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EU and Zelenskiy expected to sign Ukraine security pact
BRUSSELS - The European Union is expected to sign a security agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday,...
Jun 27, 20242 min read
Scholz confirms EU top jobs deal with von der Leyen as Commission chief
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed on Wednesday that the European Parliament's three main centrist groups would back Ursula...
Jun 27, 20243 min read
ECJ annuls sanctions on Dmitry Pumpyansky, the ex-chair of Russia's TMK
BRUSSELS - Dmitry Pumpyansky, the billionaire former chairman of Russian steel pipe maker TMK, no longer warrants being on the EU's...
Jun 27, 20242 min read
EU countries agree sanctions on Belarus to plug 'biggest loophole' in Russian measures
BRUSSELS - European Union countries agreed a sanctions package against Belarus on Wednesday, EU diplomats and Belgium said, to try to...
Jun 27, 20241 min read
Russia's Sovcomflot says its ship rescued crew from tanker off Yemen
LONDON - A ship operated by Russian shipping group Sovcomflot rescued the crew of a tanker taking in water off Yemen's coast this week,...
Jun 27, 20242 min read
Bank of Italy signals potentially illegal transfers from Italian accounts to Russia in 2023
MILAN - The Bank of Italy reported potentially illegal bank transfers last year from Italian accounts to Russia, channelled through...
Jun 27, 20241 min read
U.S. embassy in Russia says no evidence behind charges against Gershkovich
MOSCOW - The United States embassy in Russia said on Wednesday that Moscow had failed to provide any evidence to support espionage...
Jun 27, 20241 min read
Russia says Ukrainian shelling destroys radiation control post in Zaporizhzhia
MOSCOW - Ukrainian shelling destroyed a radiation control post in Velyka Znamyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russia's management of...
Jun 27, 20241 min read
Russia starts secret trial for U.S. reporter Gershkovich on spy charges
YEKATERINBURG, Russia -U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors on Wednesday in the Russian city of...
Jun 26, 20243 min read
Ukraine starts EU membership talks in midst of war
BRUSSELS -The European Union opened membership talks with Ukraine on Tuesday, giving the country a political boost in the midst of its...
Jun 26, 20242 min read
Ukraine inches closer to EU dream after decade of war
KYIV - A veteran of Ukraine's 2014 revolution who is now fighting Russian forces, Yehor Sobolev knows the price of Kyiv's decade-long...
Jun 26, 20243 min read
At least eight die in inferno near Moscow, TASS says
MOSCOW -Two people jumped to their death from the top floors of a burning eight-storey former Russian electronics research institute on...
Jun 24, 20241 min read
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