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Abandoned in east Ukraine, cats and dogs look for new homes in Russia

Abandoned in east Ukraine, cats and dogs look for new homes in Russia

-- 2022-04-12 19:44:34

With the trunk of her car filled to the brim with pet carriers, Yulia drives across the conflict-torn Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine to pick up cats and dogs abandoned by owners who fled in the hop...

Putin says Russia will achieve 'noble' aims of its Ukraine military campaign

Putin says Russia will achieve 'noble' aims of its Ukraine military campaign

-- 2022-04-12 17:48:55

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow's military operation in Ukraine would undoubtedly achieve what he said were its "noble" objectives. Speaking at an awards ceremony at the...

Russia says it won’t suspend military operations in Ukraine during peace talks

Russia says it won’t suspend military operations in Ukraine during peace talks

-- 2022-04-11 19:52:09

Russia will not suspend its military operations in Ukraine for subsequent rounds of peace talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. Russian officials say peace talks with Ukraine...

Russia says it will take legal action if forced into sovereign debt default

Russia says it will take legal action if forced into sovereign debt default

-- 2022-04-11 11:06:04

Russia will take legal action if the West tries to force it to default on its sovereign debt, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told the pro-Kremlin Izvestia newspaper on Monday, sharpening Moscow's ton...

Finland, Sweden set to join NATO as early as summer

Finland, Sweden set to join NATO as early as summer

-- 2022-04-11 10:31:43

Russia has made a "massive strategic blunder" as Finland and Sweden look poised to join NATO as early as the summer, The Times reported on Monday, citing officials. The United States officials said t...

Ukraine seeks fresh round of EU sanctions against Russia

Ukraine seeks fresh round of EU sanctions against Russia

-- 2022-04-10 21:32:16

Ukraine said on Sunday it was seeking another round of European Union sanctions against Moscow and more military aid from its allies as Russian forces destroyed an airport and other targets in the eas...

Macron faces a tough fight in French presidential vote

Macron faces a tough fight in French presidential vote

-- 2022-04-10 20:17:47

Voters cast ballots across France on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election where far-right candidate Marine Le Pen is posing an unexpected threat to President Emmanuel Macron's re-elect...

Russian rockets destroy Dnipro airport, Ukraine officials say

Russian rockets destroy Dnipro airport, Ukraine officials say

-- 2022-04-10 19:34:48

Russian forces fired rockets into Ukraine's Luhansk and Dnipro regions on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, completely destroying an airport and potentially leaving casualties. Valentyn Reznichenko,...

What went wrong with Chelsea?

What went wrong with Chelsea?

Mahtab Jamil 2022-04-10 16:47:52

As matchday 32 takes place in the Premier League, things are looking uncertain at both ends of the table.  While there is stiff competition between Manchester City and Liverpool for the title, t...

Healthcare Pharmaceuticals has two openings

Healthcare Pharmaceuticals has two openings

FE Online 2022-04-10 14:05:30

Certified by various international boards, Healthcare Pharmaceuticals is a leading pharmaceutical firm in the country. Vacancy: 2 Vacancy Type:  Senior Executive, PLC Junior Engineer...

Boris Johnson travels to Kyiv, holds talks with Zelensky

Boris Johnson travels to Kyiv, holds talks with Zelensky

-- 2022-04-09 21:08:29

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held talks in Kyiv with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday. The office of the British prime minister said the visit was a "show of solidarity" wit...

French voters to cast ballot in first round of presidential elections Sunday

French voters to cast ballot in first round of presidential elections Sunday

-- 2022-04-09 20:17:11

French voters are preparing to cast their ballot in the first round of the presidential elections on Sunday. Recent polls have shown a marked fall in President Emmanuel Macron's lead over his main ch...

YouTube blocks Russian parliament channel

YouTube blocks Russian parliament channel

-- 2022-04-09 17:40:39

YouTube has blocked Duma TV which broadcasts from Russia's lower house of parliament, drawing an angry response from officials who said the world's most popular streaming service could face restrictio...

Ukraine urges civilians to flee

Ukraine urges civilians to flee

-- 2022-04-09 15:39:08

Ukraine on Saturday called on civilians in the eastern Luhansk region to flee from Russian shelling after officials said more than 50 civilians trying to evacuate by rail from a neighbouring region we...

Russia expels 45 Polish embassy staff in retaliatory move

Russia expels 45 Polish embassy staff in retaliatory move

-- 2022-04-08 21:56:16

Russia has declared 45 Polish embassy and consulate staff "persona non grata" in retaliation for Warsaw's expulsion of 45 Russian diplomats from Poland. Moscow's foreign ministry gave the information...

