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Biggest rail strike in 30 years brings UK to standstill

Biggest rail strike in 30 years brings UK to standstill

-- 2022-06-21 13:31:52

Britain's biggest rail strike in 30 years kicked off on Tuesday as tens of thousands of staff walked out in a dispute over pay and jobs that could pave the way for widespread industrial action across...

Europe may shift back to coal as Russia turns down gas flows

Europe may shift back to coal as Russia turns down gas flows

-- 2022-06-20 22:07:49

Europe's biggest Russian gas buyers raced to find alternative fuel supplies on Monday and could burn more coal to cope with reduced gas flows from Russia that threaten an energy crisis in winter if st...

Ukraine to restrict Russian books, music in latest cultural break from Moscow

Ukraine to restrict Russian books, music in latest cultural break from Moscow

-- 2022-06-20 14:32:36

Ukraine’s parliament on Sunday voted through two laws which will place severe restrictions on Russian books and music as Kyiv seeks to break many remaining cultural ties between the two countrie...

France's Macron hunts for way to salvage a ruling majority

France's Macron hunts for way to salvage a ruling majority

-- 2022-06-20 13:22:54

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday was faced with trying to salvage a ruling majority and with it his economic reform agenda after voters punished his centrist 'Ensemble' alliance in France's parliam...

Four months into war, more Ukrainians decide to flee besieged areas

Four months into war, more Ukrainians decide to flee besieged areas

-- 2022-06-20 11:55:53

Four months into the Russian invasion on Ukraine, Lilya, a 22-year-old mother from the eastern city of Bakhmut, decided the time has come to leave the beleaguered region, Reuters reports. "It is very...

NATO chief warns war could last ‘years’

NATO chief warns war could last ‘years’

-- 2022-06-19 20:13:13

Four months of fighting in Ukraine appear to be straining the morale of troops on both sides, prompting desertions and rebellion against officers' orders, British defence officials said Sunday. NATO's...

NATO warns of long Ukraine war

NATO warns of long Ukraine war

-- 2022-06-19 10:46:11

The war in Ukraine could last for years, the head of NATO said on Sunday, as Russia stepped up its assaults after the European Union recommended that Kyiv become a candidate to join the bloc, reports...

Macron faces tough battle for control of parliament as France votes

Macron faces tough battle for control of parliament as France votes

-- 2022-06-19 08:57:11

France votes on Sunday in a high-stakes parliamentary election that could deprive centrist President Emmanuel Macron of the absolute majority he needs to govern with a free hand. Voting starts at 8 a...

EU backs Ukraine's membership bid

EU backs Ukraine's membership bid

-- 2022-06-17 19:40:58

The European Union gave its blessing on Friday for Ukraine and its neighbour Moldova to become candidates to join, in the most dramatic geopolitical shift to result from Russia's invasion, news agency...

UK approves extradition of Julian Assange to US

UK approves extradition of Julian Assange to US

-- 2022-06-17 15:56:59

British interior minister Priti Patel on Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to the United States to face criminal charges, bringing his long-running legal saga closer...

Russian gas flows to Europe fall

Russian gas flows to Europe fall

-- 2022-06-16 20:55:12

Russian gas supply to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline fell further on Thursday and Moscow said more delays in repairs could lead to suspending all flows, putting a brake on Europe's race to refi...

Ukraine ignores Russian ultimatum to surrender Sievierodonetsk

Ukraine ignores Russian ultimatum to surrender Sievierodonetsk

-- 2022-06-15 21:22:55

Ukraine ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday as NATO defence ministers gathered in Brussels to discuss sending more heavy weapons to replenish Kyiv...

BBC to pay £30,000 to British-Bangladeshi woman for identity mix-up

BBC to pay £30,000 to British-Bangladeshi woman for identity mix-up

-- 2022-06-15 20:19:54

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has agreed to pay £30,000 in damages to a British-Bangladeshi Labour councillor after it mixed her up with Apsana Begum in a news item about the MP fac...

Over 15,000 Russian millionaires expected to leave their country this year

Over 15,000 Russian millionaires expected to leave their country this year

-- 2022-06-14 18:57:08

More than 15,000 millionaires are expected to flee Russia this year, as wealthy citizens turn their back on Vladimir Putin’s regime after the invasion of Ukraine, according to an analysis of mig...

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny transferred out of prison colony to unknown location

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny transferred out of prison colony to unknown location

-- 2022-06-14 18:46:00

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been transferred out of his prison colony to an unknown location, a top aide said on Tuesday. "Where Alexei is now, and which colony he is being taken to, we...

