Китай та Індія зупинили закупівлю російської нафти на тлі санкцій – Reuters
Російська нафта становила 36% імпорту Індії та майже п’яту частину імпорту Китаю у 2024 році …
Експорт зрідженого природного газу з Росії сягнув рекордного рівня у 2024 році
За даними Kpler, у 2024 році 52% всього експортованого з Росії ЗПГ припало на ринок Європи …
Serbian prime minister to resign as popular protests persist
BELGRADE — Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic on Tuesday announced his resignation, becoming the highest ranking official to leave since anti-corruption protests spread across the country. Belgrade has seen daily anti-government…
Italian ship carrying migrants picked up offshore reaches Albania
TIRANA, ALBANIA — An Italian navy ship carrying 49 migrants picked up in international waters arrived in Albania on Tuesday, amid a new attempt by Italy to push ahead with a…
Ukrainian officials say Russian drone attacks cause injuries in several regions
Russian drone attacks overnight hit multiple Ukrainian regions and injured at least six people, officials said Tuesday. In the Odesa region in southern Ukraine, Governor Oleh Kiper said Russian forces…
Rubio and Lammy reaffirm US-UK partnership on Indo-Pacific security, China challenges
State Department — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with his British counterpart, Foreign Secretary David Lammy, on Monday to discuss a range of pressing global issues and joint initiatives…
Survivors, world leaders mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz death camp liberation
Around 50 survivors joined world leaders Monday at the site of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in Poland, on the 80th anniversary of its liberation in World War II…
Belarusian opposition, Western leaders denounce Lukashenko’s reelection
Belarus’ opposition activists and Western officials have denounced the reelection of Alexander Lukashenko to serve his seventh five-year presidential term. The 70-year-old leader began his iron-fisted rule in 1994. He…
Serbian farmers join striking university students’ 24-hour traffic blockade in Belgrade
BELGRADE, SERBIA — Serbia’s striking university students on Monday launched a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic intersection in the capital, Belgrade, stepping up pressure on the populist authorities over a…
Trump’s sanctions could force Russia’s Putin to negotiating table, some experts say
WASHINGTON — On Jan. 22, Donald Trump — just two days after being inaugurated for his second term as U.S. president — again called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate…
Flood victims rescued by boat as Storm Herminia hits northern France
RENNES, FRANCE — Residents in western France used boats to escape their flooded homes Monday as rivers and waterways broke their banks after successive storms battered Normandy and Brittany. The national…
Держборг України у 2024 році зріс на 1,46 трильйона гривень – Мінфін
У доларовому еквіваленті держборг України у 2024 році зріс на 20,74 млрд доларів США, зазначили у Мінфіні …
US M113 armored personnel carriers prove crucial to Ukraine’s fighting forces
Part of a U.S. military aid package to Ukraine in April 2022, the M113 armored personnel carrier has proved vital in conducting assault operations and providing protection for Ukrainian infantry. And…
Sweden intercepts Bulgarian ship over damaged Baltic cable
Sofia, Bulgaria — The Swedish coast guard chased and intercepted a Bulgarian ship after a fiber-optic cable under the Baltic Sea linking Sweden to Latvia was damaged, its owner said on…
Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat…
China bans livestock product imports from numerous countries on disease worries
BEIJING — China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to outbreaks of livestock diseases such as sheep pox, goat pox…
Sweden opens sabotage probe into Baltic undersea cable damage
STOCKHOLM/VILNIUS — An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia said, prompting NATO to deploy patrol ships to…
Russia says its troops have captured a strategic town in eastern Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine as part of a grinding campaign to weaken Kyiv’s grip on the country’s…
Italy resumes migrant transfers to processing centers in Albania
Rome — Italy said Sunday it was transferring 49 migrants picked up in the Mediterranean to new processing centers in Albania, in the third such attempt facing hurdles by courts. The…
Germany holds commemoration for 2 people killed in knife attack
Berlin — Government officials and residents attended a solemn Mass Sunday to honor a child and a man killed in a knife attack in Germany, an assault that amplified the debate…
Thousands in Ireland still without power as officials say Storm Eowyn cleanup will take time
London — Ireland called in help from England and France on Sunday as repair crews worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for…
Pope Francis warns of ‘scourge of antisemitism’ ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis warned of the “scourge of antisemitism” in his Angelus prayer on Sunday, the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, noting it marks 80 years since…
«Може послабити права працівників»: Офіс омбудсмена не підтримує новий проєкт Трудового кодексу
«Проєкт містить структурні прогалини, юридичну невизначеність, а також положення, які можуть послаблювати права працівників» …
Belarusians vote in election to extend Lukashenko’s 30-year rule
MINSK — Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko — a 70-year-old former collective farm…
Facebook scammers use fake VOA article to push Russian cryptocurrency scheme
When American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian IT entrepreneur Pavel Durov in April, he had an additional unexpected audience: scammers. After the video was published, a phony Russian-language transcript…
Indonesia showcases returned artifacts it had sought for decades from Netherlands
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Centuries-old stone Buddha statues and precious jewelry repatriated by the Dutch government to its former colony are on display at Indonesia’s National Museum, providing a glimpse into the…
Italy’s Meloni defends repatriation of Libyan warlord wanted by ICC
ROME — Italy’s prime minister addressed growing criticism Saturday of the repatriation of a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court, as Giorgia Meloni cited an appeals court order and…
Tens of thousands protest Germany’s far right as Musk endorses AfD
HALLE, GERMANY — Tens of thousands of Germans rallied Saturday against the far right ahead of next month’s legislative elections, as U.S. tech billionaire Elon Musk again endorsed the anti-immigrant AfD…
Moldovan president visits Kyiv to talk energy, security
KYIV, UKRAINE — Moldovan President Maia Sandu visited Kyiv on Saturday for talks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid growing tensions in Transnistria, a pro-Russian separatist enclave of Moldova that neighbors…
One of last Auschwitz survivors makes telling the stories his mission
HAIFA, ISRAEL — Naftali Furst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. He was 12 years old. SS soldiers threw open the doors…