US President Joe Biden previously pointed the finger at Exxon Mobil for making “more money than God” last year. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Some of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies are poised to report record annual profits, raking in extraordinary revenues after a year of volatile fossil fuel prices amid Russia’s assault … Read more
Russia says delivery of NATO battle tanks to Ukraine is proof of ‘direct and growing’ US and European involvement in war, analyst suggests supplier nations could become potential targets. The comments come after the United States and Germany said on Wednesday they would arm Ukraine with dozens of heavy tanks in its fight against Russian … Read more
CNN — The US Treasury Department on Thursday designated the Wagner Group, a private Russian mercenary organization heavily involved in the war in Ukraine, as a major transnational criminal organization, and imposed a series of sanctions on a transnational network that supports it. The US State Department simultaneously announced a number of sanctions intended to … Read more
Spanish authorities have reportedly nabbed a suspect behind a series of letter bombs sent to targets including the Ukrainian ambassador and the Spanish prime minister: a 74-year-old man described by police sources as “lonely” and “strange”. The news, reported by local media El Pais, ABC and La Sexta, comes more than a month after the … Read more
CNN — The historic center of the Ukrainian port city of Odessa and sites in Yemen and Lebanon were added to the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday. All three sites were simultaneously added to UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger. UNESCO’s founding Convention obliges … Read more
CNN — The Zambian student who died in combat in Ukraine was buried in a private ceremony in his home country on Wednesday, a family spokesperson told CNN. Lemekani Nathan Nyirenda died on the front lines of the war in Ukraine while fighting for the Russian mercenary group Wagner in September last year. Her family’s … Read more
CNN — Germany is set to send its wanted Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine to help bolster the country’s war effort, Der Spiegel reported Tuesday night, attributing to unnamed sources. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz decided to deliver the battle tanks after “months of debate”, according to the German media’s exclusive report. The German parliament is … Read more
Kyiv on Tuesday announced the sacking of a dozen top officials in its biggest political shake-up following the country’s first major corruption scandal linked to the Russian invasion. Ukraine has long suffered from rampant corruption, but Moscow’s full-scale war that has lasted nearly a year has overshadowed the government’s efforts to root out corruption. Western … Read more
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto arrives in Bucharest, Romania on November 30 Daniel Mihailescu AFP | Getty Images Finland calls for a ‘time out’ in talks with Turkey over Finnish and Swedish NATO membership, after a series of events between Turkey and Sweden spark new tensions and acrimony. “A time out is needed before we … Read more
The president promises changes to the government after reports of corruption in the defense and infrastructure ministries. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will make changes to the government and security services as part of a new crackdown on corruption, nearly a year after Russia invaded the country. In his Monday night video address, … Read more
