By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices sank about 6% on Monday alongside equities, as continued coronavirus lockdowns in China, the top oil importer, fed worries about the demand outlook. Brent crude fell $6.45, or 5.7%, to settle at $105.94…
Marcos, son of strongman, triumphs in Philippines presidential election
By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA, (Reuters) -Ferdinand Marcos Jr clinched a stunning runaway victory in the Philippines’ presidential election on Monday in the first win by a majority since a 1986 revolution that toppled his late father’s t…
Ukraine’s mine sniffing dog Patron awarded medal by Zelenskiy
KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy presented Ukraine’s famous mine sniffing dog Patron and his owner with a medal on Sunday to recognise their dedicated service since Russia’s invasion. The pint-size Jack Russell terrier has been credited w…
Britain to increase tariffs on Russian platinum, palladium in new sanctions
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain announced on Sunday it will increase tariffs on platinum and palladium imports from Russia and Belarus in a new package of sanctions targeting 1.7 billion pounds ($2.10 billion) of trade, which it said aimed to further weaken…
G7 agrees to intensify economic pressure on Putin, UK PM says
LONDON (Reuters) – G7 leaders agreed that the world must intensify economic pressure on Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in any way possible, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said on Sunday after he addressed the group. Johnson said “the …
Evacuees from Azovstal plant arrive in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia
By Alessandra Prentice ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – A convoy of buses carrying evacuees from southeastern Ukraine, including some 40 civilians who had been holed up in the Azovstal steel plant in besieged Mariupol, arrived on Sunday in the Ukraini…
Russian attacks on rail system fail to paralyze ‘lifeline of Ukraine’
By Jonathan Landay FASTIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – A salvo of missiles brought the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine to Fastiv, a quiet town abounding with flowering cherry trees and set in sweeping farmland hundreds of kilometres from the front lines. The strike o…
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) – As many as 60 people were feared to have been killed in the Russian bombing of a village school in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, the regional governor said. MARIUPOL * Ukrainian fighters at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol vo…
EU edges towards oil sanctions on Russia, no deal yet
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments moved closer on Sunday to agreeing tough sanctions against Russia that include a ban on buying Russian oil, but scheduled more talks for Monday to work out how to ensure countries most dependent on Russia…
U.S. first lady Jill Biden makes unannounced visit to Ukraine
(Reuters) – U.S. first lady Jill Biden made an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Sunday to show support for its people amid Russia’s invasion, visiting a school that is serving as a temporary shelter and meeting Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, accor…