Ukraine posts trade deficit of $8.97bn in Jan-May KYIV: Ukraine’s trade deficit grew to $8.97 billion in the first five months of the year compared with a deficit of... Published 14 Jul, 2023 07:14pm
World Ukraine’s spymaster comes out of the shadows KYIV: He wears a pistol to interviews with foreign journalists and discusses wartime intelligence. Weapons and... Published 14 Jul, 2023 02:00pm
World Wang tells Blinken to ‘work with China’ on improving US ties BEIJING: Beijing’s top diplomat Wang Yi has urged Washington to “work with China” to improve ties during a meeting... Published 14 Jul, 2023 12:22pm
World Putin has 'already lost' Ukraine war, Biden says HELSINKI: US President Joe Biden said Thursday that Russia's Vladimir Putin has already lost the war in Ukraine,... Published 13 Jul, 2023 11:04pm
World Ukraine NATO membership would worsen global tensions: Putin MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that if Ukraine were to be admitted to NATO, it would make ... Published 13 Jul, 2023 10:51pm
World 'Ukraine will make NATO stronger,' Zelenskiy says in summit city VILNIUS: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy voiced disappointment that Ukraine was not invited to join NATO on Tuesday,... Published 11 Jul, 2023 11:01pm
World NATO to give ‘path’ for Ukraine to join, but no ‘timetable’: White House VILNIUS: NATO will lay out a path of reforms for Ukraine so that it can eventually join the alliance, but without... Published 11 Jul, 2023 12:12pm
Markets Japan Finance Minister Suzuki: arranging G7 meet on sidelines of G20 TOKYO: Japan is arranging to hold a meeting of financial leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced countries on... Published 11 Jul, 2023 11:47am
World Russia launches air attack on Kyiv hours before NATO summit KYIV: Russia launched an overnight air strike on Kyiv in early hours on Tuesday, Ukraine’s military said, just hours... Published 11 Jul, 2023 11:33am
World Zelenskiy: Vilnius summit must confirm Ukraine as de factor NATO member Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said the majority of NATO members stood together with his country... Published 10 Jul, 2023 11:39pm
World Russian shelling kills five at Ukraine aid point: governor KYIV: Russian shelling on an aid hub in the town of Orikhiv in southern Ukraine has killed five people, the regional... Published 10 Jul, 2023 10:46pm
World Russia says US cluster bombs for Ukraine show ‘weakness’ MOSCOW: Washington’s decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions is an “act of desperation” that will have no... Published 08 Jul, 2023 07:23pm
World Ukrainians see no end in sight after 500 days of war NIKOPOL: On the 500th day since Russia’s invasion and as the war grinds on, Ukrainian forces are advancing slowly... Published 08 Jul, 2023 06:18pm
World Russian rockets kill eight in eastern Ukraine: ministry KYIV: Eight people were killed and 13 injured on Saturday in Lyman in eastern Ukraine after the town came under... Updated 08 Jul, 2023 07:05pm
World US to send cluster munitions to Ukraine WASHINGTON: The United States announced on Friday that it will send Ukraine widely-banned cluster munitions as part... Published 08 Jul, 2023 12:11am
World Ukraine reports new advances near eastern city of Bakhmut KYIV: Ukrainian troops have advanced by more than a kilometre in the last day against Russian forces near the... Published 07 Jul, 2023 12:58pm
World IAEA ‘making progress’ on Zaporizhzhia access: Grossi TOKYO: The UN’s nuclear watchdog is “making progress” on inspecting several parts of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant... Published 07 Jul, 2023 12:51pm
World Zelensky set to meet Turkiye’s Erdogan as Ukraine pushes NATO goals PRAGUE: President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to hold talks with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday on the... Published 07 Jul, 2023 09:42am
World Ukraine's Zelensky urges arms maker Bulgaria for help SOFIA: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed for support Thursday in Bulgaria, a major arms maker and ... Published 06 Jul, 2023 10:45pm
World Zelensky says slow weapons delivery delayed counteroffensive WASHINGTON: Slow weapons deliveries to Ukraine delayed Kyiv’s planned counteroffensive, allowing Russia to bolster... Published 06 Jul, 2023 11:11am
World Four dead after missile strike on apartment block in Ukraine’s Lviv KYIV: A missile attack on an apartment block in western Ukraine’s Lviv killed four people on Thursday, in what its... Published 06 Jul, 2023 10:23am
World Kremlin warns ‘high’ threat of Ukraine sabotage on nuclear plant MOSCOW: The Kremlin warned Wednesday that Kyiv could be preparing a provocation at the Russian-controlled... Published 06 Jul, 2023 05:42am
World Ukraine says destroyed Russian ‘formation’ in Donetsk KYIV: Ukraine’s military said it had destroyed a Russian “formation” in Russian-controlled Makiivka in the frontline... Published 05 Jul, 2023 10:03am
World Putin says Russia will resist ‘sanctions and provocations’ MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin told Iranian, Chinese and other leaders on Tuesday that Russia would continue to... Published 04 Jul, 2023 02:36pm
World Kyiv adds Unilever to 'war sponsor' list LONDON: Kyiv has placed British consumer goods giant Unilever on Ukraine's "International Sponsors of War" list,... Published 03 Jul, 2023 10:38pm
World Russia's Prigozhin was told he would no longer fight in Ukraine: lawmaker MOSCOW: Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was told that his Wagner group would no longer fight in Ukraine as... Published 29 Jun, 2023 05:10pm
World Russia claims killed two Ukraine generals in Kramatorsk strike MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday claimed its forces had killed two Ukrainian generals and "up to 50 officers" in a strike... Published 29 Jun, 2023 04:46pm
World 'Weaker Putin is a greater danger': EU's Borrell BRUSSELS: The EU's top diplomat warned Thursday that a "weaker" Russian President Vladimir Putin would pose a... Published 29 Jun, 2023 04:39pm
World EU chief says bloc needs reforms to take in Ukraine BRUSSELS: The EU needs an internal debate on reforms before the bloc can accept Ukraine – a major agricultural... Published 29 Jun, 2023 03:42pm
World Ukraine claims slow gains in ‘fierce’ Bakhmut battles KYIV: Kyiv said Thursday that its forces were making slow gains around Bakhmut and were engaging in “fierce”... Published 29 Jun, 2023 02:59pm
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