By Natalia Zinets LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Germany said on Sunday that the West would agree to impose more sanctions on Russia in the coming days after Ukraine accused Russian forces of war crimes near Kyiv, ratcheting up the already vast economic pre…
U.N. chief calls for independent probe of civilian deaths in Ukrainian town
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday said he was “deeply shocked” by images of dead civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, and he called for an independent investigation that “leads to effective accounta…
Germany says West to agree more sanctions on Russia after Bucha killings
By Natalia Zinets LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Germany said on Sunday that the West would agree to impose more sanctions on Russia in the coming days after Ukraine accused Russian forces of war crimes near Kyiv, ratchetting up the already vast economic pre…
Lithuanian documentary maker Kvedaravicius killed in Ukraine’s Mariupol
VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravicius was killed on Saturday in Mariupol, the Ukrainian city whose fate he had documented for many years, according to the Ukrainian Defence Ministry and a colleague. “While (he was) trying to …
UK stepping up sanctions and military support for Ukraine, PM Johnson says
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said “despicable attacks against civilians” in Bucha and Irpin near Kyiv were evidence that Russia was committing war crimes in Ukraine, and that Britain would step up sanctions and military aid i…
Serbia’s incumbent President Vucic set to win second term
BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbia’s incumbent President Aleksandar Vucic is set to win the presidential vote on Sunday with 59.8% of the votes, according to a projection by pollsters Ipsos and CeSID, based on a sample of the partial polling station count. Zdr…
Tesla unable to restart Shanghai production on Monday -internal memo
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Tesla has notified workers and suppliers that production at its Shanghai factory will not resume on Monday as it had hoped, according to an internal notice shared with Reuters. Reuters reported earlier on Sunday that the U.S. automa…
Ukraine accuses Russia of civilian ‘massacre’; Russia denies this
By Simon Gardner BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine on Sunday accused Russian forces of carrying out a “massacre” in the town of Bucha, while Western nations reacted to images of dead bodies there with calls for new sanctions against Moscow. Russia’s d…
Sri Lanka police fire tear gas to stop protests amid curfew
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Police fired tear gas at hundreds of protesting students in central Sri Lanka on Sunday, a federal lawmaker said, as soldiers manned checkpoints in the capital to enforce a curfew imposed to c…
Orban on track for crushing victory as Ukraine war solidifies support
By Anita Komuves and Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban looked set for a fourth consecutive win in Sunday’s election, as voters endorsed his ambition of a conservative, “illiberal” state and shrugged …