[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Europe is on track to kick its addiction to Russian fossil fuels, but can’t seem to replicate that success with nuclear energy a year into the Ukraine war. The EU’s economic sanctions on Russian coal and oil permanentlyContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — It was clear when Boris Johnson was forced from Downing Street that British politics had changed forever. But few could have predicted that less than six months later, all angry talk of a cross-Channel trade warContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BERLIN — In an earlier life as a reporter in Moscow, I once knocked on the door of an apartment listed as the home address of the boss of company that, our year-long investigation showed, was involved in anContinue Reading
[ad_1] LONDON — Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss argued the U.K. should have “done more earlier” to counter Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric before he invaded Ukraine, and said the West depended on Russian oil for too long. Truss — the U.K.’s shortest-serving prime minister who resigned amid market turmoil lastContinue Reading
[ad_1] Britain and the rest of the G7 should urgently agree a tough package of sanctions to impose on China if it escalates military tensions with Taiwan, Liz Truss will argue, as she uses her first public overseas speech to pile pressure on Rishi Sunak. Speaking in Tokyo on Friday,Continue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. MUNICH — China is trying to drive a fresh wedge between Europe and the United States as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine trudges past its one-year mark. Such was the motif of China’s newly promoted foreign policy chief WangContinue Reading
[ad_1] United Nations (UN) (Photo: Twitter) United Nations: The UN Security Council adopted a resolution to renew Yemen sanctions measures of asset freeze and travel ban until November 15, 2023. Resolution 2675, unanimously adopted by the 15-member council, said that the situation in Yemen continues to constitute a threat toContinue Reading
[ad_1] Damascus: The US’ latest move to ease the sanctions imposed on Syria to support earthquake relief efforts is “misleading and aims to give a false humanitarian impression,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. On Thursday, the US Treasury Department issued a so-called six-month sanctions exemption for Syria-boundContinue Reading
[ad_1] Damascus: Syria’s Health Minister has said that the Syrian health sector is reeling under pressure from the US sanctions. Speaking at a press conference, Hassan al-Ghabbash on Thursday stressed that the suffering of the Syrian medical sector is not a result of the recent massive earthquake that hit theContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in London to meet the U.K. prime minister and King Charles III as Britain announces new training programs for fighter pilots and marines. Zelenskyy’s surprise trip includes a visit to see UkrainianContinue Reading