(Reuters) -The father of a Moroccan man sentenced to death by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on mercenary charges said his son should be treated as a prisoner of war as he is a Ukrainian national who handed himself in vo…
Ukraine exhumes seven bodies of people it says were killed by Russian forces
VORZEL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian investigators exhumed seven bodies from makeshift graves in a forest near Kyiv on Monday and police said they were civilians who had been killed by Russian forces during their occupation of the area. The bodies wer…
Zelenskiy tells Germany to give Ukraine support, worry less about Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked Olaf Scholz to show full-throated support for Kyiv, charging the German Chancellor with being too concerned about the repercussions that would have for Berlin’s ties with Moscow. Zelenski…
Oil rises on tight supplies; trade choppy on demand worries
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Monday in a session of volatile trade, as tight global supplies outweighed worries that demand would be pressured by a flare-up in COVID-19 cases in Beijing and more interest rate hikes. Brent …
UK court allows first migrant deportation flight to Rwanda
By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Judges in London have thrown out last-ditch bids by human rights groups and campaigners to stop Britain sending its first flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday, a plan the United Nations’…
Amazon down for thousands of users – Downdetector
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s ecommerce services were down for thousands of users on Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Downdetector, which showed there were more than 10,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Amazon, …
What awaits Macron? Ruling majority, hung parliament, or cohabitation
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron may find himself without a ruling majority during his second term and deprived of the ability to push through his economic reform agenda with a free hand after a new left-wing alliance d…
Ireland says UK plans effectively breach international law
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Proposed legislation published by Britain on Monday to override many post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland is effectively a breach of international law and nobody but London thinks otherwise, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coven…
Soccer-Man Utd to play Rayo Vallecano in Ten Hag’s first home game
(Reuters) – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag’s first game at home will be a pre-season friendly against LaLiga side Rayo Vallecano at the end of July, the Premier League club announced on Monday. The match at Old Trafford on July 31 will conclude…
Britain defies EU with ‘relatively trivial’ N.Ireland law
By Elizabeth Piper and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Britain published plans on Monday to override some post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland by scrapping checks and challenging the role played by the European Union’s court in a new clash with B…