Exclusive-Pope Francis denies he is planning to resign soon
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has dismissed reports that he plans to resign in the near future, saying he is on track to visit Canada this month and hopes…
Polish wall no deterrent to migrants en route from Africa, Cuba via Russia
By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska KUZNICA, Poland – Poland’s 5.5-metre tall steel barrier, built on its border with Belarus, was meant to be a European version of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s wall, protecting…
No guarantees Swiss will always have enough gas, minister says
ZURICH – Swiss businesses would be first to have energy rationed in the event of supply shortages, Energy Minister Simonetta Sommaruga told the SonntagsZeitung, warning that the government cannot guarantee there will…
FOSSIL-FUELED FREEDOM: US Overtakes Russia As Europe’s Biggest Gas Supplier
FOSSIL-FUELED FREEDOM: US Overtakes Russia As Europe’s Biggest Gas Supplier Max Keating on July 1, 2022 The United States sent more liquefied natural gas to Europe than the region got from Russian…
Factbox-Europe’s summer travel chaos
(Reuters) – Strikes and staff shortages are forcing airlines to cancel thousands of flights and causing hours-long queues at major airports, dashing hopes of a sizzling first summer after COVID lockdowns. Here…
Volvo to create 3,300 jobs at $1.25 billion EV plant in Slovakia
OSLO -Volvo Car Group will invest 1.2 billion euros ($1.25 billion) to build an electric vehicle (EV) plant in Slovakia, the Sweden-based automaker said on Friday. The site, Slovakia’s fifth, will bolster…
Essex County Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Drug Distribution
NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine base and distributing fentanyl and cocaine base, U.S. Attorney Philip…
Reactions to U.S. Supreme Court ruling on carbon emissions
(Reuters) – Here are reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday limiting the federal government’s authority to issue sweeping regulations to reduce carbon emissions from power plants. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE…
Factbox-Europe’s summer travel chaos
(Reuters) – Strikes and staff shortages are forcing airlines to cancel thousands of flights and causing hours-long queues at major airports, dashing hopes of a sizzling first summer after COVID lockdowns. Here…
Stellantis’ French diesel engine plant to get EV motor boost
By Gilles Guillaume TREMERY -World No. 4 carmaker Stellantis said on Wednesday it will speed up electric motor production at its factory in Tremery, France, long the world’s largest diesel engine plant,…
Federal Park Police ‘In Crisis’ After Being Understaffed And Underfunded
Federal Park Police ‘In Crisis’ After Being Understaffed And Underfunded Josh Hypes on June 28, 2022 The union representing the U.S. Park Police (USPP) warned the Biden administration that staffing shortages will…
Hungary decree allows government to supervise energy firms if needed
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST -Hungary has passed a decree empowering the government to take over the supervision of vital energy firms and the gas pipeline network operator FGSZ in an emergency that…
G7 discussions with China, India on Russian oil price cap positive -source
By David Lawder WASHINGTON – Group of Seven democracies have had positive and productive discussions with China and India about a plan to cap the price of Russian oil, a source familiar…
Africa’s dream of feeding China hits hard reality
By Duncan Miriri and Joe Bavier THIKA, Kenya – Watching workers poke avocados from the treetops in an orchard owned by Kenyan agriculture firm Kakuzi, managing director Chris Flowers revels in the…
Spain turns to Africa, lobbies NATO, allies over Ukraine-driven migration
By Belén Carreño, Borja Suárez and Joan Faus MADRID/LAS PALMAS – Spain is shifting its foreign policy towards Africa while lobbying the EU and NATO for support to address migration from the…
Russia steps up missile strikes on Ukraine as G7 leaders gather
By Tom Balmforth and Marko Djurica KYIV/POKROVSK, Ukraine – Russian missiles struck an apartment block and close to a kindergarten in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, in strikes U.S. President Joe…
Sievierodonetsk falls to Russia after one of war’s bloodiest fights
By Tom Balmforth and Marko Djurica KYIV/POKROVSK, Ukraine -Russian forces fully occupied the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Saturday, both sides said, confirming Kyiv’s biggest battlefield setback for more than a…
Dozens of migrants piled together at Melilla border fence – video
By Ahmed Eljechtimi and Graham Keeley RABAT/MADRID -Dozens of migrants were pictured lying by a Moroccan border fence, some bleeding and many apparently lifeless, in video showing the aftermath of an attempted…
Ukraine set to quit ruined Sievierodonetsk as Russians close in
By Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth KYIV -Ukraine was set to pull its troops from the ruined city of Sievierodonetsk after weeks of street fighting and bombardment, the regional governor said, in…
The experiences that led these U.S. abortion opponents to activism
By Sharon Bernstein, Gabriella Borter and Brad Brooks (Reuters) – For a Mississippi doctor, it was a glimpse of a fetal arm. For a police officer, it was the treatment of anti-abortion…
Ryanair cabin staff strike as labour unrest spreads across Europe
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON/BRUSSELS -Some cabin crew at Ryanair went on strike in Belgium, Spain and Portugal on Friday in a dispute over pay and working conditions, the latest…
EU plans for life without Russian gas amid inflation spike
By Gabriela Baczynska, Kate Abnett and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS -EU leaders on Friday warned that “cheap energy is gone” and agreed to boost preparations for further cuts in Russian gas, accusing Moscow…
Ukraine becomes EU membership candidate as Donbas battles reach ‘fearsome climax’
By Pavel Polityuk and Vitalii Hnidyi KYIV -Ukraine became a candidate to join the European Union on Thursday, a bold geopolitical step triggered by Russia’s invasion that Kyiv and Brussels hailed as…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy looks to EU offer as Russia pounds cities
By Pavel Polityuk and Vitalii Hnidyi KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine -Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday hailed the European Union’s expected offer of candidate status for his battle-weary nation, as Russian forces pounded Ukraine’s…
Independence Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Three Bank Robberies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Independence man was sentenced in federal court today for robbing three banks within a period of about a month in Lee’s Summit, Kansas City, and Odessa. Hubert…
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