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Sun, May 22, 2022 | 01:14

Russia cuts off gas exports to Finland in symbolic move

Russia halted gas exports to neighboring Finland, Saturday, a highly symbolic move that came just days after the Nordic country announced it wanted to join NATO and marked a likely end to Finland's nearly 50 years of importing natural gas from Russia. The measure taken by the Russian energy giant Gazprom was in line with an earlier announcement following Helsinki's refusal to...

World | 2022-05-21 22:36

Russia to cut gas to Finland Saturday: Finnish company

Russian supply of natural gas to Finland will be cut on Saturday morning, Finnish state-owned energy company Gasum said Friday, after the Nordic country refused to pay supplier Gazprom in rubles.

World | 2022-05-20 23:24

Asian markets up after China cuts key interest rate

Asian markets saw a sustained bump Friday following China's decision to lower a key benchmark rate, injecting optimism among traders that it could boost the world's second-largest economy from its COVID-battered knees.

2022-05-20 19:17

US labels North Korea as uncooperative in anti-terrorism efforts in draft notice

The United States has named North Korea as a country not cooperating in its anti-terrorism efforts, a U.S. draft document showed Friday.

World | 2022-05-20 16:24

Hong Kong's exotic animals trade cries out for action

Hong Kong values its status as an international hub. But the city should be concerned ― and alarmed ― that it has been identified as an epicenter for the world's illicit trade in live exotic pets; concerned because of the threat of extinction of rare species, and alarmed because of the risk of importing pathogens lethal to local wildlife and potentially dangerous to health.

2022-05-20 14:25

US willing to take action-for-action toward denuclearization of Korean Peninsula: Sullivan

The United States is committed to engaging with North Korea in serious dialogue and is willing to take "action for action" with Pyongyang toward the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Thursday.

World | 2022-05-20 09:40

4 EU nations to harness North Sea wind for green transition

Four European Union countries plan to speed up the continent's green transition and help wean it off Russian energy imports through a large new project to build wind farms in the North Sea, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Wednesday

World | 2022-05-19 10:37

US reopens embassy in Kyiv after closure forced by war

The United States reopened its embassy in Kyiv Wednesday after closing it for three months due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the State Department said Thursday (KST). "The Ukrainian people, with our security assistance, have defended their homeland in the face of Russia's unconscionable invasion, and, as a result, the Stars and Stripes are flying over the embassy once a...

World | 2022-05-19 10:28

Russian soldier pleads guilty at Kyiv war crimes trial

The first Russian soldier on trial in Ukraine for war crimes during Moscow's invasion pleaded guilty on Wednesday, facing possible life imprisonment in Kyiv. Asked in court if he was guilty of the allegations, including war crimes and premeditated murder, 21-year-old sergeant Vadim Shishimarin responded "yes."

World | 2022-05-18 21:31

Moscow expels 24 Italian, 27 Spanish diplomats

Moscow on Wednesday expelled 24 Italian and 27 Spanish diplomats, according to the Russian foreign ministry, in tit-for-tat responses to the expulsion of Russian diplomats over the Ukraine conflict.

World | 2022-05-18 21:10

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