Reuters UK Top

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday extended a ban on FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s ability to contact employees of companies he once controlled and use encrypted messaging technology while out on bail awaiting trial on fraud charges. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Feb. 1 had temporarily …

U.S. judge extends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail restrictions Read More »

By Gabriela Baczynska, Kate Abnett and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that several European Union leaders were ready to provide Kyiv with aircraft to help its battle against Russia’s invasion. Speaking during his first in-person meeting with all the 27 national leaders of a union Ukraine wants to join, …

Zelenskiy hopes for EU jets, gets standing ovation in Brussels Read More »

(Reuters) – Russia and the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog on Thursday said they hoped to make progress on creating a safety zone around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has come under repeated shelling over the past months. Alexei Likhachev, head of state nuclear firm Rosatom, and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Grossi …

Russia, IAEA hope to make progress on Zaporizhzhia nuclear safety zone Read More »

PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron has bestowed the Legion of Honour on Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a visit to Paris. It is the highest award a French president can give to a counterpart, the Elysee Palace said in an overnight statement. “A salute to Ukraine and its people. A salute to you, dear …

France’s Macron awards Legion of Honour to Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Read More »

(Reuters) – The first convoy of humanitarian assistance for people in northwest Syria since Monday’s devastating earthquake is en route to the southern Turkish border with the hope of crossing on Thursday, two aid sources told Reuters. One source said the convoy included six trucks. A Turkish official said the Bab al-Hawa border crossing was …

First aid convoy bound for NW Syria from Turkey nears border -sources Read More »

By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Syria has, for the first time, asked for assistance from the European Union, two days after a devastating earthquake killed more than 11,000 people there and in neighbouring Turkey, the European Commission said on Wednesday. The EU said it would provide additional emergency support to both countries and emergency humanitarian …

Syria requests EU support for the first time after earthquake Read More »