Russia likely to restart gas exports from Nord Stream 1 on schedule
Russian gas flows via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline are likely to restart on time on Thursday after the completion of scheduled maintenance but at lower than its full capacity, two ...
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Fidgeting Putin kept waiting for Erdogan ahead of talks (V)
Russian President Vladimir Putin was left waiting and fidgeting for 50 seconds by Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan ahead of talks in Tehran on Tuesday, prompting Turkish media to draw parallels with ...
Twitter gets fast-tracked Elon Musk trial over $44 billion deal
Twitter Inc TWTR.N will get an October trial in its legal fight to hold Elon Musk to his $44 billion takeover, after a Delaware judge said the social media company ...
UK inflation strikes new 40-year high of 9.4% in June
British consumer price inflation surged again in June to hit an annual rate of 9.4%, the highest rate since early 1982, according to official figures that underline the chances of a bigger ...
Australians urged to work from home as winter Omicron wave swamps hospitals
Australians admitted to hospitals from COVID-19 neared record levels on Wednesday as authorities urged businesses to let staff work from home and recommended people wear masks indoors and get booster ...
Wildfire rages near Athens; homes damaged, hospital evacuated
A wildfire fuelled by gale-force winds raged in the mountainous region of Penteli near Athens on Wednesday morning, burning homes and prompting authorities to order the evacuation of at least ...
Importers paid $32 bln in U.S. tariffs on China tech imports-industry report
Importers of technology products from China paid over $32 billion worth of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump between mid-2018 to the end of 2021, a new trade group report showed on ...
Russia deepens Iran ties against West, hits Ukraine with more missiles
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Tuesday, stressing closer ties in the face of Western pressure over the war in Ukraine, where ...
Ukraine wants to avoid winter war, says top presidential aide
Ukraine’s top presidential aide said on Tuesday that Ukraine does not want the war to last into winter, as this would give Russian forces time to dig in and ...
Ukraine’s parliament votes to remove security chief and prosecutor general
Ukraine’s parliament dismissed the domestic security chief and prosecutor general on Tuesday, two days after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suspended them for failing to root out Russian spies.
Ivan Bakanov ...
Greek wildfire rages near Athens, homes, hospital evacuated (update 3)
A Greek wildfire fuelled by gale-force winds raged in the mountainous region of Penteli near Athens on Tuesday, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of at least four areas and ...
UK officials warned government not to pursue Rwanda deportation plan, court told
British officials repeatedly warned the government not to pursue its plan to send migrants to Rwanda and the country was initially excluded from the shortlist of partner countries because of ...
Portugal reports more than 1,000 heat-related deaths
Portugal has reported more than 1,000 deaths due to the current heat wave, with the health chief warning on Tuesday that the country must gear up to cope with the effects ...
London declares ‘major incident’ as fires surge amid record heatwave
London’s firefighting authority declared a major incident in the British capitalon Tuesday in response to the surge in fires amid a record-breaking heatwave in Britain and Europe.
The London ...
Race to lead UK heats up, ex-finance minister Sunak’s lead narrows (Update 1)
British former finance minister Rishi Sunak held on to his lead on Tuesday among Conservative lawmakers in the race to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister, but his two remaining ...
Russia says peace in Ukraine will be on its terms
A senior Russian security official said on Tuesday that peace in Ukraine when it came would be on Moscow’s terms as Russian forces struck targets across the country with ...
Britain records highest ever temperature of 40C as heatwave intensifies
Britain recorded its highest ever temperature of 40C (104F) on Tuesday as a heatwave gripping Europe intensified, scorching fields and damaging airport runways and train tracks.
The Met Office said ...
Europe must act now or risk tougher COVID measures later
European nations must accelerate vaccine uptake and bring back mask wearing to tackle a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by an Omicron offshoot and avoid stricter measures later in the ...
EU says planning for all Nord Stream 1 scenarios, including no restart
The European Commission is planning for all scenarios regarding gas flows to Europe through Russia’s Nord Stream 1 pipeline, including the possibility that deliveries do not restart on Thursday when ...
EU to add Russia’s biggest bank Sberbank and metals baron to black list
The European Union is set to add Russia’s biggest bank Sberbank and the head of giant zinc and copper firm UMMC to its black list of individuals and companies ...
Microsoft president sees ‘new era’ of stagnating labour pool
US companies are facing a “new era” in which fewer people are entering the workforce and pressure to pay higher salaries may become permanent, Microsoft Corp’s President Brad Smith ...
SAS reaches deal with pilots’ unions, ending 15-day strike
SAS SAS.ST and pilot unions have reached a wage deal, the Scandinavian airline confirmed on Tuesday, ending a 15-day strike over a new collective bargaining agreement that had grounded 3,700 ...
Putin meets Iran’s Khamenei on first trip outside ex-Soviet Union since Ukraine war
Russian President Vladimir Putin had talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader’s first trip outside the former Soviet Union since Moscow’s ...
Cryptoverse-Holding your breath for a bitcoin bounce
If you’re waiting for a bitcoin recovery, you may have to sweat it out for months. That’s the conclusion of some technical specialists seeking method from the madness.
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