BARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s royal couple returned Tuesday to the area devastated by last month’s catastrophic flooding for the first time since enraged survivors pelted them and top elected officials with…
Relatives of wounded Ukrainian veterans become main caregivers
In Ukraine, wounded veterans who need long rehabilitation are mostly cared for by relatives. They face the difficult job with little help from the state. Lesia Bakalets has more from…
China’s Xi, Germany’s Scholz discuss EV tariffs, ‘broad market opportunities’
China has asked Germany to support efforts to resolve a dispute between the European Union and Beijing over electric vehicle tariffs. Last month, the EU decided to raise tariffs on…
Iran slams new EU, UK sanctions as unjustified
TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday slammed as unjustified the new sanctions by the European Union and United Kingdom against Tehran over its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine….
Данія надасть 130 мільйонів євро для оборонної промисловості України – Фредеріксен
Метте Фредеріксен зазначила, що український досвід є дуже важливим …
Lithuania steps up surveillance at sea following damage to undersea cable
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania’s Navy said on Tuesday it had increased monitoring of its waters after an undersea communications cable connecting the country with Sweden had been damaged. An assessment is…
Верховна Рада ухвалила держбюджет на 2025 рік. На оборону спрямують 2,2 трильйона гривень
Проєкт держбюджету передбачає рекордні видатки на рівні 3,94 трильйона гривень …
Russia broadens conditions for using nuclear weapons
As the war in Ukraine entered its 1,000th day Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a revised nuclear doctrine stating that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation supported…
Arthur Frommer, travel guide innovator, has died at 95
NEW YORK — Arthur Frommer, whose “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95. Frommer…
Чеський урядовець: корупція в Україні є більшим ризиком для банків, ніж війна
Копечний пояснив, що на третій рік повномасштабної війни кількість грантових пожертв на проєкти реконструкції значно зменшилась …
Russia vetoes UN cease-fire resolution for Sudan
Russia vetoed a United Nation resolution Monday calling for an immediate cease-fire between Sudan’s warring parties and the delivery of humanitarian aid to millions of Sudanese. Russia was the only…
Youths at UN climate talks push through anger to fight for hope
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Young people who attend the U.N. climate talks have a lot to be angry about. They’ve lost loved ones and months of school. They’ve lost homes and family…
Greece to repay chunk of bailout debt early
Athens, Greece — Greece will make an early repayment of 5 billion euros ($5.3 billion) in bailout-era debt in 2025, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told a banking conference in Athens on…
Protesters in Georgia’s capital set up tent camp, demand new elections
tbilisi, georgia — Demonstrators in Georgia’s capital have set up tents on a central thoroughfare and vowed Monday to stay around the clock to demand new parliamentary elections in the country….
Russian opposition activists speak freely against Putin, but in Germany
Russian opposition members in exile took to the streets of Berlin Sunday to demand a pullout of Russian troops from Ukraine and the resignation of President Vladimir Putin in a…
Рада завтра планує розглянути держбюджет-2025 в другому читанні – депутат
31 жовтня Рада схвалила держбюджет-2025 у першому читанні …
UK sanctions Iran Air and IRISL over military transfers to Russia
London — Britain on Monday imposed sanctions against Iran’s national airline and shipping carrier, measures it said were taken in response to Iran’s transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia. The state-owned…
Dutch minister: Chinese trade with Russia ‘directly affecting’ EU security
AMSTERDAM — The Netherlands’ foreign minister, whose ministry oversees export restrictions on top computer chip equipment maker ASML, said on Monday that China-Russia trade was “directly affecting” European security. NATO views…
Підласа: комітет ВР вніс фінальні правки і схвалив проєкт держбюджету-2025
Проєкт закону у другому читанні має ухвалити Верховна Рада …
Latvian company to send drones to Ukraine
The Baltic states have committed to continue providing financial and material support to Ukraine’s fight against Russia in 2025. Part of that support is coming from the Latvian-led Drone Coalition….
UK to put Sudan resolution to vote by UN Security Council
LONDON — Britain will seek backing from other United Nations Security Council members on Monday for its demand that Sudan’s warring parties stop hostilities and allow deliveries of aid, the British…
New global carbon trade rules adopted at UN climate summit expand inclusion, draw ire
Baku, Azerbaiijan — A new set of global carbon credit trade market standards has been agreed to during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, or COP29, following years…
Protesters in separatist Georgian region occupy government buildings, call for leader’s ouster
Tbilisi, Georgia — Opposition protesters in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia on Sunday refused to cede control of key government buildings seized during rallies earlier in the week during which at…
Russia launches massive airstrike campaign in Ukraine
Russia launched a massive airstrike campaign against neighboring Ukraine on Sunday. Local officials say several people died and the power system suffered “severe damage.” VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more. …
Putin critics lead march in Berlin calling for democracy in Russia and end to war in Ukraine
Berlin — Prominent Russian opposition figures led a march of at least 1,000 people in central Berlin Sunday, criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine and calling for…
Pope Francis calls for investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute ‘genocide’
Rome — Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming new book ahead of the…
Norway’s Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile’s remote Easter Island
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Oslo to Chile’s remote territory of…
Zelenskyy says Russia has launched 120 missiles and 90 drones targeting Ukraine’s infrastructure
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Sunday launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, described by officials as the largest over the past months, targeting energy infrastructure and killing civilians….
Russia’s Gazprom stops flow of natural gas to Austria, utility says
VIENNA — Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom stopped supplies to Austria early Saturday, according to the Vienna-based utility OMV, after OMV said it would stop payments for the gas following…
Protesters in Georgia’s separatist region refuse to give up government buildings
TBILISI, GEORGIA — Opposition protesters in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia have refused to cede control of key government buildings that demonstrators stormed to protest new measures allowing Russians to buy…