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Pledging New Sanctions, G7 to Stand With Ukraine ‘for as Long as It Takes’
Date: June 27, 2022
By Angelo Amante and John Irish SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) -The Group of Seven club of wealthy nations on Monday vowed to stand with Ukraine “for as long as it takes”, promising to tighten the squeeze on Russia’s finances with new sanctions that include a proposal to cap the price of Russian oil. The announcement...
‘Systemic Challenge’ or Worse? NATO Members Wrangle Over How to Treat China
Date: June 27, 2022
By Andrea Shalal and Humeyra Pamuk SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) – NATO’s first new strategy concept in a decade will cite China as a concern for the first time but member states remain at odds over how to describe the country with the world’s largest military and its relationship with Russia, NATO diplomats say. Both...
Ukraine Loses Key Town as Russia Claims It Surrounds Troops
Date: June 24, 2022
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said Russian forces had “fully occupied” a town south of the strategically important city of Lysychansk in the eastern Luhansk region as of Friday, and Moscow claimed it had encircled about 2,000 Ukrainian troops in the area. The loss of Hirske and several other settlements around it leaves Lysychansk, the last major...
Less Meat on the Menu for Germany’s Green Summit
Date: June 24, 2022
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – The leaders gathering for a G7 summit in southern Germany this weekend would normally have every reason to expect sumptuous Bavarian specialities like Schweinshaxe, a succulent pork knuckle dripping with fat, and a host of other meaty dishes. But not this time. Sustainability is the watchword this year not...
Spanish Q1 Economic Growth Slows to 0.2% Q/q, 6.3% Y/y, Data Shows
Date: June 24, 2022
(Reuters) -The Spanish economy grew 0.2% in the first quarter of 2022, slowing from a 2.2% growth rate in the last three months of 2021, final official data showed on Friday. On an annual basis the economy expanded 6.3%, after rising 5.5% in the fourth quarter of 2021, statistics agency INE said. The growth rate...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Looks to EU Offer as Russia Pounds Cities
Date: June 23, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk and Vitalii Hnidyi KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday hailed the European Union’s expected offer of candidate status for his battle-weary nation, as Russian forces pounded Ukraine’s second-biggest city Kharkiv and the eastern Donbas region. European leaders will formally set Ukraine on the long road to EU membership at...