Russian oil export pivot succeeding – energy minister

The country has found buyers for all of the supplies at risk of being stranded due to sanctions

Russia reveals energy policy priority

Expansion on the global LNG market is a key goal after a drop in gas pipeline supplies to Europe, the deputy prime minister has said

Russia says Ukraine using longrange US artillery

Moscow announced Tuesday it had for the first time downed a long-range rocket supplied to Ukraine by the United States, weapons Kyiv said were key to an anticipated counter-attack against Russian forces. The statement from Russia’s defence ministry came a day after Ukraine said it received modern Leopard and Challenger battle tanks from Germany and […]

‘We are all Chinese’ – Taiwanese expresident

Ma Ying-jeou has begun his controversial visit to the mainland by pointing out shared ethnicity, calling for peace

Biden says most of US thinks owning military style guns ‘bizarre’

President Joe Biden said Tuesday in the wake of the latest school shooting that most Americans think owning the types of military style rifles regularly used to carry out such massacres is “bizarre.” “The majority of the American people think having assault weapons is bizarre, it’s a crazy idea. They’re against that,” he told reporters […]

New clashes erupt in France pension protests

Fresh clashes erupted in France Tuesday between protesters and police as tens of thousands took to the streets to show their anger against President Emmanuel Macron‘s pension reform that has sparked a major domestic crisis. The day of nationwide protests and strikes called by unions is the tenth since mid-January against the law, which includes […]

Congressman demands IRS explain Matt Taibbi home visit

The tax authority sent an agent to the independent journalist’s New Jersey home earlier this month

US becomes EU’s top oil supplier – Eurostat

Russian crude exports to the bloc have plummeted due to Western sanctions, data shows

French banks raided in tax evasion sting

The lenders are suspected of helping investors avoid paying taxes on dividends