Germany on track to fill gas storage facilities ‘to 85 percent’
According to draft measures as part of the German government’s Energy Saving Ordinance, shop window lighting will have to be turned off from 10pm to 6am. Meanwhile, doors and…
Angolan parties wrap up campaign for tense election
Issued on: 23/08/2022 – 10:09
A sea of red-and-green-clad supporters rallied in a densely populated and impoverished district of Angola’s capital Luanda Monday to…
Spain to declare fire-hit regions disaster zones
The blaze, which started on Monday near Bejis in the eastern Valencia region, has destroyed over 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres) of land and spurred the evacuation of around 2,200…
Live: Russia targets Zaporizhzhia region as Kyiv bans Independence Day festivities
Issued on: 23/08/2022 – 08:10
Russia carried out artillery and air strikes in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Tuesday, where fighting near…
Serbian minister visits Moscow, accuses EU of ‘anti-Russian hysteria’
Issued on: 23/08/2022 – 05:35
Serbia’s interior minister met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday in Moscow in a rare visit by a state official from…
Trump sues US government over FBI search of Florida home
Issued on: 23/08/2022 – 01:14
Former President Donald Trump on Monday asked a federal court to temporarily block the FBI from reviewing the materials it seized two weeks…
Fall rains predicted to ease Europe’s historic drought
This fall may bring respite from a great drought that may be Europe's worst in at least 500 years, EU scientists said today. Almost half of the European landmass is currently under…
SRI LANKA CRISIS – Amnesty denounces detention of protesters under anti-terror law in Sri Lanka
Amnesty International (AI) denounced Monday the arrest of three people protesting against the authorities’ management of the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka under an…
Russia blames Ukraine for murder of Putin ally’s daughter
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed Monday to have “solved” the murder of the daughter of Russian ideologue and Vladimir Putin ally Alexander Dugin. The crime “was…
What you need to know about Germany’s €300 energy relief payout
What’s happening?
Back in May, the German government approved a package aimed at providing financial relief to the energy and subsequent cost of living crisis.
One of the measures…