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Kremlin says Europe will feel the recoil from its ‘illegal’ sanctions on Russia

29 Jun 2025 29 Jun 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said in remarks published on Sunday that the tougher the sanctions imposed on Russia by Europe, the more painful the recoil would be for Europe’s own economies as Russia had grown resistant to such “illegal” sanctions. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered a wave of Western sanctions on Russia and …

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Ukraine pilot killed, F-16 fighter jet lost, Ukrainian military says

29 Jun 2025 29 Jun 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -A Ukrainian pilot was killed and his F-16 fighter jet lost while repelling a large-scale Russian nighttime missile and drone attack, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday. It was the third such loss of an F-16 of the war, the military said. “The pilot used all of his onboard weapons and shot down …

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Final bash set to end lavish Bezos wedding party in Venice

29 Jun 2025 29 Jun 2025

By Sara Rossi and Gavin Jones VENICE (Reuters) -Newlyweds Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez left their luxury hotel on Venice’s Grand Canal on Saturday for a final night of partying, crowning a three-day star-studded wedding extravaganza. Bezos, 61, and Sanchez, 55, exchanged rings on Friday evening on the small island of San …

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UK junior trade minister visits Taiwan

29 Jun 2025 29 Jun 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -British junior trade minister Douglas Alexander is visiting Taiwan for talks on Sunday, the UK government said, on a trip that is aimed at boosting trade with Taipei but is likely to anger China. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and strongly objects to any official interactions between the island …

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Chechen leader says Putin congratulated him on son’s wedding

29 Jun 2025 29 Jun 2025

(Reuters) -The head of Russia’s Caucasus region of Chechnya, a fervent supporter of Moscow’s war in Ukraine, said Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin telephoned him on Saturday to congratulate him on his son’s wedding. Ramzan Kadyrov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said Putin “personally congratulated me … on this important event and offered his warmest …

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Huge crowds pack Budapest as banned Pride swells into anti-Orban rally

28 Jun 2025 28 Jun 2025

By Anita Komuves and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Hungary’s capital on Saturday as a banned LGBTQ+ rights rally swelled into a mass anti-government demonstration, in one of the biggest shows of opposition to Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Crowds filled a square near Budapest’s city hall in sweltering …

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Top Ukrainian commander sees new assault on key eastern city

28 Jun 2025 28 Jun 2025

(Reuters) -Ukraine’s top commander said on Saturday that his forces faced a new onslaught against a key city on the eastern front of its war against Russia, while Moscow said it was making progress in another sector farther southwest. After their initial failed advance on the capital Kyiv in the first weeks after the February …

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Venice protests target Bezos over mounting grievances

28 Jun 2025 28 Jun 2025

By Sara Rossi and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) -Mass tourism, impossibly high rents, worker exploitation, inequality and elitism: Venice, Italy’s protests in recent days against Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s high-profile wedding have highlighted growing global grievances. Local politicians dismissed protesters as a fringe minority. Bezos’s fame and Venice’s stunning visual backdrop have offered them …

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Iran holds funeral for commanders and scientists killed in war with Israel

28 Jun 2025 28 Jun 2025

(Reuters) -Large crowds of mourners dressed in black lined streets in Iran’s capital Tehran as the country held a funeral on Saturday for top military commanders, nuclear scientists and some of the civilians killed during this month’s aerial war with Israel. At least 16 scientists and 10 senior commanders were among those mourned at the …

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EU plans to add carbon credits to new climate goal, document shows

28 Jun 2025 28 Jun 2025

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission is set to propose counting carbon credits bought from other countries towards the European Union’s 2040 climate target, a Commission document seen by Reuters showed. The Commission is due to propose a legally binding EU climate target for 2040 on July 2. The EU executive had initially …

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