3 h. ago Ukraine and Russia Drone Strikes Leave Thousands Without Power

Ukraine and Russia traded drone strikes overnight, continuing a pattern of targeting energy infrastructure that left thousands without electricity.

Events

19 h. ago France’s new prime minister names a government that might not last long

PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister named a government Sunday, bringing back former finance minister Bruno Le Maire to serve at the defense ministry, where he’ll help oversee French military support for Ukraine and address threats to European security posed by Russia. Other key positions in the new cabinet, announced by President Emmanuel Macron […]

Politics

25 h. ago TAIT: Students can work to limit the academic damage of possible teachers’ strike

A letter to all Alberta students: The calendar may say October, but for thousands of Alberta students, the air feels heavier than the autumn leaves falling to the ground. A teachers’ strike, perhaps as early as Monday, threatens not only classroom lessons but the heartbeat of daily life. School is more than math problems and […]

Events

29 h. ago Russia Targets Much of Ukraine With Missile and Drone Barrage

Russia launched another massive airstrike at targets across Ukraine overnight, killing at least five people and wounding several others.

Events

29 h. ago Russian Air Barrage Targets Ukraine, Damaging Gas Infrastructure

Russia launched a massive airstrike at targets across Ukraine overnight, including at energy facilities, killing at least five people and wounding several others.

Economics

2 d. ago Russia targets Ukraine’s natural gas facilities in biggest attack of the war

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched its biggest attack of the war overnight against natural gas facilities run by Ukraine’s state-owned Naftogaz Group, officials said Friday. Russia fired a total of 381 drones and 35 missiles at Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s air force. in what officials was an attempt to wreck the Ukrainian power grid ahead […]

Events

3 d. ago Russia Ups Strikes on Ukraine Gas Sector at Heating Season Start

Ukraine’s state-owned giant Naftogaz suffered the largest aerial attack on its gas extraction infrastructure since the start of the war as Russia increased its targeting of the energy sector at the start of the heating season.

Culture

3 d. ago After Trump calls Russia a ‘paper tiger,’ Putin asks ‘then what is NATO?’

Putin said that Russian forces were advancing along the entire front in Ukraine and that almost all of the U.S.-led NATO alliance was now fighting against Russia.

Politics

3 d. ago Haunting 911 audio released in deadly train stabbing of Iryna Zarutska: ‘THERE’S A LOT OF BLOOD’

Frantic 911 calls made in the aftermath of the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska have been released by police. The 23-year-old, who was living in Charlotte, North Carolina, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, was travelling on the city’s light rail train when she was stabbed three times in an unprovoked attack in August. […]

Events

3 d. ago Zelenskyy warns Russian drones endanger safety at Chornobyl and at Europe’s biggest nuclear plant

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s sustained bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid is deepening concerns about the safety of the country’s nuclear facilities after a drone knocked out power for more than three hours to the site of the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster and as Europe’s biggest atomic power plant remains disconnected from the grid, officials said. […]

Events

4 d. ago Ukraine Billionaire’s Struggling Steel Firm Eyes Bond Extensions

Metinvest B.V. is considering extending maturity of its bond due next year as Russia’s war continues to put a strain on the Ukrainian steel and mining firm.

Economics

6 d. ago Russia Bans Diesel Exports for Resellers, Extends Gasoline Curbs

Russia banned diesel exports for some companies and extended restrictions for gasoline sales abroad as Ukrainian drone strikes disrupt nation’s refinery runs.

Economics

7 d. ago Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills 4, wounds at least 10

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight into Sunday, killing at least four people, with Kyiv suffering the heaviest assault. This is the first major bombardment since an air attack on Ukraine’s capital left at least 21 people dead last month. Kyiv bears the brunt of the […]

Events

8 d. ago International Paralympic Committee lifts partial suspensions of Russia, Belarus

MUNICH, Germany — The International Paralympic Committee decided on Saturday to lift a partial suspension of Russia and Belarus imposed since Moscow’s incursion into Ukraine in 2022. This decision, taken at the IPC’s general assembly meeting in Seoul, opens the way for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their own flags at the Milan-Cortina […]

Society

1 week ago EU to Discuss €140 Billion Ukraine Loan Plan Using Russia Assets

European Union ambassadors will begin discussions on Friday on a plan to provide Ukraine with €140 billion ($164 billion) in fresh loans using frozen Russian Central Bank assets.

Economics

1 week ago Oil Loadings Resume at Russian Black Sea Terminals After Attacks

Two key oil ports on Russia’s Black Sea coast resumed loading of tankers overnight after Ukrainian aerial and marine drone attacks on Wednesday.

Events

1 week ago Caspian Oil Pipe Operator Reports Drone Damage at Russian Office

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which handles most of Kazakhstan’s crude exports through Russia to the Black Sea, said its office in Novorossiysk was damaged in a drone strike.

Events

1 week ago Trump says Ukraine could win back all land from Russia with EU, NATO help

Trump said Russia 'has been fighting aimlessly' in a war 'that should have taken a real military power less than a week to win,' calling Moscow 'a paper tiger.'

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1 week ago Carney, Zelenskiy Put Ukraine’s Abducted Children in Focus at UN

Mark Carney and Volodymyr Zelenskiy sought to rally global support for the return of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, an issue that may resonate with the US administration even as it pulls back on financial and military aid for Ukraine.

Politics

2 w. ago Something is happening with the enormous $300M Russian plane seized by Canada

Something may finally be happening with the gargantuan cargo plane that has sat on the tarmac at Toronto Pearson International Airport for over three years.Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was met by harsh sanctions and restrictions from Western nations, including Canada closing off its airspace to Russian-flagged aircraft. This move would result in the years-long grounding of an Antonov An-124 'Ruslan,' registered to Volga Dnepr Airlines, one of the heaviest aircraft in the world.Valued at approximately $300 million, the stranded cargo plane had been stored mostly undisturbed for over three years along the east edge of the tarmac, close to Silver Dart Dr., attracting gawking passersby and racking up a massive bill in the process.Canada moved to formally seize the aircraft in mid-2023, though its seizure, along with a plan to transfer the behemoth to Ukraine, is the subject of ongoing legal action from the An-124's private owner.The seizu...

Economics