Europe
Ukraine says missiles blown up in annexed Crimea, Russia says civilians targeted
Ukraine’s defence ministry said on Monday that an explosion in Dzhankoi in the north of the Crimean peninsula destroyed Russian cruise missiles ...Switzerland’s secretive Credit Suisse rescue rocks global finance
Days before a hastily convened press conference late on Sunday that would make the world’s front pages, Switzerland’s political elite were secretly ...China’s Xi Jinping in Russia for talks with Putin
Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into Moscow on Monday where he was expected to press Beijing’s role as a potential peacemaker in ...Bank shares plummet as Credit Suisse rescue fails to quell contagion fears
Banking stocks and bonds plummeted on Monday as the hit to investors from UBS Group’s state-backed takeover of Credit Suisse fanned concerns ...Putin makes surprise trip to Russian-occupied Mariupol in wake of ICC warrant
A day after being accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court, President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian ...ICC issues arrest warrant for Russian president
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Friday against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for ...China’s Xi to meet Putin in Moscow next week
Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in Russia from March 20-22 for a state visit after he was invited by President Vladimir ...Credit Suisse secures $54 billion lifeline as authorities rush to avert global bank crisis
Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) on Thursday said it would borrow up to $54 billion from the Swiss central bank to shore up liquidity and investor confidence after ...North of Bakhmut, another key battle tests Ukraine’s defences
From a small, non-descript house in a badly bombed village in eastern Ukraine, Andrii “Tuman”, who goes by his call sign meaning ...Russia, Ukraine battle for Bakhmut; ICC seeks war crime arrest warrants
Ukraine’s future hinges on the outcome of battles in the east, including in and around Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, with both ...












