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New UK prime minister to be announced on Sept 5

New UK prime minister to be announced on Sept 5

-- 2022-07-12 13:02:43

Britain's new prime minister will be announced on September 5, with the first votes to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded and increasingly unpredictable and divisive contest to replace Boris Jo...

France's Prime Minister survives no-confidence vote

France's Prime Minister survives no-confidence vote

-- 2022-07-12 08:25:18

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday comfortably survived a motion of no-confidence brought against her by a broad alliance of left-wing opponents. An official vote count showed 146 lawmak...

Putin extends fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukraine

Putin extends fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukraine

-- 2022-07-11 20:48:56

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday expanding a fast-track procedure to receive Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians, in yet another effort to expand Moscow's influence in war-...

The views of the frontrunners to succeed Johnson as UK PM

The views of the frontrunners to succeed Johnson as UK PM

-- 2022-07-11 19:30:40

The race to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister has begun, with 11 candidates so far putting themselves forward for a contest which will ultimately be decided by around 200,000 Conservativ...

Ukraine aims to amass 'million-strong army' to recapture south: defence minister

Ukraine aims to amass 'million-strong army' to recapture south: defence minister

-- 2022-07-11 17:26:59

Ukraine plans a "million-strong army" equipped with Nato weapons to retake the south of the country from occupying Russians, the defence minister says. Retaking the areas around the Black Sea coast w...

Ukraine tells residents to leave occupied south due to counter-attack plans

Ukraine tells residents to leave occupied south due to counter-attack plans

-- 2022-07-11 09:52:29

Ukraine's deputy prime minister on Sunday urged civilians in the Russian-occupied southern region of Kherson to urgently evacuate as Ukraine's armed forces were preparing a counter-attack there, repor...

Candidates jostle to replace Johnson in packed race

Candidates jostle to replace Johnson in packed race

-- 2022-07-10 22:02:33

The contest to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered pace on Sunday as five more candidates declared their intention to run, with many pledging lower taxes and a clean start from Johns...

Zelenskiy fires Ukraine's envoy to Germany, India and three other countries

Zelenskiy fires Ukraine's envoy to Germany, India and three other countries

-- 2022-07-10 16:12:47

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that he had dismissed several of Kyiv's senior envoys abroad, including the country's outspoken ambassador to Germany. Zelenskiy announced the...

Russian rockets wreck apartment block in Ukraine's Donbas, killing six

Russian rockets wreck apartment block in Ukraine's Donbas, killing six

-- 2022-07-10 16:03:39

At least six people have been killed and more than 30 are feared trapped after Russian Uragan rockets hit a five-storey apartment block in Ukraine's Donetsk region, leading to the building collapsing,...

Moscow city councillor gets seven years' jail for anti-war comment

Moscow city councillor gets seven years' jail for anti-war comment

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-09 12:30:49

A Moscow district councillor was jailed for seven years on Friday for criticising Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in what a Kremlin-critical lawyer said was the first case of anyone going to prison unde...

More Russian men look to avoid military service, some lawyers and rights groups say

More Russian men look to avoid military service, some lawyers and rights groups say

REUTERS 2022-07-09 10:48:51

Danila Davydov said he left Russia within weeks of the Kremlin sending troops into Ukraine because he feared having to fight in a war he doesn’t support. The 22-year-old digital artist who ha...

Ukraine pleads for more weapons, chief negotiator sees turning point in war

Ukraine pleads for more weapons, chief negotiator sees turning point in war

-- 2022-07-09 09:03:15

Ukraine urged its allies on Friday to send more weapons as its forces dug in to slow Russia's military advance through the eastern Donbas region, while its chief negotiator said a turning part was app...

War looms large over G20 event as Russia meets rivals in Bali

War looms large over G20 event as Russia meets rivals in Bali

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-08 10:45:20

G20 foreign ministers head to a joint summit on Friday that will put some of the staunchest critics of Russia invasion of Ukraine in the same room as Moscow's top diplomat, in the first such meeting s...

Boris Johnson quits as UK prime minister

Boris Johnson quits as UK prime minister

-- 2022-07-07 18:02:38

Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers. Bowing to the inevitable as more...

Kremlin on Boris Johnson: we don't like him either

Kremlin on Boris Johnson: we don't like him either

-- 2022-07-07 16:28:38

The Kremlin said on Thursday that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson didn't like Russia and that Moscow didn't like him either, reports Reuters. Speaking during a call with reporters, Kremlin spoke...