Kremlin pledges support after Donbas separatist leader calls for more Russian forces

Kremlin pledges support after Donbas separatist leader calls for more Russian forces

-- 2022-06-14 17:54:11

Russia's main goal of its military operation in Ukraine is to protect the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, the Kremlin said on Monday, after the leader of one of the separatist regions asked fo...

Marcelo Vieira: A proper Real Madrid legend

Marcelo Vieira: A proper Real Madrid legend

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-06-14 12:50:21

Marcelo dribbling past a few opposition players and looking for a cross into the box has been one of the most common scenes that could be seen in any Real Madrid match from 2007 to 2022.  The Re...

Britain defies EU with 'relatively trivial' Northern Ireland law

Britain defies EU with 'relatively trivial' Northern Ireland law

-- 2022-06-14 12:13:54

Britain published plans on Monday to override some post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland by scrapping checks and challenging the role played by the European Union's court in a new clash with Br...

Hundreds of Ukrainian civilians shelter in chemical plant

Hundreds of Ukrainian civilians shelter in chemical plant

-- 2022-06-13 21:12:18

Russian forces swarmed into the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk and pounded a zone where hundreds of civilians were sheltering, a Ukrainian official said on Monday - a scene that mirrored Mo...

Wikipedia challenges Russian order to remove Ukraine war information

Wikipedia challenges Russian order to remove Ukraine war information

-- 2022-06-13 18:03:48

The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, has filed an appeal against a Moscow court decision demanding that it remove information related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, arguing that people...

Macron faces tough fight for absolute majority in French parliament

Macron faces tough fight for absolute majority in French parliament

-- 2022-06-13 16:18:05

French President Emmanuel Macron faces a tough fight to win an absolute majority in parliament that would allow him to govern with a free hand after a strong showing by a new left-wing alliance in Sun...

UN rights chief indicates she may not seek second term

UN rights chief indicates she may not seek second term

-- 2022-06-13 16:12:12

The United Nations human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, indicated on Monday that she would not seek a second term, the surprise announcement coming in a wide-ranging speech to the Geneva-based Human...

Britain urges EU to change post-Brexit trade rules with Northern Ireland

Britain urges EU to change post-Brexit trade rules with Northern Ireland

-- 2022-06-13 14:56:26

British foreign minister Liz Truss told the European Union's Maros Sefcovic on Monday the bloc must be willing to change post-Brexit rules governing trade with Northern Ireland, repeating that London...

Russia says it destroys depot containing Western weapons in Ukraine

Russia says it destroys depot containing Western weapons in Ukraine

-- 2022-06-12 20:53:21

Russian forces fired cruise missiles to destroy a large depot containing US and European weapons in western Ukraine's Ternopil region as street fighting raged in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk....

Vkusno & tochka: McDonald's restaurants reopen in Russia under new name

Vkusno & tochka: McDonald's restaurants reopen in Russia under new name

-- 2022-06-12 15:26:37

McDonald's restaurants flung open their doors in Moscow once again on Sunday under new Russian ownership and a new name: Vkusno & tochka, which translates as "Tasty and that's it". The new dawn f...

French go to polls to give Macron working majority or not

French go to polls to give Macron working majority or not

-- 2022-06-12 12:35:41

French voters go to the polls on Sunday in the first of two rounds that will decide whether President Emmanuel Macron gets a working majority in parliament or ends up without the support needed to dri...

Spanish fan-sellers doing good business as temperature hits 20-year high

Spanish fan-sellers doing good business as temperature hits 20-year high

-- 2022-06-11 23:18:02

Fan-sellers were doing good business in the southern city of Seville on Saturday as Spain sizzled in the hottest pre-summer heatwave for at least 20 years. Carriage drivers dampened down horses who t...

Residents of two Ukrainian cities getting Russian passports

Residents of two Ukrainian cities getting Russian passports

-- 2022-06-11 23:10:53

The Russian occupation authorities in southern Ukraine say they have started handing out Russian passports to locals in two cities - Kherson and Melitopol. Ukraine condemns the creation of Russian ci...

Five people killed in Italy helicopter crash 

Five people killed in Italy helicopter crash 

-- 2022-06-11 18:32:19

Five people were killed after a helicopter crash in Italy, a regional governor said on Saturday, and two passengers were still missing two days after the aircraft vanished from radar screens, reports...

Zelensky says stopping Russian invasion crucial for whole world

Zelensky says stopping Russian invasion crucial for whole world

-- 2022-06-11 18:12:51

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking remotely at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, said the outcome of the war in his country affected not just Ukraine, but the future of internationa...