Russian forces capture their first city in more than nine months, partly a result of failing weapons deliveries from allies. Russia achieved its first major territorial success in more than nine months in the Ukraine war, capturing the eastern city of Avdiivka last week. The once-bustling community of 30,000 civilians was gone and it was doubtful whether…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday gave himself 100 days to heal the country after weeks of protests and anger at his unpopular plans to raise the retirement age, asking his government to open talks with unions on a wide range of issues. In a televised speech two days after signing into law plans to…
The European Parliament on Tuesday approved sweeping reforms to make EU climate change policies more ambitious, including an upgrade of the bloc’s carbon market that is set to hike the cost of polluting in Europe. Europe’s carbon market forces power plants and factories to buy CO2 permits when they pollute. It has slashed those sectors’…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met his commanders in two regions of Ukraine that Moscow claims to have annexed, while Russian forces stepped up heavy artillery bombardments and air strikes on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. The Kremlin said Putin had attended a military command meeting in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region and visited a…
The European Commission said on Friday it had prolonged anti-dumping tariffs on stainless steel fittings from China and Taiwan for five years and extended them to Malaysia. The Commission’s review of the measures concluded that removal of the tariffs would have led to continued dumping in an European Union market worth some 100 million euros …
A vessel with around 400 migrants and refugees onboard is adrift between Italy and Malta as it awaits rescue from Italian coastguard, according to sea rescue support service Alarm Phone. People onboard the vessel told Alarm Phone in a distress call on Sunday that the boat had been adrift for two days as it had…
At least 20 people are missing after a boat attempting to cross Mediterranean sank off Tunisia, according to an official, amid a sharp rise in the number of refugees trying to reach Europe by boat from the North African country. The coastguard rescued 17 others, two of whom are in critical condition, after the boat sank off the…
A train in the Netherlands rammed into a maintenance crane that stood on the rail tracks, killing the crane operator and injuring dozens of passengers as the train derailed and ploughed into a field early on Tuesday, officials and local media said. The maintenance work was planned and standard, but “we have no idea how…
