カテゴリー: Ukraine
Wartime emperor removed from video on Russia’s invasion, which also featured Hitler and Mussolini, after angry reaction from JapanRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesUkraine’s government has apologised after it included a photograph of Japan’s wartime em…
PM says he will close loopholes that allow components to be smuggled via India for use by Russian militaryRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesBoris Johnson has said he will close loopholes to ensure UK exports to India cannot end up being used in Russian…
Increase outstrips 7.75% growth in China’s global trade, suggesting Beijing is maintaining strong links with MoscowChina‘s trade with Russia jumped by more than 12% in March from a year earlier, outpacing the increase in Beijing’s trade with the rest o…
While the pandemic has not led to a jump in unemployment, its impact on the over-50s and public sector staff is particularly troublingAt first glance, the UK jobs market is in rude health. The unemployment rate is back to where it was before the Covid …
Biden’s Modi meeting does not seem to have produced oil dealBiden announces measures to crack down on ‘ghost guns’Judge may rule on disqualification of Marjorie Taylor GreeneRussia-Ukraine war – follow the latest newsSign up to receive First Thing – ou…
Community groups use US army training videos to rehearse for disaster, yet the government is reluctant to support a civilian defence forceRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesOn a muggy night in a Taipei park, its concrete pavilion lit by the glow from ne…
Among the young there is a strong desire to stand by Ukrainians, while older conservatives describe Russia as a longstanding friendRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesIn March, as the devastating war in Ukraine raged, Russian diplomats in Bangkok sat dow…
Conflict adds strain to developing economies in east Asia and Pacific already struggling with Covid and inflationRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has further dampened the economic prospects for developing countries in east Asia and the Pacific, meaning low…
Russian foreign minister meets Narendra Modi and praises India’s refusal to condemn Ukraine invasionRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesThe Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, has afforded Russia’s foreign minister the honour of a meeting as Sergei Lav…
Foreign secretary urges democracies to join in applying sanctions to Russia after Ukraine invasionIndia’s external affairs minister, Dr S Jaishankar, has defended his country’s right to buy discounted oil from Russia following Moscow’s invasion of Ukra…
Bloc pressed to threaten sanctions at bilateral summit amid concerns about global authoritarian allianceRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesEU leaders are being urged to tell China it will face sanctions if it offers military aid to Russia for the war in…
Foreign secretary wants Narendra Modi to loosen ties with Russia – but Sergei Lavrov is also visitingLiz Truss, Britain’s foreign secretary, is due to land in India on Thursday to urge Narendra Modi’s government to reduce its strategic dependency on Ru…
Sir Jeremy Fleming speech says Russia’s president miscalculated the scale of resistanceRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesVladimir Putin has made a strategic miscalculation in launching the invasion of Ukraine and his advisers are “afraid to tell him th…
The Russian president may look isolated over Ukraine, but important players are hedging their betsWhen Vladimir Putin recognised Donetsk and Luhansk as independent republics, days before his invasion of Ukraine, one of the most powerful denunciations c…
Ukrainian general says Moscow unable to ‘swallow’ country but faces guerrilla warfare if it tries to divide itRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesVladimir Putin wants to split Ukraine into two, emulating the post-war division between North and South Kore…