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Russia threatens West with severe response if its assets are touched
Russian officials threatened the West on Sunday with a “severe” response in the event that frozen Russian assets are confiscated, promising “endless” legal ...Russian missiles pound Ukrainian power plants in escalating campaign
By Olena Harmash and Tom Balmforth Reuters A Russian missile attack pounded power facilities in the centre and west of Ukraine on Saturday, mounting ...US secretly gives Ukraine long-range missiles
BY LOLITA C. BALDOR AND TARA COPP AP Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the ...France’s air traffic control strikes ground flights across Europe
Delays and flight cancellations were set to impact swathes of Europe on Thursday, after authorities failed to reach a deal with some ...Ukraine launches military charm offensive as conscription flags
By Dan Peleschuk Reuters Far from the trenches, at orderly new centres across Ukraine, civilian recruiters armed with laptops and info packs ...Russia says West is teetering on brink of conflict between nuclear powers
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that the support of the United States, Britain and France for Ukraine was stoking ...US House passes $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan
By Richard Cowan, Moira Warburton and Patricia Zengerle Reuters The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday with broad bipartisan support passed a $95 ...Greek economy surges after decade of pain
By Lefteris Papadimas Reuters A decade ago, Greece was in the throes of a devastating debt crisis marked by years of austerity, ...Donors raise more than 2 billion euros for Sudan aid a year into war
By Elizabeth Pineau and Nafisa Eltahir Reuters Donors pledged more than 2 billion euros ($2.13 billion) for war-torn Sudan at a conference ...Floods grip Kazakhstan and Russia as tributaries of Ob rise
By Tamara Vaal Reuters Swathes of northern Kazakhstan and Russia’s Urals region were flooded on Monday as melt waters swelled the tributaries ...