Europe

‘Huge uncertainty’ for EU firms over China’s Covid curbs, chamber warns

by Beiyi SEOW Many European firms are rethinking their investments in China because of its strict Covid controls, a top…

Ukraine says lost control of Severodonetsk village

Ukraine said Monday it had lost control of a village adjacent to the eastern industrial city of Severodonetsk, the centre…

China’s oil imports from Russia jump 55% on-year: customs

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's imports of oil from Russia rose 55 percent in May, customs data showed on Monday,…

Future king William’s influence grows as he hits 40

  by Martine PAUWELS Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Prince William's 40th birthday this week marks a…

Ukraine mechanics turn rally cars into ‘combat buggies’

by Marina Moyseyenko Agence France-Presse ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AFP) -- At a workshop in Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine, mechanics are hard…

Russia to ‘intensify’ fighting, Zelensky warns as EU decision on Ukraine looms

by Benoit Finck with Anna Malpas in the Donbas Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned…

Macron loses parliament majority in stunning setback

  by Stuart WILLIAMS and Adam PLOWRIGHT Agence France Presse French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday lost his parliamentary majority…

Heatwave grips France and Spain as temps set to rise

   PARIS, June 17, 2022 (AFP) by Tom Barfield, with Mathieu Gorse in Madrid A punishing heatwave broke a string…

Russia’s operation in Ukraine not cause of global inflation: Putin

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine was not the cause of global economic…

Russia says nearly 2,000 foreign fighters killed in Ukraine

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia on Friday said that close to 2,000 foreign mercenaries have been killed in Ukraine since…

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