By Stine Jacobsen and Kate Abnett COPENHAGEN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Damage to the Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Europe was caused by powerful explosions, Danish police said on Tuesday, echoing earlier findings into leaks that erupted in the net…
UK PM Liz Truss commits to raise defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030 – source
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss made an “unequivocal commitment” to raise defence spending to 3% of Gross Domestic Product by 2030 at a meeting with lawmakers, a source told Reuters on Tuesday. (Reporting by Andrew MacAskill, writin…
Lafarge pleads guilty to U.S. charge of supporting Islamic State, to pay $778 million
By Luc Cohen and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) -French cement maker Lafarge pleaded guilty in U.S. court on Tuesday to a charge that it made payments to groups designated as terrorists by the United States, including Islamic State, so the company c…
Explainer-‘Kamikaze drones’: what are the weapons Russia is using in Ukraine?
KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched dozens of “kamikaze” drones on Ukraine on Monday, hitting energy infrastructure and killing five people in the capital of Kyiv. Ukrainians have nicknamed them “mopeds” for the loud whirring noise their engines make as t…
UK tells Chinese envoy that peaceful protest must be respected
By James Pomfret, Martin Quin Pollard and William James HONG KONG/BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) -Britain told China’s Charge d’Affaires in London that the right to peaceful protest must be respected, after he was summoned to explain an incident in which a p…
UK tells Chinese envoy: peaceful protest must be respected
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain told China’s Charges d’Affaires in London that the right to peaceful protest must be respected, after he was summoned to explain an incident in which a protester was seen being pulled into the grounds of the Chinese consulate…
UK PM Truss discusses deepening cooperation with France’s Macron
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed continued support for Ukraine, as well as deepening bilateral cooperation, over a call earlier on Tuesday, her Downing Street Office spokesperson said. “…
Russia fines Amazon over banned content for first time
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Moscow court on Tuesday said it had fined Amazon.com Inc 4 million roubles ($65,000) for failing to remove banned content relating to drug use and suicide, the first such penalty in Russia for the U.S. tech giant. Russia has fined o…
RBS ex-banker takes whistleblower award fight to U.S. Supreme Court
By Sinead Cruise (Reuters) – A former Royal Bank of Scotland managing director is taking to the U.S. Supreme Court his bid to collect a whistleblower award of at least $490 million from the U.S. government for reporting what he called unlawful conduct …
Oil prices fall more than 3% on U.S. supply, lower China demand
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil prices fell by more than 3% in volatile trade on Tuesday on fears of higher U.S. supply amid an economic slowdown and lower Chinese fuel demand. Brent crude futures fell by $2.37, or 3.6%, to $89.25 a barrel by 12:29 p….