Ukraine

ASPEN, Colorado: Russia's military is likely to start an operational pause of some kind in Ukraine in the coming weeks, giving Kyiv a key opportunity to strike back, Britain's spy chief said on Thursday (Jul 21). Richard Moore, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) known as MI6, also estimated…

Russian President Vladimir Putin may use energy for political leverage against the European Union. Photo / AP Europe faced an energy crisis even before the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Germany went offline for regular maintenance. While there were signals that at least some gas was likely to…

At least 23 people have been killed, including three children, in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia. Video / AP Fearful world leaders used to wait for Russian President Vladimir Putin to arrive. But after his disastrous invasion of Ukraine, now Putin has to twiddle his…

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak walks in London, Britain, July 18, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - Rishi Sunak, one of the final three candidates to become Britain's next prime minister, said he wanted to make the country energy…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s dismissal of senior officials is casting an inconvenient light on an issue that the Biden administration has largely ignored since the outbreak of war with Russia: Ukraine’s history of rampant corruption and shaky governance. As it presses ahead with providing tens of billions…

Author of the article: Reuters Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder KYIV — Nearly five months after Moscow’s invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suspended the country’s security chief and top prosecutor, saying they failed to purge Russian spies from their organizations. One of those sidelined in the biggest government overhaul of…

Many participants in the G20 meeting of finance ministers in Indonesia's Bali have strongly condemned Russia's war against Ukraine and called for an end to it. Indonesia's G20 presidency said this in a statement after the meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors held on July 15-16,…

KYIV: The European Union will discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday, as Moscow is accused of using the continent’s largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and launch missiles on the surrounding regions of southern Ukraine. The situation at the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is “extremely tense,” Ukraine’s atomic…

VINNYTSIA, Ukraine — A volley of missiles hit a shopping center, a dance studio and a wedding hall in central Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and setting off a frantic search for dozens more missing in the rubble, in the latest strike to hit civilian targets far…

BANGKOK -- Top financial officials from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations met on the Indonesian island of Bali on Friday seeking strategies to counter inflation, food insecurity and other troubles that have worsened due to the war in Ukraine. Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati opened…