3 d. ago Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities kill at least seven

Volodymr Zelenskyy calls for more sanctions on Moscow after 45 missiles and 450 drones launched at UkraineRussia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing at least seven people and damaging energy infrastructure in three regions, according to Ukrainian officials.Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Russia had launched more than 450 drones and 45 missiles, most of which were shot down. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities kill at least four

Power infrastructure the main target but Zelenskyy calls for more sanctions on Moscow as civilian casualties riseRussia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing at least four people and damaging energy infrastructure in three separate regions, according to Ukrainian officials.Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had launched more than 450 drones and 45 missiles, most of which were shot down. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago A massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital kills at least 2, Ukrainian officials say

Ukrainian officials say Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital, killing at least two people

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3 w. ago Trump announces a deal with a manufacturer to make a common fertility drug cheaper for IVF patients

Drugmaker EMD Serono has agreed to lower the cost of a common fertility medication through a deal with the Trump administration

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4 w. ago Ukrainian officials meet with US weapons manufacturers before Trump

A Ukrainian government delegation has met with major American weapons manufacturers during a U.S. visit

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4 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Crimea oil refinery burns as Russia feels effects on fuel supply

Glide bombs knock out power supply and hit hospital in Kharkiv; Zelenskyy lining up Trump meeting with Tomahawks hot topic. What we know on day 1,329An oil terminal at Feodosia in the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula was burning on Monday after an attack by Ukrainian drones. A Ukrainian security official told Reuters on condition of anonymity that the drones, launched by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service and military special forces, hit at least five reservoirs. The source said drones also hit at least two Russian electrical substations on the peninsula, which Russia took from Ukraine in 2014.Large heat signatures around the Feodosia terminal were visible on Nasa’s satellite fire monitoring service, Firms, and Crimea’s Moscow-installed governor confirmed the fire. The Feodosia terminal also came under attack last week. Ukraine has launched more than 30 strikes on Russian energy sites since the beginning of August, aiming to hamper funding of the Kremlin’s war machine and also tri...

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last month One of Europe’s biggest farm machinery firms halts US exports over ‘hidden’ tariffs

Krone says ‘alarming’ levies on about 400 goods including hair dryers and combine harvesters have forced pauseOne of Europe’s biggest farm machinery companies, Krone, has been forced to pause exports of large equipment to the US because of “alarming” and little-known new tariffs that are hitting hundreds of products from knitting needles and hair dryers to combine harvesters.Among the products on the steel derivatives list drawn up in consultation with US manufacturers, Donald Trump is taxing 407 specific products ranging from tiny embroidery stilettos to cooker hoods, barbecues, fridges, freezers, dishwashers, hair curling tongs, grills, elevators, bridge and railway structures, agriculture equipment and wind turbines. Continue reading...

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