Rescue workers clear the debris at the scene where a woman was found dead after a Russian attack that heavily damaged a school in Mykolaivka, Ukraine, Sept 28, 2022. (LEO CORREA / AP) KYIV/WASHINGTON/ANKARA – The Ukrainian president's office has unveiled a mechanism for the country’s post-conflict reconstruction named the Fast Recovery Plan, the government-run […]
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, and French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna pose for a photograph during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept 27, 2022. (UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP) KYIV – Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday met with visiting French Foreign Affairs Minister […]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept 20, 2022. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) NEW YORK / KYIV / MOSCOW – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for international efforts to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine. The […]
A woman stands in front of a destroyed house, in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on Sept 12, 2022. (JUAN BARRETO / AFP) KIEV – More than 73,000 people have been evacuated from the conflict-affected eastern and southern regions of Ukraine in the past month, Ukraine's Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories said on Monday. […]
This file photo taken on June 11, 2021 shows the entrance of the European Medicines Agency headquarters in Amsterdam. (FRANCOIS WALSCHAERTS / AFP) JERUSALEM / ATHENS -The European Medicines Agency on Monday recommended a COVID-19 booster designed to combat the currently circulating Omicron BA.4/5 subvariants, days after endorsing a pair of boosters tailored to target […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) poses with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept 8, 2022. (GENYA SAVILOV / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) KYIV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday met with visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss US assistance for Ukraine, the presidential press […]
This handout picture taken and released by the Turkish Defense Ministry press office on Aug 3, 2022 shows an inspection delegation member inspecting the Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni carrying 26,000 tonnes of corn from Ukraine, off the coast of north-west Istanbul. (TURKISH DEFENSE MINISTRY / AFP) ISTANBUL – A drop in global wheat prices […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during a plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept 7, 2022. (STANISLAV KRASILNIKOV/TASS NEWS AGENCY HOST POOL PHOTO VIA AP) KYIV – President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he wanted to discuss reopening a UN-brokered deal that allows Ukraine to export its grain via […]
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi speaks to media in Zaporizhzhia on Sept 1, 2022, as UN inspectors prepare to head to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (GENYA SAVILOV / AFP) ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine – A team of UN experts arrived at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia atomic plant complex on Thursday to assess the risk of a radiation […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (center) delivers a speech at the Charles University on Aug 29, 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic. (MICHAL CIZEK / AFP) PRAGUE – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Monday for an enlargement of the European Union to eventually include Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, and said a gradual transition to majority voting […]
This file photo dated May 1, 2022, shows a Russian soldier guarding an area of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine. (PHOTO / AP) KYIV – An International Atomic Energy Agency mission will visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine this week, agency chief Rafael Grossi said […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a joint press conference with the Turkish National Defense Minister at the Joint Coordination Center established in Istanbul for the safe shipment of grain products from the Black Sea region in Istanbul on Aug 20, 2022. (YASIN AKGUL / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday appointed […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a joint press conference with the Turkish National Defense Minister at the Joint Coordination Center established in Istanbul for the safe shipment of grain products from the Black Sea region in Istanbul on Aug 20, 2022. (YASIN AKGUL / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday appointed […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres shake hands after their meeting in Lviv, Ukraine, Aug 18, 2022. (EVGENIY MALOLETKA / AP) KYIV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with visiting United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday to discuss grain exports from Ukraine […]
In this file photo taken on May 1, 2022, a Russian serviceman patrols the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Energodar. (ANDREY BORODULIN / AFP) KYIV – Ukraine set up a crisis center to deal with the possible emergency situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP) in southern Ukraine, the government-run Ukrinform […]
This combination of pictures shows (L-R) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as he holds a press conference in Kyiv on June 16, 2022; Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he speaks during a signature ceremony of an initiative on the safe transportation of grain and foodstuffs from Ukrainian ports in Istanbul on July 22, 2022; and […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the opening of the Army 2022 International Military and Technical Forum in the Patriot Park outside Moscow, Russia, Aug 15, 2022. (SPUTNIK, KREMLIN POOL PHOTO VIA AP) MOSCOW/KYIV – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the United States and its Western allies needed to provoke new global […]
Smoke rises over the site of explosion at an ammunition storage of Russian army near the village of Mayskoye, Crimea, Aug 16, 2022. Explosions and fires ripped through the ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Crimea on Tuesday in the second suspected Ukrainian attack on the peninsula in just over a week. (PHOTO / AP) MOSCOW/KYIV – […]
Turkish-flagged ship Polarnet carrying tons of grain from Ukraine sails along the Bosphorus Strait past Istanbul on Aug 7, 2022, after being officially inspected. ISTANBUL – The first ship carrying Ukrainian wheat to be exported under a UN-brokered deal arrived in Istanbul on Sunday, the Joint Coordination Centre based in the Turkish city said. The […]
The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni sails under Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge after being inspected in Istanbul, Türkiye, on Aug 3, 2022. (EMRAH GUREL / AP) ISTANBUL – The first grain ship to depart from Ukraine under a UN-brokered deal docked in Türkiye on Thursday after 11 days at sea, Refinitiv data showed, and the […]
