Russia to halt gas flows to Finland on Saturday
Russia’s Gazprom has informed Finland it will halt flows of natural gas from Saturday morning, Gasum said on Friday, after the Finnish state-owned gas wholesaler refused to pay its ...
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Japan MOF official arrested for suspected assault
Japanese police on Friday arrested a senior finance ministry official involved in coordinating policies with the central bank for possible assault charges, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Heihachiro Ono, 56, deputy vice ...
WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases cross 100 in Europe (Update 1)
The World Health Organization was due to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection more common to west and central Africa, ...
Putin to bolster Russia’s IT security in face of cyberattacks
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the number of cyber attacks on Russia by foreign “state structures” had increased several times over and that Russia must bolster its cyber ...
Cost of living in focus as Australia’s election race hits final stretch
Prime Minister Scott Morrison crisscrossed Australia in a final day of campaigning, insisting he could still win Saturday’s election despite polls pointing to a change of government or hung ...
Struggling Russia paves way to sign up over-40s for army
In a sign of Russia’s urgent need to bolster its war effort in Ukraine, parliament said on Friday it would consider a bill to allow Russians over 40 and foreigners ...
Fearing Russian cutoff, German industry braces for gas rations race
German big business is drafting a plan to use an auction system to help ration available supplies in the event Russia cuts off its gas, although some fear it could ...
Ancelotti calls on Real Madrid fans to recognise Bale’s contributions
Carlo Ancelotti says it is important Real Madrid recognise the contribution Gareth Bale has made to club and called on fans to give him a fitting farewell in his final ...
French baby formula maker Danone sharply ramps up US shipments
Aptamil maker Danone SA (DANO.PA) has stepped up shipments of infant formula from Europe to the United States, according to US customs data and shipping consultancy Ocean Audit, which ...
Russian rouble rallies past 60 vs dollar
The rouble extended recent gains on Friday and crossed the 60 mark against the dollar for the first time since April 2018, boosted by capital controls and domestic tax payments that usually ...
Oil falls on uncertainty over fuel demand recovery
Oil prices fell on Friday as investors worried that weakening global economic growth and tighter central bank monetary policy could curb a recovery in fuel demand.
Brent futures for July ...
China quietly increases purchases of low-priced Russian oil
China is quietly ramping up purchases of oil from Russia at bargain prices, according to shipping data and oil traders who spoke to Reuters, filling the vacuum left by Western ...
Three people stabbed in south-east Norway attack
At least three people were stabbed and injured on Friday in random attacks in a village in south-east Norway, police said.
One of the victims was in critical condition.
A ...
Lampard hails Everton fans after Premier League safety secured
Everton manager Frank Lampard was close to tears at the final whistle as his side staged a dramatic comeback to secure a 3-2 victory over Crystal Palace that ensured their ...
McIlroy grabs PGA Championship lead as Tiger toils
Rory McIlroy got the dream start that has eluded him at recent majors to grab the first-round lead at the PGA Championship on Thursday, outshining the two other members of ...
Musk denies he sexually harassed flight attendant on private jet
Billionaire Elon Musk took to Twitter late on Thursday to denounce as “utterly untrue” claims in a news report that he had sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private ...
‘We are going to die’: Sri Lanka warns of food shortages
Sri Lanka’s prime minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fertiliser for the ...
Shanghai detects new infections after five days of ‘zero Covid’
Shanghai reported new COVID-19 cases outside quarantined areas for the first time after five days of no infections, prompting stricter curbs in a district, but plans to end a prolonged ...
Ukraine’s Donbas ‘destroyed’ as Russian artillery and aircraft step up strikes (Update)
Russian forces have bombarded areas of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas from land and air, killing at least 13 civilians, Ukraine’s military said on Friday, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the ...
Washington holds key to Russia’s sovereign default
The prospect of a Russia sovereign default is moving centre stage again with a deadline for a US license allowing Moscow to make payments expiring on May 25 and $100 million in ...
JP Morgan downgrades India’s IT sector as pandemic boom fades
Soaring inflation, supply chain issues and the hit from the Ukraine war will bring an end to the growth boom India’s IT services industry enjoyed during the pandemic, J....
After delay, U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approves $40 billion in Ukraine aid
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved nearly $40 billion in new aid for Ukraine on Thursday sending the bill to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law ...
G7 pledges billions for Ukraine ‘to get through this’ (Update)
The Group of Seven agreed on Thursday to provide Ukraine with $18.4 billion to pay its bills, funds that Ukraine‘s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said would speed up Kyiv’s ...
Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire score, dies at 79
Vangelis, the Greek composer whose rousing electronic theme music for the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire became one of the most loved movie scores, has died at the age of 79.
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