OSLO (Reuters) – British energy regulator Ofgem has granted SSEN Transmission, part of energy company SSE plc , provisional approval to construct a two-gigawatt subsea cable between Scotland and England, the company said on Wednesday. The subsea link, …
Mariupol a strategic prize for Russia, symbol of resistance for Ukraine
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets (Reuters) – The southern Ukrainian port of Mariupol has been under heavy fire from Russian forces since soon after the war began on Feb. 24. Nearly 5,000 people have been killed and buildings across the city destroy…
Thousands of Australians flee homes as floods inundate towns
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Heavy rains deluged Australia’s east coast on Wednesday, submerging entire towns, while thousands of people fled their homes for the second time within weeks after fast-moving flood waters burst river banks and broke ove…
Residential areas of Ukraine’s Lysychansk shelled – governor
LVIV (Reuters) – Residential areas of Ukraine’s eastern city of Lysychansk were shelled by heavy artillery on Wednesday morning, Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Gaidai wrote on Telegram. “A number of high-rise buildings have been damaged. Information …
U.S liaising with Ukrainian forces in Poland, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said U.S. troops in Poland were “liaising” with Ukrainian forces as they hand over weapons to them, but it was not training “in the classic sense.” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby did not provide details on what exactl…
In villages near Kyiv, how Ukraine has kept Russia’s army at bay
By James Mackenzie LUKYANIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – The burnt wreckage of two Russian tanks with blown off turrets and several armoured personnel carriers attest the ferocity of last week’s clashes in Lukyanivka village just outside Kyiv. The charred co…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says Russia talks could be called positive, wants to see results
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday said the signals from peace talks with Russia could be called positive but added that they did not drown out the explosions from Russian shells. In a late night address, he said Kyiv saw no…
Shell hits military camp in Russia, most likely from Ukrainian side – Tass
(Reuters) -A shell hit a temporary Russian military camp near the border with Ukraine late on Tuesday, Tass news agency said and cited a source as saying preliminary data showed it had been fired from the Ukrainian side. Tass issued the report shortly …
Businessman Lebedev says UK security advice about him should be public
LONDON (Reuters) -Evgeny Lebedev, the ennobled British-Russian media boss and son of a former KGB spy, said on Tuesday security advice relating to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to appoint him to parliament’s upper chamber should be publicly r…
UK says healthcare workers, vulnerable will still get free COVID tests
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday that healthcare workers, social care staff and the most vulnerable will still get COVID-19 tests without any charge when it ends free testing for the general public next month. When he announced all coronaviru…