Exclusive-World Bank board approves new Ukraine fund, with money from US, Japan, Canada, sources say
WASHINGTON - The World Bank's executive board on Thursday approved the creation of a financial intermediary fund (FIF) to support...
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Oct 112 min read
Russia hits civilian, critical infrastructure, injures 10 in Ukraine
KYIV - Attacks by Russian forces on Ukraine overnight and on Thursday across the country hit civilian and critical infrastructure...
Oct 115 min read
Ukraine's vast forests devastated in hellscape of war
SVIATI HORY NATIONAL PARK, Ukraine - Serhiy Tsapok surveyed the smouldering ruins of pine trees, blackened stumps as far as the eye can...
Oct 42 min read
Russian guided bomb hits apartment building in Ukraine's Kharkiv, injures 10
A Russian guided bomb struck a five-storey apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, late on Wednesday, starting fires...
Oct 23 min read
Russian troops reach centre of Ukrainian bastion Vuhledar
KYIV - Russian troops have reached the centre of Vuhledar, a bastion on strategic high ground in eastern Ukraine's industrial Donbas...
Oct 23 min read
Explainer-How significant would Russia's capture of Ukrainian town of Vuhledar be?
Russian troops have reached the centre of Vuhledar, a bastion on strategic high ground in eastern Ukraine that has resisted Russian...
Oct 11 min read
Putin orders conscription of 133,000 servicemen in Russia's autumn draft
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the conscription of 133,000 new servicemen in Russia's autumn draft that starts Oct. 1 and goes...
Oct 12 min read
Putin's nuclear talk shouldn't stop NATO backing Ukraine, Stoltenberg says
BRUSSELS - NATO members should not be deterred from giving more military aid to Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's "reckless Russian nuclear...
Oct 11 min read
Who is Putin ally Alexei Dyumin, new member of Russia's Security Council?
MOSCOW - Alexei Dyumin, who was appointed to Russia's Security Council on Monday, is one of President Vladimir Putin closest allies. *...
Sep 286 min read
Analysis-Putin draws a nuclear red line for the West
LONDON -President Vladimir Putin has drawn a "red line" for the United States and its allies by signalling that Moscow will consider...
Sep 281 min read
India will not buy from Russia's sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project, oil secretary says
NEW DELHI - India will not buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced from Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project, which is sanctioned by Western...
Sep 274 min read
Factbox-How many nuclear weapons does Russia have and who controls them?
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin has warned the West that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles,...
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