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Thursday May 09, 2024

Ukraine's energy facilities under Russian air raids

Energy facilities across Ukraine came under Russia's massive air strikes early Wednesday, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said, reported Xinhua. The attack targeted power generation and transmission facilities in the central Poltava, Kirovograd, and Vinnytsya regions, the western Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, and the southern Zaporizhzhia region, Galushchenko

Published: 03:11 am,Thursday 9 May 2024

Politician attacked amid series of violence in Germany

Berlin's Senator for Economic Affairs Franziska Giffey has become the latest victim in a series of violent attacks against politicians in Germany, reported Xinhua. A suspected man was provisionally arrested on Wednesday. While visiting a library in the German capital on Tuesday, Giffey was injured by an "attack

Published: 03:45 am,Thursday 9 May 2024

UK to expel Russian defense attache

The United Kingdom (UK) is set to expel the Russian defense attache as part of a series of measures against Moscow, UK Home Secretary James Cleverly announced Wednesday, reported Xinhua. Cleverly told the House of Commons, the lower house of the British parliament, that the Russian defense attache

Published: 22:13 pm,Wednesday 8 May 2024

Swedish central bank cuts interest rate by 25 basis points amid weak economy

Sweden's central bank on Wednesday announced a 25-basis point cut of its benchmark interest rate to 3.75 percent amid weak economic activity, reported Xinhua. This is the first rate cut in eight years. The Riksbank said the decision on the policy rate will apply from May 15. The Riksbank's executive

Published: 02:59 am,Wednesday 8 May 2024

Russian Plot to kill Zelensky foiled

The Ukrainian security service (SBU) says it has foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-ranking Ukrainian officials, reported British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Two colonels of the Ukrainian government protection unit have been arrested in this connection. The SBU said they were part of a network

Published: 21:58 pm,Tuesday 7 May 2024

German far-right EU MP's Brussels office raided in spying probe

Authorities in Brussels on Tuesday searched the European Parliament office of far-right German legislator Maximilian Krah in connection with suspected espionage by his former assistant, Jian Guo, prosecutors say, reported dpa. A statement by the German Federal Public Prosecutor's Office said Krah's parliamentary offices in Brussels had been searched

Published: 21:39 pm,Tuesday 7 May 2024

Students protest at Berlin's Free University in solidarity with Gaza

Pro-Palestinian activists occupied a courtyard at Berlin's Free University on Tuesday, calling for student resistance across Germany in solidarity with people in the Gaza Strip, reported dpa. Around 80 to 100 people were involved, according to estimates by a university spokeswoman. The university announced it would swiftly put a halt

Published: 02:27 am,Tuesday 7 May 2024

Russia summons French envoy over provocative rhetoric on Ukrainian crisis

The Russian foreign ministry summoned French Ambassador to Russia Pierre Levy on Monday over provocative statements regarding the Ukrainian conflict, it said in a statement, reported Xinhua. The French ambassador was summoned to the Russian foreign ministry on Monday "in connection with...bellicose statements made by the French leadership,"

Published: 02:48 am,Tuesday 7 May 2024

Berlin recalls Moscow envoy following Russian cyberattacks

The German government has asked the German ambassador to Moscow, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, to come to Berlin for a week of consultations following cyberattacks on the governing Social Democratic Party (SPD) and German companies, reported dpa. A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office in Berlin spoke of a"standard procedure" on

Published: 03:07 am,Tuesday 7 May 2024

Fresh wave of strikes hits UK rail services

Rail travel in the United Kingdom (UK) is set to be disrupted this week, with train drivers from 16 rail companies starting a fresh wave of strikes and overtime bans, reported Xinhua. The train drivers, who are members of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF)

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