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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – US carmaker Ford on Monday said it would offer seven new electric vehicle models in Europe by 2024 and expand operations in Germany, Romania and Turkey. Ford last month created a new business dedicated to electric cars, and said it aims to sell more than 600,000 of these vehicles annually in Europe alone by 2026, as part of a larger goal of selling two million electric cars worldwide by […]
by Marc PRÉEL Agence France-Presse STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) – Europe saw the world’s biggest rise in arms imports in the past five years, a trend set to accelerate following recent rearmament commitments amid the threat posed by Russia, researchers said Monday. While arms exports declined globally by 4.6 percent in 2017-2021 compared to the preceding five years, Europe posted a 19-percent increase, according to a study published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). […]
Airlines and airports called Friday for an end to pandemic measures for European domestic flights as most countries in the region begin to relax requirements to present proof of vaccination and wear masks. “Covid-19, and specifically the Omicron variant, is now pervasive throughout all of Europe, and population immunity is at such levels that the risk of hospitalisation or death has dramatically reduced, especially for vaccinated people,” said joint statement from ACI Europe and IATA. […]
But Biden says US troops won’t engage in conflict with Russian forces in Ukraine WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States is sending 500 more troops to Europe to boost NATO security, an official said Monday as the Pentagon determined Russia has committed nearly all its combat power stationed along the border into Ukraine. With President Vladimir Putin intensifying operations, a senior US defense official also warned that Russian strikes on civilians were […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — More than 1.7 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, according to the latest data from the United Nations on Monday. – 1,735,068 refugees – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, recorded 1,735,068 refugees on its dedicated website, just over 200,000 more than the previous count on Sunday. UNICEF, the UN children’s agency, believes around half of them are youngsters. Authorities and the UN […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — European gas prices surged by around 50 percent Wednesday to a record high on supply fears following key producer Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Europe’s reference Dutch TTF gas price hit 194.715 euros per megawatt hour in morning deals. UK gas prices jumped as high as 463.84 pence per therm, close to the record 470.83 pence struck in December. The assault on Ukraine also sent oil prices rocketing Wednesday because Russia […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday called on Europeans with “combat experience” to fight for Ukraine as invading Russian forces threatened Kyiv. “If you have combat experience in Europe and do not want to look at the indecision of politicians, you can come to our country and join us in defending Europe, where it is very necessary now,” Zelensky said in a statement put out by his press office. © […]
Two loud blasts were heard in the centre of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Friday, an AFP journalist said, a day after Russian troops launched an invasion of its Western-backed neighbour. Russian missiles and shelling rained down on Ukrainian cities on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin unleashed a full-scale ground invasion and air assault, forcing civilians to shelter on metro systems. Invading Russian forces pressed deep into Ukraine as deadly battles reached the outskirts of Kyiv […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday a military operation in Ukraine to defend separatists in the east of the country, and “demilitarise and de-nazify” its pro-Western neighbour. “I have made the decision of a military operation,” he said in a surprise statement on television shortly before 6 am (0300 GMT). He went on to denounce what he called a “genocide” orchestrated by Ukraine in the country’s east, as well as NATO’s aggressive policy towards Russia. “For […]
Russian parliament’s upper house on Tuesday voted to allow President Vladimir Putin to use the Russian army outside the country to support separatists in Ukraine. A total of 153 Russian senators backed the decision, with no one voting against or abstaining. Putin earlier in the day asked the Federation Council to approve the army’s use outside the country to back separatists who have been fighting the Ukrainian army since 2014. “Negotiations have stalled. The Ukrainian […]
The United States said Tuesday that Russia’s move into eastern Ukraine amounts to the “beginning of an invasion” and warned that “severe” sanctions would be announced shortly. The stern message followed an initially more hesitant response from the White House to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of two rebel-held enclaves in Ukraine as independent, along with reluctance to say that “invasion” was underway after Putin ordered troops there. For weeks, the United States and its […]
New York’s West Texas Intermediate crude contract rose more than three percent on Tuesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to deploy in separatist areas of Ukraine. WTI Crude rose 3.14 percent to $93.93 per barrel in early Asian trade, while Europe’s benchmark Brent North Sea crude was up 1.98 percent at $95.39 per barrel. kaf/ssy © Agence France-Presse
