By Natalie Thomas LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – At an animal shelter in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Natalia Horobets bid an emotional farewell to her beloved pet cat Charly on Monday. Horobets and her husband had fled their home in the eastern city…
TikTok war: How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine played to social media’s youngest audience
By Sheila Dang and Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) – When Russia invaded Ukraine last week, some of social media’s youngest users experienced the conflict from the front lines on TikTok. Videos of people huddling and crying in windowless bomb shelters, e…
Florida Panhandle wildfires force evacuation of hundreds of homes
(Reuters) – Steady winds across Florida’s Panhandle stoked a rash of wildfires on Monday that ignited in thickets of dead vegetation left in the wake of a 2018 hurricane, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of houses and a nursing home. The largest of t…
Ukraine’s president seeks international trade embargo on Russia
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Monday for new international sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, proposing a boycott of Russian oil and other Russian exports and a halt of exports to Russia….
WHO confirms additional attacks on Ukraine health care
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed seven attacks on health care infrastructure in Ukraine since the start of a Russian invasion on Feb. 24, up from four the previous day, the U.N. agency said in an emailed response to …
Ukraine says bread factory hit, talks make little progress
By Pavel Polityuk and Carlos Barria LVIV/IRPIN, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian officials said a Russian air strike hit a bread factory in northern Ukraine on Monday, killing at least 13 civilians, while talks between Kyiv and Moscow made little progress…
Ukrainian envoy dons helmet withheld by Israel, asks: Can this kill?
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Ukrainian envoy to Israel voiced frustration on Monday with its refusal to provide what his country deems defensive aid against Russia, donning a helmet at a news conference and asking rhetorically how such equipment could be …
Iran’s Shamkhani says Tehran is evaluating new components in nuclear talks -tweet
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s top security official Ali Shamkhani said on Monday negotiators are evaluating new components that have affected talks in Vienna on reviving Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with Western powers. Shamkhani said in a tweet Iran is adapt…
Oil, commodities surge amid selloff in global shares
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil and other commodities prices soared while global shares tanked on Monday as the United States said it was willing to ban Russian oil imports, stoking investor fears over inflation and slowing economi…
Ukraine and Russia to face off at World Court over genocide claim
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Ukraine will ask the United Nations’ top court on Monday to issue an emergency ruling requiring Russia to stop its invasion, arguing that Moscow’s justification for the attack is based on a faulty interpr…