By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress voted to impose further economic pain on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, passing one measure to remove its “most favored nation” trade status and another to ban oil imports. …
At least 2 dead in Tel Aviv shooting attack – hospital official
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -At least two people have died and four were seriously wounded in a shooting in Tel Aviv’s city center on Thursday, the latest of several attacks in which 13 people have been killed over the past month, the sharpest spike in Israel …
Russian Nobel Peace laureate Muratov says he was attacked with red paint
(Reuters) – The Russian co-winner of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Dmitry Muratov, was attacked on a train with red paint on Thursday, he said, in an apparent protest at his newspaper’s coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Muratov’s Novaya Gazeta…
Video appears to show Ukrainian forces killing Russian captive
(Reuters) – A social media video verified by Reuters and geolocated to an area west of Kyiv appears to show Ukrainian forces shooting and killing a captured and badly wounded Russian soldier. Three rounds were fired by an off-camera individual into the…
Shelling in Ukraine’s Kharkiv kills one person, wounds 14, says governor
(Reuters) – At least one person was killed and 14 wounded in shelling on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv on Thursday, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said in an online video address. The Ukrainian military earlier said Russian troops were bomba…
Russia opens criminal case over alleged Ukrainian abuse of PoWs
LONDON (Reuters) -Russia said on Thursday it had opened a criminal investigation into allegations by a Russian soldier that he was beaten and received death threats while being held as a prisoner of war in Ukraine. Russia’s Investigative Committee said…
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) – Ukraine stepped up calls for financial sanctions crippling enough to force Moscow to end the war and its officials rushed to evacuate civilians from cities and towns in the east before an anticipated major Russian offensive there. FIGHTING …
Oil slips on uncertainty over Russia sanctions, demand in China
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil prices slid after rising earlier in the session on Thursday amid uncertainty that the euro zone will be able to effectively sanction Russian energy exports, and after consuming nations announced a huge release of oil fr…
Exclusive – Trafigura set to take zinc out of LME system, fuelling concern – sources
By Eric Onstad and Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) – Commodity trader Trafigura and other firms are moving to take large amounts of zinc out of London Metal Exchange approved warehouses in Asia, sources familiar with the matter said, fuelling concern ab…
U.N. suspends Russia from human rights body, Moscow then quits
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over reports of “gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights” in Ukraine, prompting Moscow …