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Zelenskyy observes first grain exports leaving

Zelenskyy observes first grain exports leaving

-- 2022-07-29 17:20:37

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday visited the Odesa region to observe the loading of grain as exports resume for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion. Zelenskyy obse...

40 Ukrainian POWs killed by Ukrainian missile strike on Donetsk prison: Russia

40 Ukrainian POWs killed by Ukrainian missile strike on Donetsk prison: Russia

-- 2022-07-29 15:19:43

Russia's defence ministry said Ukraine struck a prison in separatist-held territory with US-made HIMARS rockets on Friday, killing 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war and leaving 75 wounded, Reuters reports...

EU gas solidarity complicated by lack of fuel sharing deals

EU gas solidarity complicated by lack of fuel sharing deals

-- 2022-07-29 13:23:05

The European Union clinched a deal this week to cope with a gas supply crisis, but to make it work member states need to establish bilateral pacts to share gas and, right now, most have no such agreem...

Germany set to impose gas levy on consumers to support ailing importers

Germany set to impose gas levy on consumers to support ailing importers

-- 2022-07-28 19:04:48

Germany is set to impose a levy on all gas consumers from Oct 1 aimed at helping suppliers grappling with soaring gas import prices, a draft law showed on Thursday, news agency Reuters reported. ...

WHO says more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally

WHO says more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally

-- 2022-07-28 11:41:51

There have been more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The WHO declared the outbreak a...

Coordination centre opened in Istanbul to oversee exports of Ukrainian grains

Coordination centre opened in Istanbul to oversee exports of Ukrainian grains

-- 2022-07-27 19:21:16

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar on Wednesday unveiled a centre in Istanbul to oversee the export of Ukrainian grains after a landmark UN deal last week, with the first shipment expected to depart...

Europe agrees compromise gas curbs as Russia reduces supply

Europe agrees compromise gas curbs as Russia reduces supply

-- 2022-07-26 20:41:48

European Union countries approved a weakened emergency plan to curb their gas demand on Tuesday, after striking compromise deals to limit the cuts for some countries, as they brace for further Russian...

What are Liverpool's attacking options next season without Mane and Firmino?

What are Liverpool's attacking options next season without Mane and Firmino?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-07-26 17:02:01

Liverpool lost Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich this summer. Mane has been one of the most instrumental players for Klopp’s team ever since the 2015-16 season when he was signed from Southampton.&nbs...

Ukraine hopes grain export deal to be implemented this week

Ukraine hopes grain export deal to be implemented this week

-- 2022-07-25 18:34:35

Ukraine said on Monday it hoped a UN-brokered deal aimed at easing global food shortages by resuming grain exports from the Black Sea region would start being implemented this week. Senior government...

France to issue decrees to save energy

France to issue decrees to save energy

-- 2022-07-25 15:58:12

French Minister for Energy Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher announced on Sunday future decrees to force air-conditioned stores to keep their doors closed and to ban illuminated advertisements during...

Ukraine works to resume grain exports, flags Russian strikes as risk

Ukraine works to resume grain exports, flags Russian strikes as risk

-- 2022-07-25 13:07:42

Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing global food shortages but warned deliveries would suffer if a Russian...

700 migrants, including five dead bodies, rescued off Italian coast

700 migrants, including five dead bodies, rescued off Italian coast

-- 2022-07-24 19:29:01

Almost 700 migrants, including five dead bodies, were rescued on Saturday off the southern coast of Italy, a coastguard statement said on Sunday, as flows of migrants crossing the Mediterranean increa...

European Union seeks additional gas supplies from Nigeria

European Union seeks additional gas supplies from Nigeria

-- 2022-07-24 18:32:55

The European Union is seeking additional gas supplies from Nigeria as the bloc prepares for potential Russian supply cuts, Matthew Baldwin, deputy director general of the European Commission's energy...

Britain's PM hopefuls promise to get tough on illegal migration

Britain's PM hopefuls promise to get tough on illegal migration

REUTERS 2022-07-24 15:49:28

Britain's two contenders to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister promised on Sunday to tackle illegal immigration as a priority, with both backing the government's policy of sending migrants to Rwa...

Russian missiles hit Ukraine port; Kyiv says it is still preparing grain exports

Russian missiles hit Ukraine port; Kyiv says it is still preparing grain exports

-- 2022-07-24 11:09:56

Russian missiles hit Ukraine's southern port of Odesa on Saturday, the Ukrainian military said, threatening a deal signed just a day earlier to unblock grain exports from Black Sea ports and ease glob...

