Japan protests Russian halt to World War Two peace treaty talks
Japan reacted angrily on Tuesday after Russia withdrew from peace treaty talks with Japan and froze joint economic projects related to the disputed Kuril islands...
Biden says Putin is weighing use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, without citing evidence
Russia's false accusations that Kyiv has biological and chemical weapons illustrate that Russian President Vladimir Putin is considering using them himself in his war against...
Ukraine pleads for help as more bombs hit besieged Mariupol
Russia is pounding the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol into the "ashes of a dead land", its local council said on Tuesday, describing two more...
Biden says India ‘shaky’ in acting against old Cold War ally Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden has said only India among the Quad group of countries was "somewhat shaky" in acting against Russia over its invasion of...
Dancing Musk hands drivers first Teslas from new German gigafactory
Elon Musk was cheered as he oversaw the handover of Tesla's (TSLA.O) first German-made cars at its Gruenheide plant on Tuesday, marking the start of the U.S....
Russian newspaper blames army death toll report on hackers
A Russian newspaper has accused hackers of planting fake news on its website after a report briefly appeared there saying nearly 10,000 Russian soldiers had...
UK aid worker asks why she was left in Iran for six years
Aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe accused Britain and Iran on Monday of treating her like a political pawn, saying it should not have taken six years...
Pound jumps to two-week high, inflation and Spring Statement eyed
The British pound strengthened to a two-week high against the euro as it continued to retrace losses which followed what investors perceived as a "dovish"...
Sweden gives qualified go-ahead for northern Kallak iron ore mine
Sweden's government gave a qualified green light on Tuesday to Britain's Beowulf Mining (BEM.L) to proceed with plans for an iron ore mine in the far north...
UK borrows less than forecast before Sunak’s fiscal statement
British public borrowing has fallen by more than half since its peak during the pandemic, but debt servicing costs are rising rapidly, official figures showed...