August, more than 75% of the entire group. They also found higher than expected deaths in penguin populations.
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