G7 identified “specific steps” to help Ukraine, Kuleba says
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CAPRI, Italy (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies have identified “specific steps” needed to help Ukraine fight Russia, Kyiv’s foreign minister said on Friday, warning Europe would be engulfed by war if Russia triumphed. “We identified specific steps which Western partners will make to help Ukraine,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister…
At least 29 injured as ferry from Italian G7 island hits dock in Naples
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ROME (Reuters) – At least 29 people were injured in Italy on Friday when a ferry carrying people from the island of Capri, currently hosting a Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting, collided with a quay in Naples. Local health authorities said the injured passengers had been taken to local hospitals. Most had only slight…
Slovak crowdfunders raise nearly 2 million euros for Ukraine ammunition drive
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(Reuters) – Slovaks angered by their government’s refusal to give military aid to Ukraine’s fight against Russian invasion have raised nearly 2 million euros ($2.13 million) and counting this week, in a drive to help supply ammunition to Kyiv. Ammunition supplies are a pressing need for Ukraine after two years of all-out war. But Slovakia…
Factbox-Iran oil sanctions in US aid package for Ukraine
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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers have tucked sanctions on Iran’s oil exports in the House of Representatives’ aid package for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific after Tehran’s missile and drone strike on Israel last weekend. If passed through both the House and Senate and signed by President Joe Biden and then implemented…
Prince Harry’s privacy case against Murdoch tabloids to proceed as planned
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LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry’s privacy case has avoided a major delay after London’s High Court rejected an application by the publisher of Rupert Murdoch-owned British mass-market newspapers that could have caused stalled proceedings for two years. In total, 42 figures are suing News Group Newspapers (NGN), the publisher of the Sun and the defunct…
Indians vote in huge election dominated by jobs, Hindu pride and Modi
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By Krishn Kaushik, Praveen Paramasivam and YP Rajesh KAIRANA/CHENNAI, India (Reuters) -A substantial number of Indians voted on Friday in the first phase of the world’s largest election, authorities said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a historic third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare and Hindu nationalism. The vote pits…
Tehran plays down reported Israeli attacks, signals no further retaliation
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By Parisa Hafezi and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation – a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war. The limited scale of the attack and…
UK’s Sunak proposes tougher rules to combat ‘sick note culture’
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday the government would look to tighten rules for long-term sick leave in a bid to reverse a rise in the number of Britons who have permanently dropped out of the workforce. Labour force participation among working-age Britons is its lowest since 2015,…
Airlines reroute flights after Israeli attack on Iran
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By Jamie Freed (Reuters) – Airlines changed flight paths over Iran, cancelled some flights, diverted others to alternate airports or returned planes to their departure points on Friday due to airspace and airport closures and security concerns after an Israeli attack on Iran. Iran closed its airports in Tehran, Shiraz and Isfahan after the attack…
Kremlin says staff of some govt departments are subject to foreign travel bans
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday that staff in some government departments were banned from travelling abroad for security reasons, while some departments required people to provide advance notification of any foreign travel plans. Reuters reported on Thursday that Russia was making overseas travel harder for some officials due to fears that foreign…
Two held in Poland over March attack on Navalny aide Volkov
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WARSAW (Reuters) -Two people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Leonid Volkov, an exiled top aide to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Polish and Lithuanian police said on Friday. Volkov suffered injuries from hammer blows in the attack on March 12 outside his home in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. Lithuanian…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy visits frontline Donetsk region
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(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday visited the frontline Donetsk region in Ukraine’s east and held a meeting on the defence situation. He said on X that he also visited a paratroopers’ medical platoon and examined the construction of fortifications: “Every effort must be made in this regard.” Twenty-five months into Moscow’s full-scale invasion,…
Ukraine downs Russian strategic bomber after air strike kills eight, Kyiv says
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By Tom Balmforth and Anastasiia Malenko KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine shot down a Russian strategic bomber 300 km from its border on Friday after the warplane took part in a long-range air strike that killed at least eight people including two children in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, Kyiv said. Missiles rained down on the city of…
Reaction to Israel’s military response to Iran’s attack on Israel
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(Reuters) -Israel carried out an attack on Iranian soil on Friday, sources said, days after Iran struck Israel with a barrage of drones and missiles. Here are reactions to the Israeli military response, from official statements and postings on social media: EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN: “It is absolutely necessary that the region…
Hungary’s government to consider fuel price intervention on Wednesday
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s government is not ruling out intervening in fuel prices and will discuss the matter at a meeting next Wednesday, economy minister Marton Nagy said at a press conference. Oil prices briefly jumped by $3 a barrel on Friday on concern that Middle East oil supply could be disrupted after reports that…
Oil-rich regions in Kazakhstan brace for floods, Siberian rivers burst in Russia
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YANVARTSEVO, Kazakhstan (Reuters) – Kazakhstan braced on Friday for levels on the Ural River to rise sharply, something that could threaten two of its western regions and key oil infrastructure, while Russia grappled with floods in and near Siberia. Both countries have in the last few weeks battled the worst floods in decades, which have…
Russia’s Bashneft oil company installs anti-drone nets to protects refineries, says report
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By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian oil producer Bashneft has installed anti-drone nets to protect key facilities at its refineries from potential Ukrainian attack, the head of the republic of Bashkortostan where the company is based was quoted as saying on Friday. Russian companies which sell such nets on a commercial and public basis show…
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday that the country was ramping up manufacturing of tanks and heavy flamethrower systems, but more work was needed to increase production of tank protection equipment. Shoigu’s ministry published video showing him touring a tank factory in the Siberian city of Omsk and meeting workers,…
UK PM Sunak: Not right for me to speculate on reports of attack in Iran
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would not speculate on reports Israel had carried out an attack on Iranian soil on Friday. “It’s a developing situation, it wouldn’t be right for me to speculate until the facts become clearer and we’re working to confirm the details together with allies,” Sunak said.…
Ukraine says it took down Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine said it shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber for the first time on Friday, destroying a warplane capable of carrying long-range missiles used to attack Ukrainian cities. The Russian defence ministry said the strategic bomber had crashed in Russia’s southern Stavropol region, hundreds of kilometres from Ukrainian-controlled territory, as it…
