Anna Netrebko's local performance is opposed by the Prague government.

The local government of Prague stated on Monday that it opposes "unequivocally" a performance by Russian opera vocalist Anna Netrebko in the Czech capital while Russia is at war with Ukraine.

Jiri Pospisil, the city's deputy mayor in charge of culture, stated that all memb...

Anna Netrebko, a renowned soprano, sues the Metropolitan Opera for its decision to sever ties over the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Anna Netrebko, once one of the Metropolitan Opera's greatest box office draws, filed a lawsuit against the company and its general manager Peter Gelb on Friday, alleging defamation, breach of contract, and other violations in relation to the institution's decision to drop her after Russia...

Germany confronts a difficulty in achieving energy independence due to the remnants of past conflicts

As a result of the conflict in Ukraine, Wilhelmshaven has become a vital centre for German efforts to reduce the country's reliance on Russian energy. There, on the coast of the North Sea, the government would like to construct a massive new terminal to import liquefied natural gas from elsew...

Ukraine says no to calls to 'freeze' the conflict with Russia

Since 2014, when Russia took Crimea from Ukraine, there have been more than 100 rounds of talks and efforts to stop the fighting. However, in February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a big way.

Wednesday, Dmytro Kuleba, the foreign minister of Ukraine, said that talks about ending the w...

Putin predicts the end of the "neocolonial" international order; Russian mercenaries withdraw from Bakhmut.

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues to wreak devastation on its neighbour, Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that Russia wants to collaborate with other countries to build a fair international order, criticising a "neocolonial system." Putin told a security conferen...

Reflecting on the New Reality One Year After the Russian Invasion, Five Ukrainian Designers Say "Resistance Is in Our Blood"

Almost a year has passed since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, which sparked a conflict that has destabilized the lives of millions and led to excruciating hardship for Ukrainian civilians working at home or abroad to keep their families safe and livelihoods intact. Ukraine...

Biden desires a $886 billion defence budget with a view toward Ukraine and future conflicts.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, March 13 (Reuters) Russia's war in Ukraine has prompted calls for increased spending on munitions, and President Joe Biden has requested $886 billion, the largest peacetime U.S. military budget. This proposal includes a 5.2% pay raise for troops and the largest alloc...

Germany has agreed to provide sophisticated battle tanks to Ukraine, and the United States will follow suit.

Germany cleared the way for Europe to send dozens more battle tanks to Ukraine on Wednesday, and Washington was prepared to make a similar statement — actions lauded by Kyiv as a potential turning point in the war and decried by Moscow as escalation. Kyiv has been begging for months for Wes...

Suspended Jail Term for Wife of US Diplomat in Fatal UK Car Crash

Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat, was sentenced to an eight-month prison term suspended for a year in a London court on Thursday for causing the death of a teenager in a fatal crash in England in 2019.

Harry Dunn, 19, died in August 2019 after colliding with a car driven by Saco...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine put further stress on already overburdened supply chains.

The chemical sector has had a difficult year as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with rising energy and raw material costs, further bottlenecks in supply networks already pressured by the pandemic, economic uncertainty, and political instability. The gravity of these difficulties was ...

The worldwide economic impact of the crisis in Ukraine

Worldwide households and businesses faced a number of difficulties throughout the last year. An already fragile global economic recovery was thrown off course by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which presented fresh difficulties for governments and consumers alike.

 Ford Motor Co...

The Russian army claims to have taken control of two villages in eastern Ukraine near Bakhmut

Russia announced Wednesday that it has taken control of two east Ukrainian communities near the besieged town of Bakhmut, which Moscow has been attempting to take since early summer. This comes only hours after the EU announced the establishment of a specialized court supported by the UN to probe...

Russia increases missile strikes in Ukraine, killing 15 people in Kherson.

This week's Russian strikes on Ukraine have left half of Kyiv without power, despite the frigid winter weather. According to a local official, 15 people were killed as a result of Russian bombardment in the newly seized city of Kherson. Follow our coverage of the Ukrainian conflict. All timin...

Inside the nightmare of Russia's parallel world in occupied Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin exploited the bogus pretexts of "denazification" and "demilitarization" of Ukraine to legitimize his invasion. Russian official propaganda is based on the concept of a "Nazi-controlled" Ukraine, where Russians come to "liberate&q...

Macron strongly opposes the bombardment of Ukraine's nuclear power stations

On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron criticized the bombardment of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility and claimed more nuclear reactors had been targeted. Earlier on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked NATO countries to ensure Ukraine's nuclear installations a...

At summits, Kishida will address the food and energy challenges, as well as censure Russia.

When Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a Group of 20 summit and two other summit meetings in Southeast Asia, he will address food and energy shortages caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

With G20 members divided on how to respond to the invasion – with Western countries...

Europeans are mobilizing a massive aviation assistance effort for Ukraine.

As Kay Wolf and Stephan Sahling watched the news of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine unfold on February 24, the two German IT security professionals reacted instantly.

The long-time friends share many interests, but it was their mutual love of aviation — Sahling is a pi...

Following the missile barrage, Zelensky y will address the G7 leaders

On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will speak at an extraordinary summit of the G7 group of leading industrial nations.

Ukraine and Germany convened the conference in response to a wave of lethal Russian missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Monday.

German chancellor says rebuilding Ukraine will be a "generational struggle."

The German chancellor stated at a conference on rebuilding the war-torn country of Ukraine that doing so will be a "challenge for generations" and that work on it must begin immediately.

As part of Germany's G7 leadership, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz co-hosted an expert m...

Russia reportedly launches a "massive" strike, causing a blackout across Ukraine

Power outages and intermittent bursts of gunfire greeted hundreds of thousands of people in central and western Ukraine on Saturday as Ukrainian air defense attempted to shoot down drones and approaching missiles.

As the war nears its eighth month, Russia has increased its attacks on po...