50 killed in Russian rocket strike on Ukraine evacuation hub

50 killed in Russian rocket strike on Ukraine evacuation hub

-- 2022-04-08 21:40:55

Ukraine said as many as 50 people, including five children, were killed and many more were wounded and lost limbs in a rocket strike at a railway station packed with civilians fleeing the threat of a...

One in 13 Britons had Covid-19 last week

One in 13 Britons had Covid-19 last week

-- 2022-04-08 21:24:25

Roughly one in 13 people in England, Wales and Scotland had Covid-19 last week, a similar ratio to the previous week, official estimates showed on Friday, according to Reuters. In Northern Ireland, t...

Man jailed in London for killing British-Bangladeshi woman

Man jailed in London for killing British-Bangladeshi woman

-- 2022-04-08 19:45:07

A 36-year-old man, Koci Selamaj, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years by a court in London on Friday for the murder of a British-Bangladeshi woman, Sabina Nessa. Bangladeshi media outl...

Over 39 evacuees killed in Russian rocket strike

Over 39 evacuees killed in Russian rocket strike

-- 2022-04-08 17:39:12

More than 39 people were killed and over 87 wounded in a Russian rocket strike on a railway station packed with women, children and elderly evacuees in east Ukraine early on Friday, Ukrainian official...

EU adopts new sanctions against Russia including coal import ban

EU adopts new sanctions against Russia including coal import ban

-- 2022-04-08 17:19:46

The European Union on Friday formally adopted its fifth package of sanctions against Russia since the country's Feb 24 invasion of Ukraine, including bans on the import of coal, wood, chemicals and ot...

UK sanctions Putin's daughters

UK sanctions Putin's daughters

-- 2022-04-08 16:48:39

Britain added Vladimir Putin's daughters to its sanctions list on Friday, mirroring moves by the United States, in what it said was an effort to target the lifestyles of those in the Russian preside...

Russian Nobel Peace laureate Muratov says he was attacked with red paint

Russian Nobel Peace laureate Muratov says he was attacked with red paint

-- 2022-04-08 15:49:19

The Russian co-winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize, Dmitry Muratov, was attacked on a train with red paint on Thursday, he said, in an apparent protest at his newspaper's coverage of Russia's inva...

Europe agrees to ban Russian coal, but struggles on oil, gas

Europe agrees to ban Russian coal, but struggles on oil, gas

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-08 12:57:17

The European Union nations have agreed to ban Russian coal in the first sanctions on the vital energy industry over the war in Ukraine, but it has underlined the 27 countries' inability to agree so fa...

Russia laments 'tragedy' of troop deaths as Ukraine braces for major offensive

Russia laments 'tragedy' of troop deaths as Ukraine braces for major offensive

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-08 10:23:10

Russia gave the most sombre assessment so far of its invasion of Ukraine, describing the "tragedy" of mounting troop losses and the economic hit from sanctions, as Ukrainians were evacuated from easte...

UN suspends Russia from human rights body

UN suspends Russia from human rights body

-- 2022-04-08 09:08:33

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights" by invading Russian troop...

Ukraine appeals for weapons as fight looms on eastern front

Ukraine appeals for weapons as fight looms on eastern front

-- 2022-04-07 19:07:13

Ukraine told residents of its industrial heartland to leave while they still can and urged Western nations to send "weapons, weapons, weapons" Thursday after Russian forces withdrew from the shattered...

Over half of Europeans support cannabis legalisation

Over half of Europeans support cannabis legalisation

-- 2022-04-07 10:59:16

More than half of the European population support legalisation of adult use of cannabis and around 30 per cent of them are interested in purchasing it, according to polling data by industry consultant...

Ukraine seeks ruinous sanctions on Russia

Ukraine seeks ruinous sanctions on Russia

-- 2022-04-07 10:05:32

Ukraine wants sanctions that are economically destructive enough for Russia to end its war after accusing some countries of still prioritising money over punishment for civilian killings that the West...

US sanctions Putin's daughters, more Russian banks and elites

US sanctions Putin's daughters, more Russian banks and elites

-- 2022-04-06 21:33:03

The United States targeted Russian banks and elites with a new package of sanctions on Wednesday that includes banning any American from investing in Russia, after Washington and Kyiv accused Moscow o...

Turkey detects third naval mine in Black Sea amid Ukraine war

Turkey detects third naval mine in Black Sea amid Ukraine war

-- 2022-04-06 19:15:08

Turkey detected a third floating naval mine in its waters in the Black Sea and military diving teams were working on defusing it, the defence ministry said on Wednesday amid the war between Russia and...