Ukraine takes preparations to restart grain exports despite Russian strike

Ukraine takes preparations to restart grain exports despite Russian strike

-- 2022-07-23 20:21:05

Ukraine continues to prepare to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports despite a Russian missile strike that hit the port of Odesa on Saturday, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubr...

No trash goes to waste on Greek islands

No trash goes to waste on Greek islands

-- 2022-07-23 19:38:15

Before the tiny Greek island of Tilos became a big name in recycling, taverna owner Aristoteles Chatzifountas knew that whenever he threw his restaurant's trash into a municipal bin down the street it...

Ukraine says Russian missiles hit Odesa port; grain deal at risk

Ukraine says Russian missiles hit Odesa port; grain deal at risk

-- 2022-07-23 18:14:05

Russian missiles hit the major port of Odesa in southern Ukraine on Saturday, the Ukrainian military said, dealing a blow to a deal that was signed on Friday to unblock grain exports from Black Sea po...

US pledges more military aid to Ukraine, peace seems far off

US pledges more military aid to Ukraine, peace seems far off

-- 2022-07-23 10:22:57

The United States promised more military support for Ukraine, including drones, and is doing preliminary work on whether to send fighter aircraft, as fighting raged on in the east of the country five...

Deal signed to unblock exports of grain from Ukraine

Deal signed to unblock exports of grain from Ukraine

-- 2022-07-22 20:38:34

A deal to allow Ukraine to resume exports of grain was signed in Istanbul on Friday, raising hope to ease an international food crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine war. Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

Wildfires: Europe's latest economic headache

Wildfires: Europe's latest economic headache

-- 2022-07-22 19:49:57

When the blaze tore through a forest in Greece last August, swallowing up pine trees and scorching the earth, Stathis Albanis knew his beekeeping trade would suffer. A year on, long after the flames...

French lawmakers back Macron's promised inflation relief

French lawmakers back Macron's promised inflation relief

-- 2022-07-22 19:24:09

French President Emmanuel Macron's government honoured on Friday a re-election promise to boost household purchasing power amid soaring inflation as the National Assembly passed a bill lifting pension...

Putin bets on an ancient weapon in Ukraine

Putin bets on an ancient weapon in Ukraine

-- 2022-07-22 18:58:34

Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting on an ancient weapon more powerful than any of the missiles now being supplied by the United States and its European allies to Ukraine: time. Nearly five m...

Ukraine rules out direct deal with Russia on grain exports

Ukraine rules out direct deal with Russia on grain exports

-- 2022-07-22 18:29:57

Ukraine’s presidential aide Mykhaylo Podolyak has ruled out any direct deals with Russia on resuming grain exports from the Black Sea. Speaking before Friday’s signing, presidential aide...

Prince Harry wins bid to challenge UK over security arrangements

Prince Harry wins bid to challenge UK over security arrangements

-- 2022-07-22 18:14:38

A British court on Friday granted permission for Prince Harry to challenge a government decision that denied him police protection while in Britain. Harry, Queen Elizabeth's grandson, received the fu...

Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine block Google search engine

Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine block Google search engine

-- 2022-07-22 17:17:17

Russian-backed separatists in a breakaway region of eastern Ukraine have blocked access to the search engine Google, their leader said on Friday, citing what he calls "disinformation", reports Reuters...

BBC to pay damages to former British royal nanny

BBC to pay damages to former British royal nanny

-- 2022-07-22 17:14:48

The BBC is paying damages to the ex-nanny to Princes William and Harry over false claims made about her to obtain a 1995 Princess Diana interview. Alexandra Pettifer, known as Tiggy, was given an apo...

Ukraine's ports to reopen under deal to be signed Friday, Turkey says

Ukraine's ports to reopen under deal to be signed Friday, Turkey says

-- 2022-07-22 15:05:22

Russia and Ukraine will sign a deal on Friday to reopen Ukraine's Black Sea ports for grain exports, Turkey said, raising hopes that an international food crisis caused by Russia's invasion could be e...

Spain, Portugal reject EU plan to cap natural gas use

Spain, Portugal reject EU plan to cap natural gas use

-- 2022-07-21 22:00:06

The European Union's plan to reduce the bloc's gas use by 15 per cent to prepare for a potential cutoff by Russia this winter has been met with sharp scepticism by Spain and Portugal, two governments...

Russia resumes gas supplies to Germany via Nord Stream 1

Russia resumes gas supplies to Germany via Nord Stream 1

-- 2022-07-21 17:25:38

Gas deliveries through the German-Russian pipeline Nord Stream 1 resumed on Thursday morning after 10 days of maintenance, the German news agency dpa reported. Gas is flowing again and the gas transp...