German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday he aims to expand economic and diplomatic ties with China, stressing the need for closer cooperation as global tensions remain elevated.…
Read more Merz arrives in China seeking deeper economic, diplomatic tiesThe war in Ukraine has caused direct damage worth $200 billion, and reconstruction will cost billions more, according to a new estimate released on Monday ahead of the…
Read more Report: Ukraine reconstruction to cost nearly $600 billionPrices have risen steadily in Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in Ukraine [BBC] “Life is becoming more expensive,” complains Alexander, a Moscow-based advertising specialist who…
Read more Food prices are surging in Russia. Is the war hitting Russians in the pocket?A Kenyan family is seeking answers and support to repatriate the body of their 29-year-old relative, who was killed in Ukraine while fighting for Russia. Clinton Nyapara Mogesa,…
Read more Family seeks answers as Kenyan fighting for Russia killed in UkraineKYIV, Ukraine — Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least one person and wounded 31 overnight into Saturday as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States were…
Read more Russia attacks Ukraine ahead of second day of peace talks between US and both countriesBERLIN (AP) — The German government on Thursday announced the expulsion of a Russian diplomat over a case in which a woman was arrested on suspicion of supplying…
Read more Germany expels a Russian diplomat after a suspect is arrested in an espionage caseGerman authorities have arrested a woman suspected of spying for a Russian intelligence agency and passing on information related to the war in Ukraine, prosecutors said on Wednesday.…
Read more Germany arrests woman suspected of spying for RussiaPresident Trump initially said he was giving Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelinsky until Thursday to accept the peace plan, but yesterday President Trump told reporters this is not his…
Read more President Trump’s Ukraine peace plan faces criticism from senatorsThe premier of the eastern German state of Saxony is calling for energy to be sourced from Russia again after the end of the war in Ukraine. “It…
Read more Eastern German premier wants Russian energy after Ukraine war endsPARIS — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and America’s use of economic force to achieve goals signal the end of a world order based on respect of sovereignty and…
Read more French Army chief Schill sees Europe facing empires, vassals, warKYIV, Ukraine — Power was restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv on Saturday, a day after Russia launched major attacks on the Ukrainian power grid that caused…
Read more Power restored to 800,000 in Kyiv after major Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy gridFrench soldiers have boarded an oil tanker believed to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet”, used to evade sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine. The Boracay…
Read more French troops board oil tanker linked to Russian ‘shadow fleet’KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack targeting regions across Ukraine early Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding dozens more, Ukrainian officials…
Read more Russia launches a large-scale attack on Ukraine, killing 3 and wounding dozensAmericans are already casting their votes for president. The 538 polling site has Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of former president Donald Trump nationally by one to…
Read more Citizens on the Street: What Ukrainians Think About the American Presidential Election – The Village VoiceRussia preventing firms from leaving the nation is an example of how Moscow is breaking down market institutions amid its war in Ukraine, a UChicago professor says. Contributor/Getty…
Read more Russia is facing a ‘time bomb’ at the heart of its economy, economist says“In this case, we need to talk not about the likelihood, but about the inevitability [of a conflict]. That’s how we evaluate it,” said Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s press secretary.…
Read more Russia warns NATO of certain war if West puts troops into UkraineKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops have pulled out of a village in the east of the country, an army spokesman said Monday, as Russian forces make their…
Read more Ukrainian troops pull back again as Russia’s onslaught pushes ahead in eastern UkraineUkrainians have questions On the anniversary of Putin’s aggression, however, uncertainty and irritation were undisguised in Kyiv. Ukrainians wanted to know why Western sanctions on Russia are not…
Read more Ukraine vows more self-reliance as war enters third yearThe joint plea comes as U.S. Republicans continue to hold out on a fresh funding agreement for the war-torn country, and as European capitals mull their options to constrain…
Read more Failure in Ukraine ‘will remake the world,’ UK and Poland warn deadlocked USThis year will be one of “recovery and preparation on both sides, like 1916 and 1941-42 in the last world wars,” said Marc Thys, who retired as Belgium’s…
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