Vitalii, a 44-year-old Ukrainian electrical engineer with a neatly trimmed goatee and a penchant for clever jokes, recalls the terrifying moment he and five colleagues recently came under attack in the region of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. They had finished a long day repairing damaged electricity lines along one of the region’s pockmarked and war-worn … Read more‘Heroes to all of us’: Ukraine’s energy repair crews
Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine a year ago insisting that he was reclaiming a historic part of Russia. The war that ensued was, in his terms, a civil war among Russians. It was also largely a civil war among Soviet-era systems. In a war in which both sides relied on Russian ammunition and systems, … Read moreAs weapons taboos shatter, Kyiv and the West become strong allies
A senior Northern Irish police officer is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being shot by two masked men while he coached children’s football, authorities said. A dissident Irish Republican Army splinter group is suspected of shooting Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell on Wednesday night at a sports complex in Omagh, about … Read moreNorthern Irish police suspect New IRA behind detective shooting
If a politician’s international relevance is measured by the scale of the global reaction to his or her resignation from high office, then the first minister of Scotland can claim to be one of the most significant world leaders of recent decades. Following Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement last week that she would be stepping down from … Read moreAfter Sturgeon, what remains of Scotland’s independence bid?
US President Joe Biden has rallied NATO allies in Poland, proclaiming “unwavering” support for Kyiv as his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin announces suspension of Moscow’s role in a nuclear arms treaty with Washington. Fresh from his surprise visit to Ukraine, Biden used Tuesday’s trip to garner support for Ukraine as the war enters its second … Read moreBiden rallies behind Kyiv as Putin freezes nuclear deal with US
United States President Joe Biden has warned Moscow that the West’s support for Kyiv in its fight against the Russian invasion “will not waver”, vowing that the conflict in Ukraine will never be a win for Russia. Speaking in Warsaw on Tuesday after concluding a previously unannounced trip to Ukraine a day earlier, Biden hailed … Read moreUkraine war will ‘never be a victory for Russia’, Biden says
A trial of a four-day workweek in Britain – billed as the world’s largest – found an overwhelming majority of the 61 companies that participated will keep going with the shorter hours and most employees were less stressed and burned-out. That was all while revenue reported by the participating companies largely stayed the same over … Read moreFour-day workweek trial in UK: Shorter hours, happier employees
President Joe Biden’s surprise visit Monday morning to wartime Kyiv began in the dead of night at a military airport hangar outside Washington, DC. At 4:00 am (09:00 GMT) Sunday, unbeknown to the world’s media, the Washington political establishment or American voters, the 80-year-old Democrat boarded an Air Force Boeing 757, known as a C-32. … Read morePlane, motorcade, train: How Joe Biden got to Kyiv in secret
It has been almost a year now since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, sowing death and destruction across the country. The toll of the war is grim: thousands of Ukrainian civilians dead, tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides killed, millions displaced, whole Ukrainian towns and villages razed to the ground. As … Read moreWill the war in Ukraine end this year?
The West must provide more military aid to Ukraine and speed up its deliveries, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, says. “Much more has to be done and much quicker,” Borrell said at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday. “There is still a lot to be done. We have to increase and accelerate … Read moreWest must provide more military aid to Ukraine, EU’s Borrell says