The UK government has removed a ban on the use of fracking in England, with the country’s Energy Secretary telling the house of commons that the move is “just good common sense”.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a partial military conscription in a speech on Wednesday in which he accused the West of “nuclear blackmail” and trying to “destroy” Russia.
Supporters say that former WNBA star Brittney Griner is facing harsh conditions in the Russian prison where she is serving 9-1/2 years.
Ukrainians who fled the Russian invasion of the country to Sweden are increasingly leaving the Scandinavian country, claiming that barriers to work and language issues are preventing them from supporting themselves. Around 45,000 Ukrainians have applied for refugee status in
There is little to no chance of the UK signing a post-Brexit trade deal with the United States anytime soon, Prime Minister Liz Truss has admitted amid rocky relations between the two powers.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on Sunday he is requesting “at least $12 billion” in aid for Ukraine in a stop-gap spending bill.
Russia has complained that the failure to invite its representatives to the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is “blasphemous” and “profoundly immoral”.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s home city of Kryvyi Rih has been flooded after Russian strikes against hydraulic structures burst a major dam.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia, senior administration officials told The Associated Press.
Ursula von der Leyen, the German defence minister turned unelected leader of the European Commission, said the European Union will not be “complete” until Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and the Western Balkans are absorbed by it.
Much of Ukraine, particularly in and around the region of the second city of Kharkiv (Kharkov), was plunged into darkness after missile strikes on energy infrastructure.
A senior figure within Britain’s Conservative Party has demanded that Liz Truss recalls parliament to deal with the ongoing cost of living crisis after the Queen is laid to rest.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that his nation has now taken back over 3,000 square kilometres (~74,000 acres) from Russia within the last two weeks.
Ukraine is reportedly on the precipice of a major victory, with its counter-offensive around the eastern city of Kharkiv (Kharkov) unexpectedly putting the Russian army on the back foot.
A record number of people in Finland’s army reserve have switched to civilian service this year following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Officials claim the trend does not pose difficulties for the country’s national defence.
Ukraine claimed a military breakthrough against Russian invaders as the U.S. unveiled another $2.8 billion in military aid.
Over half of the Spanish public believes that the country will face an energy crisis thus winter due to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
BRUSSELS (AP) – Weapons stocks in the European Union are running low as member countries continue to sends arms and ammunition to Ukraine, the bloc’s top diplomat warned Monday as he urged EU nations to better coordinate their spending on military materiel.
Ukraine’s First Lady’s message to Britons facing crippling energy bill hikes and a cost of living crisis is that while they might be “counting pennies”, her county is counting casualties.
Russian shelling hit the southern Ukraine port city of Mykolaiv and Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, the runaway favourite to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative (Tory) Party leader and Prime Minister next week, has promised “immediate help” with soaring energy bills – but refuses to outline specific policies.
Tens of thousands of ‘Czech Republic First’ protesters are on the streets of Prague demanding their government adopt a neutral posture in the Ukraine war as energy prices go out of control.
German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said the government will support Ukrainian for “as long as they need us” even if voters oppose it.
The EU has reportedly been meeting its natural gas needs with imports from China, which has been purchasing surplus gas from Russia.
Exports in the UK have warned that homes being left without heating as a result of surging energy prices will kill British children.
The Spanish army is urgently seeking to purchase winter clothing after giving its entire stock of cold-weather uniforms away.
Ukrainian officials claim that a long-awaited counter-offensive in the southern Kherson region is underway, and that the Russians’ first line of defence has been breached.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this weekend that he had held a video conversation with American late night comedian Jimmy Fallon to discuss “options for cooperation” to bring awareness to Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country.
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia said Monday it will launch sweeping war games drills in the country’s east that will involve forces from China – a show of increasingly close military ties between Moscow and Beijing amid tensions with the West over the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian rocket and artillery strikes hit areas across the Dnieper River from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials said Sunday, as fears persisted that fighting in the vicinity could damage the plant and cause a radiation leak.
The Latvian government has gone ahead with the demolition of a Soviet-era war memorial in the capital city of Riga this week, the latest Soviet monument to be destroyed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The economic powerhouses of the European Union, France and Germany, both set records on Friday for electricity prices, as the West’s sanctions war with Russia continues to bite.
(AFP) – European natural gas prices climbed Thursday towards a record peak on heightened fears over Russian supplies, while equities rose on the eve of a key speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
UK residents will see an 80 per cent increase in their annual household energy bills, the country’s energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54 per cent spike in April. That will bring costs for the average customer from 1,971 pounds ($2,332) a year to 3,549 pounds.
As politicians in the country brace themselves for possible riots over the winter months due to ongoing gas chaos, Germany’s leftist Chancellor has insisted that the country’s “hearts and borders” will nevertheless “remain open”.
A report from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has claimed that around 300,000 non-Ukrainian migrants have arrived in the EU among those supposedly fleeing the conflict in Ukraine.
Britain’s climate-driven push for more solar farms is now risking the country’s food security, the head of the state’s environment committee has claimed.
A surge in the number of migrants entering Ireland has resulted in it seeing its highest population growth since the 2008 banking crash.
Boris Johnson said the UK taxpayer should bear the cost of funding the war in Ukraine, as the Ukrainian people are “paying with their blood”.
President Emmanuel Macron has warned that the French public may react poorly to what he calls the “end of abundance” in France and Europe, as multiple crises brought about largely by political management wreak havoc on the continent.
