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U.s., EU Strike Lng Deal as Europe Seeks to Cut Russian Gas
Date: March 25, 2022
By Jarrett Renshaw, Vera Eckert and Joseph Nasr BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – The United States will work to supply 15 billion cubic metres (bcm) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the European Union this year to help wean it off Russian gas supplies, the transatlantic partners said on Friday. The EU is aiming to cut its...
Second Unaoil Conviction Quashed in Further Blow to UK Fraud Office
Date: March 24, 2022
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) -A second man convicted in Britain over how oil contracts were secured in post-occupation Iraq has had his conviction overturned by a London court, further unravelling a blockbuster bribery case prosecuted by the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Paul Bond, 69, received a three-and-a-half-year jail sentence last March after an...
Russian Shipping Firm Sovcomflot in Choppier Waters After UK Slaps on Sanctions
Date: March 24, 2022
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s top shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF), already struggling to find berths to discharge cargoes, is facing fresh pressure after the UK on Thursday joined countries that have slapped sanctions on it, with implications for insurance and certification. With a modern fleet of ships, state-run SCF is a key transporter...
N.Korea Tests Largest Icbm, White House Condemns Return to Long-Range Launches
Date: March 24, 2022
By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea conducted what is thought to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test ever on Thursday, the South Korean and Japanese militaries said, marking a dramatic end to a self-imposed moratorium on long-range testing. It would be the first full-capability launch of the nuclear-armed state’s...
Putin Tells Mass Rally That Russia Will Prevail in Ukraine
Date: March 18, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin used a rally before a packed soccer stadium on Friday to justify the invasion of Ukraine, promising tens of thousands of people waving Russian flags that all the Kremlin’s aims would be achieved. “We know what we need to do, how to do it and at what cost. And...
Russia Says post-1991 ‘illusions’ About the West Are Over
Date: March 18, 2022
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Russia has lost any illusions about ever relying on the West and Moscow will never accept a world order dominated by the United States, which is acting like a sheriff seeking to call all the shots in a saloon bar, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Western nations have imposed...