Saudi crown prince to visit Greece to sign energy, telecoms deals
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit Greece on July 26 to meet Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek foreign ministry said on Friday, in his first visit to an ...
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‘Mission complete. One additional team member: a kitten called Snake’
Meet Snake, a kitten with a heck of a war story. And the Ukrainian special forces soldier who saved him.
When Ukraine’s military released images in early July of ...
Ukraine, Russia sign deal to reopen grain export ports as war rages on (update)
Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal on Friday to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports for grain exports, raising hopes that an international food crisis aggravated by the Russian invasion ...
World stocks edge higher for sixth day of gains, dull business activity hits euro
Global stocks were marginally higher on Friday, eyeing a sixth day of gains as European markets rose, while weak euro zone business activity data hit the euro and weighed on ...
TotalEnergies, CMA CGM agree to cut prices to help French consumers
French oil major TotalEnergies TTEF.PA and shipping giant CMA CGM announced further measures to cut prices on Friday, following government pressure for companies to do more to help consumers ...
Russia says it destroyed 4 HIMARS launchers in Ukraine
Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday its forces had destroyed four U.S.-supplied high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) between July 5-20.
“Four launchers and one reloading vehicle ...
Finnish parent Fortum agrees to Uniper bailout deal with German govt
German gas importer Uniper UN01.DE, its Finnish parent Fortum FORTUM.HE and their governments have agreed in principle on the terms of a bailout after Uniper was hit by ...
Israeli strike kills three soldiers in Syria, Syrian state media says
An Israeli missile attack on Friday near Damascus killed three soldiers and wounded seven more, Syrian state media reported, in what a war monitor said was the 17th Israeli attack ...
Biden says he is ‘doing well,’ working after testing positive for Covid
Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue working but in isolation, ...
BBC agrees ‘substantial damages’ to ex-royal nanny over Diana interview
The BBC said it had agreed to pay “substantial damages” to the former nanny of Britain’s Prince William and Prince Harry over the broadcaster’s now much-criticized 1995 interview with ...
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka swears in new prime minister
Senior Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in on Friday as the new prime minister, his office said, a day after the swearing-in of a new president as the ...
Hungary in talks with Russia about buying more gas
Russia will consider a request from Hungary to buy more Russian gas, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after meeting his Hungarian counterpart in Moscow.
Lavrov was speaking during a ...
Amazon strikes $3.5 bln deal for One Medical in long march into U.S. healthcare
Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O agreed to buy primary care provider One Medical ONEM.O for $3.49 billion, expanding the e-commerce giant’s virtual healthcare and adding brick-and-mortar doctors’ offices for ...
Deal to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports
Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will sign a deal on Friday to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s office said ...
Putin discusses oil market with Saudi crown prince who hosted Biden last week
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke by phone on Thursday and underlined the importance of further cooperation within the OPEC+ group of oil producers, ...
Russia about to ‘run out of steam’ in Ukraine, British spy chief says
Russia’s military is likely to start an operational pause of some kind in Ukraine in the coming weeks, giving Kyiv a key opportunity to strike back, Britain’s spy ...
Nord Stream turbine stuck in transit as Moscow drags feet on permits-sources
A missing turbine that Moscow says has caused the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to pump less gas to Europe is stuck in transit in Germany because Russia has so far not ...
‘Londongrad’ losing its allure for corrupt elites, police say
London is losing its allure as a destination for corrupt Russian elites and other kleptocrats with the aid of new powers and a crackdown on “enablers” who help them channel ...
Italy to hold early election in September after PM Draghi resigns
Italy’s national elections will be held on Sept. 25, the journalist who covers the Italian presidency for state broadcaster RAI said on Thursday.
Earlier Italian President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament , ...
Europe’s heatwave reaches Poland, Greece as it moves eastwards, brings wildfires
The vast heatwave covering swathes of Europe moved steadily eastwards on Thursday, forcing countries including Italy, Poland and Slovenia to issue their highest heatwave alerts as firefighters battled wildfires across ...
Biden says he is ‘doing well,’ working after testing positive for Covid (Update)
Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue working but in isolation, ...
Shrugging off Russia maritime business loss, Cyprus targets Asia shipping
Cyprus has already overcome the loss of Russian maritime trade due to European sanctions and the Mediterranean shipping hub is chasing business expansion in Japan and elsewhere in Asia as ...
Royal Mail says its losing one million pounds a day
Royal Mail is losing one million pounds a day, the British post and parcel delivery firm said, as it struggles to cut costs as inflation-hit consumers cut back on online ...
Global manufacturers see chip shortage easing
Hyundai Motor Co, factory robot builder ABB and Swedish fridge maker Electrolux see the semi-conductor chip shortage easing, executives said Thursday, in a boost for manufacturers after a long struggle ...