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German minister Anna Lührmann warned about the potential risks of an EU-wide price cap on gas imports.
EU should be 'very careful' about capping gas prices, warns German minister
BRUSSELS — The European Union should be "very careful" about imposing a price cap on all gas imports entering the bloc, Anna Lührmann, Germany's minister of state for Europe, has warned.The idea of an EU-wide gas cap has gained traction in recent weeks after prices broke new records in August and pushed electricity bills to unsustainable highs. Italy, Belgium, Greece, Sweden and Poland are among those backing the initiative, which is still in its early stages.But Germany, the EU's largest economy and gas consumer, remains opposed, believing the measure could scare suppliers away and endanger the bloc's security of supply."The issue with the price cap is that: if you introduce a price cap, as the EU unilaterally, and all the other consumers around the world...
September 20, 2022

EU should be 'very careful' about capping gas prices, warns German minister

President Erdogan, pictured with President Putin on Saturday, has tried to steer a middle path as an ally of both Russia and Ukraine
Putin willing to end war, says Turkey's Erdogan
ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he believes Russia's leader is seeking an end to the war he began in Ukraine, and that a "significant step" will be made.He said his impression from recent talks with Vladimir Putin was that he wanted to "end this as soon as possible".Ukraine has recaptured swathes of its territory this month.The Turkish leader indicated things were "quite problematic" for Russia.Erdogan spoke of having "very extensive discussions" with Putin at a summit in Uzbekistan last week.In an interview with US broadcaster PBS, the Turkish leader said he gained the impression that the Russian president wanted a speedy end to the war."He is actually showing me that he's willing to end this as soon as...
September 20, 2022

Putin willing to end war, says Turkey's Erdogan

Tears were shed when the Sri Lankans reconnected with loved ones by phone.
Sri Lankans freed from Russian brutality in Ukraine
KHARKIV — Ukraine's recapture of the city of Izyum has brought multiple allegations of atrocities under Russian occupation. Among the accounts emerging is that of a group of Sri Lankans held captive for months. Here, they tell their story."We thought we would never get out alive," says Dilujan Paththinajakan.Dilujan was one of seven Sri Lankans captured by Russian forces in May. The group had just set out on a huge walk to safety from their homes in Kupiansk, north-eastern Ukraine, to the relative safety of Kharkiv, some 120km (75 miles) away.But at the first checkpoint they came across, they were captured by Russian soldiers. The Sri Lankans were blindfolded, their hands tied, and taken to a machine tool factory in the town of Vovchansk, near the Russian border.It was the...
September 20, 2022

Sri Lankans freed from Russian brutality in Ukraine

Valery Polyakov said his 14-month expedition was the equivalent of travelling to Mars and back.
Record-breaking Russian cosmonaut dies aged 80
MOSCOW — A Russian cosmonaut who holds the record for the longest-ever trip to space has died aged 80.Valery Polyakov spent 437 full days orbiting the Earth between 1994 and 1995 on the Mir space station.He worked on experiments to see whether people could maintain their mental health if they were to make a long journey to Mars.Tests found that there was no impairment of his cognitive function as a result of his 14-month expedition.Polyakov's death was announced by the Russian space agency, which used his honorary titles, including hero of the Soviet Union and pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR.The cause of Polyakov's death was not disclosed.The agency, Roscosmos, added in a Telegram post that Polyakov's research had helped to prove that the human body could handle flights well...
September 20, 2022

Record-breaking Russian cosmonaut dies aged 80

The aftermath of an explosion in a square in western Donetsk.
Deadly blasts hit separatist-run Ukraine city
KYIV — Thirteen people have been killed and others wounded in a series of explosions in the separatist-run city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, according to its Russian-backed mayor.Alexei Kulemzin blamed "punitive" Ukrainian shellfire for the deaths. There is no comment from Ukrainian officials.Donetsk has been controlled by Russia's proxy authorities since 2014.They have repeatedly accused Ukrainian forces of targeting the city.Independent confirmation is hard to come by on the ground in separatist-held areas of the east. However, local authorities said nine 150mm shells were fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, from a village to the west of the city.Local leader Denis Pushilin accused Ukraine of deliberately targeting civilians at a bus-stop, a shop and a...
September 20, 2022

