Russia says it struck Ukrainian energy plants in response to Kyiv targeting its own energy sector
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday that its forces had carried out 35 strikes in the last week against Ukrainian energy facilities, defence factories, railway infrastructure, air defences, and ammunition stocks. It said in a statement that the strikes, which spanned April 20-27, were “in response to attempts by the Kyiv…
Russian missiles pound power plants in central and western Ukraine
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By Olena Harmash and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Russian missiles pounded power facilities in central and western Ukraine on Saturday, increasing pressure on the ailing energy system as the country faces a shortage of air defences despite a breakthrough in U.S. military aid. The airstrike, carried out with ballistic missiles and cruise missiles fired by…
Macron visit to Germany in May to focus on EU ties
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By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Germany in May and will spend more days than planned with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, government sources said, in a sign of their ambition to bring more unity to EU relations. Macron’s previously announced state visit from May 26-28, might be followed by another…
Moscow may seize private US assets in Russia if US seizes frozen reserves, says Putin ally
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia may respond to any U.S. confiscation of its currency reserves frozen in the West by seizing the assets, including property and cash, of U.S. citizens and investors in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, a senior security official, said on Saturday. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing the Biden administration…
Russia steps up offensive on east Ukraine village, Kyiv says its forces holding out
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KYIV (Reuters) – Russia has sent more troops to Ocheretyne in eastern Ukraine to reinforce an offensive there, but Kyiv’s forces largely hold the village and expect U.S. arms deliveries to turn the tide in their favour, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday. Russian troops have slowly advanced through at least half a dozen villages…
German chancellor shows support for debt brake reform in the future
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said for the first time on Saturday that he supports a reform of the country’s constitutionally-enshrined debt brake, but does not currently see any possibility of doing it right now. Altering the rules of the debt brake, which limits public deficits to 0.35% of gross domestic product, would…
Socialist supporters call on Spanish prime minister to stay
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By Elena Rodriguez MADRID (Reuters) -Thousands of Socialist Party supporters travelled from across Spain for a rally in Madrid on Saturday to call on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to stay on, after he stunned the country this week by saying he might quit the premiership. Sanchez said on Wednesday he would step back “for a…
US food regulator gathering information on Indian spices after alleged contamination
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By Rishika Sadam and Aditya Kalra HYDERABAD (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is gathering information on products of Indian spice makers MDH and Everest after Hong Kong halted sales of some of their products for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-causing pesticide. “The FDA is aware of the reports and is…
Italy pushes G7 for coal phase-out date ahead of energy meeting, sources say
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MILAN (Reuters) – Italy is pushing for an agreement among the Group of Seven wealthy nations to set a target date for the phase-out of coal in power generation, diplomatic sources said ahead of a meeting of G7 energy ministers in Turin. An agreement on this would be one step in the direction indicated by…
Germany needs an economic turnaround, says finance minister Lindner
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany needs an economic turnaround in order to secure its geopolitical position, German Finance Minister and head of the Free Democrats FDP Christian Lindner said on Saturday. The German economy was the weakest among its large euro zone peers last year, as high energy costs, feeble global orders and record high interest…
Britain’s NatWest share sale to test UK equity market upswing
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By Sinead Cruise and Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s plans to sell shares in NatWest bank to the public this summer will be a test of a long-awaited upswing in the UK stock market that saw the FTSE-100 hit a record high this week – months after similar milestones for benchmark indexes elsewhere. Finance…
U.S. intelligence believes Putin probably didn’t order Navalny to be killed – WSJ
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LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably didn’t order opposition politician Alexei Navalny killed at an Arctic prison camp in February, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Navalny, 47 when he died, was Putin’s fiercest domestic critic. His allies, branded extremists by the authorities, accused Putin of having…
Kremlin, commenting on Blinken lobbying China on Russia, says Moscow and Beijing ties to continue
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin shrugged off a trip to China by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during which he raised concerns about Chinese support for Russia’s military, saying Moscow and Beijing would continue to develop their own ties. Blinken raised concerns on Friday about China’s support for Russia’s military, one of the many…
Ukraine drones target two refineries, airfield in Russia’s Krasnodar region, Kyiv source says
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine attacked the Ilsky and Slavyansk oil refineries in Russia’s Krasnodar region with drones early on Saturday, causing fires at the facilities, a Ukrainian intelligence source told Reuters. The attack was conducted by the SBU security service, the source said. Ukrainian drones also targeted the Kushchevsk military airfield in the same region…
Oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar suspends operations after Ukraine drone attack, says TASS
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(Reuters) -The Slavyansk oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region has been forced to suspend some operations after being damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack, the state TASS news agency cited an executive overseeing the plant as saying on Saturday. On the back foot on the battlefield in some places, Ukraine has been systematically targeting Russian…
Gaza protest in Paris sees tense standoff with Israel supporters
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By Lucien Libert PARIS (Reuters) – Tensions flared in front of Paris’ prestigious Sciences Po university over the war in Gaza on Friday as pro-Israeli protesters came to challenge pro-Palestinian students occupying the building. Police moved in to keep the two groups apart. Chanting their support for the Palestinians, some students had been occupying a…
Russian court places Forbes journalist Mingazov under house arrest, says RIA
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court has ordered a journalist for the Russian edition of Forbes, Sergei Mingazov, to be placed under house arrest, Russia’s state-owned RIA news agency reported on Saturday. Mingazov was detained on Friday on suspicion of spreading false information about the Russian army, his magazine said at the time.
Hamas says it received Israel’s response to its ceasefire proposal
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Hamas said it had received on Saturday Israel’s official response to its latest ceasefire proposal and will study it before submitting its reply, the group’s deputy Gaza chief said in a statement. “Hamas has received today the official response of the Zionist occupation to the proposal presented to the…
Australian police charge five teenagers in Sydney cleric’s stabbing
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(Corrects name of Sydney suburb in paragraph 4 to Wakeley, from Wakefield) SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian police said on Thursday they charged five teenagers with terrorism-related offences in investigations following the stabbing of an Assyrian Christian bishop while he was giving a livestreamed sermon earlier this month. The five boys, who were due in children’s court…
Lawyers for Russia’s deputy defence minister appeal his pre-trial detention, TASS reports
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Lawyers for Russian Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov have filed an appeal against a court decision to remand him in pre-trial detention, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported on Friday. A Russian court on Wednesday remanded Ivanov in custody for two months on suspicion of taking bribes. RIA news agency, quoting court…
