Reuters UK Top

(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday said the situation at the front remained “extremely acute”, particularly in the eastern Donetsk region where Russia is stepping up an offensive. Zelenskiy reported major battles for Vuhledar, to the southwest of Donetsk, and Bakhmut, to the northeast. Bakhmut has largely been pulverised by repeated Russian attacks. …

Zelenskiy calls situation on Ukrainian front ‘extremely acute’ Read More »

By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Friday it was setting up drone assault companies within its armed forces that will be equipped with Starlink satellite communications, as it presses ahead with an idea to build up an “army of drones”. Commander-in-chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi signed off on the creation of the units in …

Ukraine sets up drone assault units Read More »

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Torrential rains caused widespread flooding in New Zealand’s biggest city Auckland on Friday, bringing emergency services were into action and forcing organisers to cancel a scheduled concert by Elton John. Auckland Emergency Management said in a post on Twitter that northern, northwestern and western parts of the city were affected by significant …

Torrential rains, flash floods lash Auckland; Elton John concert cancelled Read More »

By Tilman Blasshofer LUDWIGSBURG, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s top Nazi hunter, Thomas Will, is hopeful of securing further convictions over the Holocaust even as the remaining suspects, many now in their late 90s, die. Will told Reuters that he has handed over five cases to local prosecutors in Germany that he believes still have a …

Race against the clock for Germany’s top Nazi hunter Read More »

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary will veto any European Union sanctions against Russia affecting nuclear energy, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday. Ukraine has called on the 27-nation EU to include Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom in sanctions but Hungary, which has a Russian-built nuclear plant it plans to expand with Rosatom, …

Hungary will veto EU sanctions on Russian on nuclear energy – PM Orban Read More »

By Ali Sawafta JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli commandos killed seven gunmen and two civilians in a raid on a flashpoint town in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian officials said, stirring fear of further flare-ups after the largest single death toll in years of fighting. The Palestinian Authority said it was ending its …

Israeli troops kill 7 Palestinian gunmen, 2 civilians in Jenin clash, Palestinians say Read More »

By Sarah N. Lynch and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI revealed on Thursday it had secretly hacked and disrupted a prolific ransomware gang called Hive, a maneuver that allowed the bureau to thwart the group from collecting more than $130 million in ransomware demands from more than 300 victims. At a news conference, U.S. …

U.S. says it ‘hacked the hackers’ to bring down ransomware gang, helping 300 victims Read More »

(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator has withdrawn emergency-use authorization for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 antibody cocktail Evusheld as the treatment is not expected to neutralize the currently dominant XBB.1.5 subvariant of Omicron. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had limited Evusheld’s use earlier this month for the same reason and the agency’s Thursday announcement sent U.S. shares …

U.S. FDA pulls authorization for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 treatment Evusheld Read More »