Deadly blasts hit separatist-run Ukraine city

A somber moment from the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
Nation comes together to pay somber farewell to Queen Elizabeth II
LONDON — The nation has paid a final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II, with a state funeral and military procession.World leaders and foreign royalty joined King Charles III and the Royal Family in the congregation at Westminster Abbey.Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets as the Queen’s coffin was taken to Windsor to be laid to rest.At the funeral, the Dean of Westminster paid tribute to the Queen’s “lifelong sense of duty”.The Very Rev David Hoyle spoke of her “unswerving commitment to a high calling over so many years as Queen and Head of the Commonwealth”.The day began with final respects being paid by members of the public who had queued up to see the Queens lying-in-state in Westminster Hall.Then, in a spectacle not seen for generations, her coffin — on the...
September 19, 2022

Nation comes together to pay somber farewell to Queen Elizabeth II

Police walk near the area where the stabbing occurred in a department store in Lugano. — courtesy photo
Swiss woman convicted of terrorism after Lugano stabbing in 2020
BERN — A young woman in Switzerland has been convicted on terror charges after stabbing two people in Lugano in 2020.The 29-year-old — who was known to the police and suffers from mental health issues — was found guilty of committing a “terrorist act” and “repeated attempts to murder”.She was sentenced to nine years in prison and will also have to undergo medical treatment.Prosecutors say that the woman “intentionally” tried to slit the throats of two women in a department store in the city.During the attack, she is accused of shouting “Allahu Akbar” and proclaiming her support for the Daesh (so-called Islamic State) group.One of the two victims was seriously injured in the neck. The second woman was wounded in the hand but managed to subdue her attacker with other...
September 19, 2022

Swiss woman convicted of terrorism after Lugano stabbing in 2020

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives to a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, in this October 2021 file photo.
Budapest appears confident it can prevent €7.5 billion cut in EU funds
BUDAPEST — Hungary was confident on Monday that it would be able to prevent a reduction in EU funds as called for by the Commission over rule of law concerns.The EU’s executive on Sunday urged the Council to approve a €7.5 billion cut in cohesion funds to Hungary.This, the Commission said, is the next step in the conditionality mechanism procedure it triggered against Hungary in April.But Brussels also left the door open to a compromise, adding that if Budapest proceeds as scheduled with the 17 remedial measures it negotiated with the Commission the procedure could be stopped.The measures include efforts to strengthen the process of awarding public contracts, eradicate conflict of interest among government officials and address weaknesses in the investigation and prosecution of cases...
September 19, 2022

Budapest appears confident it can prevent €7.5 billion cut in EU funds

Ukraine's armed forces said they had pushed across the river at the weekend.
Ukraine claims control of key Oskil river on front line
KYIV — Ukrainian forces say they have regained control of the east bank of the River Oskil, seen as the front line with Russian troops in north-east Ukraine.Russia's army has been almost completely pushed out of the Kharkiv region and a regional leader said the next target would be neighboring Luhansk.President Volodymyr Zelensky said the next offensive was being prepared.Meanwhile, Russia was accused of targeting a nuclear plant in the south.Ukrainian nuclear operator Enerhoatom said a rocket landed 300m (1,000ft) from nuclear reactors at the the country's second largest plant in Mykolayiv region, damaging buildings and shutting down part of a hydro-electric power station at the complex.The attack has not been independently confirmed, although footage was posted online by the...
September 19, 2022

Ukraine claims control of key Oskil river on front line

Funeral service at Westminster Abbey
Queen's life of service honored at historic funeral
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II's life-long sense of duty has been remembered in her state funeral service at Westminster Abbey.The Dean of Westminster, who led the service, expressed gratitude to a congregation of 2,000 people including world leaders and royalty.King Charles III led a somber procession behind his mother's coffin from Westminster Hall to the abbey.The Queen's coffin will now be taken to Wellington Arch, at London's Hyde Park Corner, to the solemn toll of Big Ben.As the service came towards its end the Last Post was played - by the same team who performed it at the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral - before the nation came to a standstill for two minutes' silence.The Dean, the Very Rev David Hoyle, began the service by speaking of the Queen's...
September 19, 2022

Queen's life of service honored at historic funeral

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