Portugal battles wildfires amid third heatwave of the year
Temperatures in excess of 40C are expected to hit much of the Iberian peninsula this week.
2023-08-08 13:25
Ukraine war – live: Russian informant detained over Zelensky assassination plot, Kyiv says
At least eight people have died after two Russian missiles hit a residential building in east Ukraine, on the same day Vladimir Putin has ordered the state-owned defence conglomerate to produce more attack drones. Five people, including four civilians and one emergency official, were killed after the rockets hit an apartment complex in the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region on Monday, Ukrainian interior minister Ihor Klymenko said. At least 31 more have been injured, as videos from outside the building show emergency services rescuing people trapped under the rubble and treating the wounded. Writing on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky vowed “Russia will be held accountable for everything it has done in this terrible war”. It came as the UK’s Foreign Office told The Independent it was reviewing its sanctions on Russia after a dramatic intervention from Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska condemning loopholes that allow Moscow to fund its invasion. Speaking to Independent TV from Kyiv’s presidential compound, Ms Zelenska called for an urgent crackdown on such trade to strangle Moscow’s funds. Read More Chris Christie gifted Zelensky handwritten Jon Bon Jovi lyrics Moment Russian drone nearly hits Ukrainian evacuation car Russia blasts Saudi Arabia talks on ending war in Ukraine after Moscow gets no invitation to attend
2023-08-08 12:55
China’s Rare Russia Rebuke Doesn’t Mean Xi Is Ditching Putin
China last week unleashed some of its strongest criticism against Russia since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. Yet any
2023-08-08 06:51
Pemex Bond Investors Are Tiring of AMLO’s Temporary Fixes
In his four and a half years in office, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has placated Pemex
2023-08-08 03:51
Germany Expects TSMC to Approve Dresden Chip Plant Tuesday
The German government expects Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to give the go-ahead for the construction of a €10
2023-08-08 00:46
Woman dies after boat fire in Carrick-on-Shannon
A woman has died after a fire on a boat in County Leitrim on Monday, police have said.
2023-08-07 20:58
Russia-Ukraine war – live: US and German weapons shoot down ‘significant’ total of Russian missiles, says Kyiv
US and German weapons have shot down a “significant” total of Russian missiles, Ukraine has said. In his nightly video address on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said advanced air defence systems, including the US-built Patriot and Germany's IRIS-T, were proving "highly effective" and had "already yielded significant results”. Zelenskiy said Ukraine had shot down a significant part of Moscow’s attacks over the past week, which included 65 missiles of various kinds and 178 assault drones, including 87 Shaheds - despite waves of Russian air strikes that Kyiv says targeted residential buildings and civilians, leaving some dead. This comes as Kyiv struck and damaged the Chonhar road bridge linking mainland Ukraine to Crimea and a smaller bridge linking the town of Henichesk with the peninsula’s northeast coast on Sunday, Moscow-appointed officials and Ukraine’s armed forces said. Without providing evidence, acting Kherson regional governor Vladimir Saldo, a Moscow appointee, said the strike on the Chonhar bridge, one of three road links between Crimea and mainland Ukraine, involved an Anglo-French Storm Shadow missile. Read More Ukraine replaces Soviet coat of arms with trident on towering Kyiv landmark War in Ukraine: Blood transfusion centre in Kharkiv hit by Russian attack as three killed Russian opera star sues US company after dropping her for refusing to criticise Putin’s war in Ukraine
2023-08-07 16:56
UK House Prices Fall for a Fourth Straight Month, Halifax Says
UK house prices fell for a fourth straight month in July as a further rise in mortgage rates
2023-08-07 14:59
KKR Seeks to Take-Private of Space Tech Firm OHB With Family
KKR & Co. plans to take private the German space and technology company OHB SE alongside the founding
2023-08-07 14:16
HSBC Executive Slams ‘Weak’ UK for Siding With US Against China
HSBC Holdings Plc’s head of public affairs criticized the US for strong-arming the UK into cutting back business
2023-08-07 09:47
Wheat Rises After Ukraine Attacks Threaten Black Sea Exports
Wheat extended gains after Ukraine used sea drones to cripple a Russian oil tanker and a naval vessel,
2023-08-07 09:47
Asian Equities Decline After US Rally Reverses: Markets Wrap
Most Asian shares fell Monday after a mixed US jobs report and a reversal of gains on Wall
2023-08-07 09:24