Joe Biden has made a significant diplomatic concession to Moscow designed to prevent an invasion of Ukraine by signaling he wants to convene meetings between Nato allies and Russia to Continue Reading
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain on Wednesday announced major new restrictions to curb the fast-spreading Omicron variant, reversing course on a long-held policy at a moment of acute political Continue Reading
A deadly virus can’t be ignored, jailed, exiled or co-opted — nor can it be locked down without great economic cost. That puts President Vladimir Putin of Russia in a Continue Reading
Bad weather at Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk is delaying loadings and creating traffic congestion on the straits of the Black Sea leading to the Mediterranean, trading sources told Continue Reading
Highlights Ban for foreign transportation of Russian energy considered Rising temperatures could make route global transport corridor Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreakers have successfully escorted over a dozen ships stuck on the Continue Reading
Russia’s Gazprom Neft (SIBN.MM) , the oil arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM) , expects its hydrocarbon production to exceed 100 million tonnes of oil equivalent this year, reaching Continue Reading
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is weeks away from becoming the dominant strain in parts of Europe, government officials and scientists say, as emerging evidence from the U.K., Norway Continue Reading
Germany recorded the highest number of deaths from COVID-19 since February on Wednesday as it battles to stop a fourth wave of the pandemic. A total of 69,601 new infections Continue Reading
As global traffic starts to recover from pandemic lockdowns earlier this year, London has emerged as the most congested city in the world. According to transportation analytics firm Inrix Inc. Continue Reading
Olaf Scholz will be sworn in as Germany’s ninth chancellor since World War II on Wednesday, ending Angela Merkel’s 16-year tenure and inheriting a worsening pandemic crisis and a raft Continue Reading