Johnson set to step down as UK PM

Johnson set to step down as UK PM

-- 2022-07-07 16:20:07

Boris Johnson will announce his resignation as British Prime Minister on Thursday, a government source said, after he was abandoned by ministers and his Conservative Party's lawmakers who said he was...

Can Newcastle United leave a mark next season?

Can Newcastle United leave a mark next season?

Mahtab Jamil 2022-07-07 14:05:34

Newcastle United is currently owned by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, whose net worth is reported to be 320 billion dollars, a sum which is far ahead of all other football club owners combi...

Russia warns humanity at risk if West seeks to punish it over Ukraine

Russia warns humanity at risk if West seeks to punish it over Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-07 10:31:57

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said attempts by the West to punish a nuclear power such as Russia for the war in Ukraine risked endangering humanity, as the near five-month conflict leaves c...

Germany sweetens immigration offer amid labour shortage

Germany sweetens immigration offer amid labour shortage

-- 2022-07-06 21:26:45

Germany will allow some 130,000 resident foreigners to regularise their immigration status and create new incentives for skilled workers to come from abroad amid unprecedented labour shortages that ar...

Russia says it destroys two US-made rocket systems in Ukraine

Russia says it destroys two US-made rocket systems in Ukraine

-- 2022-07-06 19:45:38

Russia's armed forces have destroyed two advanced US-made HIMARS rocket systems and their ammo depots in eastern Ukraine, the Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said Russia had...

Increasingly isolated, Boris Johnson pledges to fight on

Increasingly isolated, Boris Johnson pledges to fight on

-- 2022-07-06 18:12:22

Britain's Boris Johnson pledged on Wednesday to fight on, saying he would not quit as prime minister despite support visibly seeping away from him with a stream of resignations. Johnson, who was look...

Heavy fighting, widespread shelling in battle for Donetsk, says Ukrainian officials

Heavy fighting, widespread shelling in battle for Donetsk, says Ukrainian officials

-- 2022-07-06 15:00:11

Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting supported by widespread artillery fire as they launch a major offensive for Ukraine's Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said, a day after Moscow declared...

UK needs to grow its struggling economy

UK needs to grow its struggling economy

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-06 14:45:47

Britain's new finance minister, Nadhim Zahawi, said on Wednesday the government needed to rebuild and grow the country's struggling economy, and he would look at all options to do that including the p...

Russia shells Donetsk after seizing Luhansk

Russia shells Donetsk after seizing Luhansk

-- 2022-07-05 18:47:17

Russian forces struck targets across Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday to prepare the path for an expected armoured thrust to try to take more territory as the five-month-old war entered a n...

Italy declares state of emergency for drought-stricken areas

Italy declares state of emergency for drought-stricken areas

-- 2022-07-05 17:22:52

Italy on Monday declared a state of emergency for areas surrounding the river Po, which accounts for roughly a third of the country's agricultural production and is suffering its worst drought for 70...

Finland, Sweden sign protocol to join NATO

Finland, Sweden sign protocol to join NATO

-- 2022-07-05 16:17:18

NATO's 30 allies signed an accession protocol for Finland and Sweden on Tuesday to allow them to join the nuclear-armed alliance once allied parliaments ratify the decision, the most significant expan...

Why Ronaldo leaving United would be a wrong move

Why Ronaldo leaving United would be a wrong move

Neel Rahman 2022-07-05 15:19:31

Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly asked Manchester United to let him leave if a suitable offer arrives, a decision resulting from the Red Devils failing to qualify for the UEFA Champions League and not...

European Investment Bank to raise $104.3b to help rebuild Ukraine

European Investment Bank to raise $104.3b to help rebuild Ukraine

-- 2022-07-04 16:29:40

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, is proposing a funding structure previously used during the COVID-19 pandemic to help rebuild Ukraine with up to 100 billion...

Putin will not congratulate Biden on US Independence Day: Kremlin

Putin will not congratulate Biden on US Independence Day: Kremlin

-- 2022-07-04 16:22:54

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not congratulate his US counterpart Joe Biden on Monday's US Independence Day because of Washington's "unfriendly" actions towards Moscow, the Kremlin said. "Con...

Gunman kills three at Copenhagen shopping mall

Gunman kills three at Copenhagen shopping mall

-- 2022-07-04 11:07:10

Three people were killed and several more were wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen on Sunday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and charged him...