• Lithuania severs Russian gas imports, encourages EU to follow suit

    Lithuania severs Russian gas imports, encourages EU to follow suit

    Apr 03, 2022 04:49 PM EST

    ... with no pain to break energy ties with the aggressor. If we can do it, the rest of Europe can do it too!" Nauseda tweeted. https://twitter.com/GitanasNauseda/status/1510277034357968898 In 2015, nearly 100% of Lithuania’s gas supplies derived from imports of Russian gas but the situation has ...

  • Zelensky says Russia sanctions not sufficient

    Zelensky says Russia sanctions not sufficient

    Mar 06, 2022 04:57 PM EST

    ... Grandi said that “what is needed really is a ceasefire, is the end to hostilities because that’s the only way to stop this tragedy.” https://youtu.be/SXyeQmSP8oI __ LVIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian official says a second attempt to evacuate civilians from a southern city under siege for a week ...

  • EU shuts airspace to Russian airlines, plans to fund weapons purchases to Ukraine

    EU shuts airspace to Russian airlines, plans to fund weapons purchases to Ukraine

    Feb 27, 2022 05:51 PM EST

    ... make war forget humanity,” Francis said. He refrained from citing Russia by name, in apparent deference to his hopes of keeping dialogue open with the Russian Orthodox Church. Also Sunday, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople described Russia’s invasion as “beyond every sense of law and morality” and pleaded for ...

  • Putin puts Russia's nuclear forces on alert, cites sanctions

    Putin puts Russia's nuclear forces on alert, cites sanctions

    Feb 27, 2022 02:38 PM EST

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday in response to what he called “aggressive statements” by leading NATO powers. The order means Putin has ordered Russia’s nuclear ...

  • Huge explosions rock Kyiv as Ukraine forces resist Russian advance

    Huge explosions rock Kyiv as Ukraine forces resist Russian advance

    Feb 27, 2022 02:42 AM EST

    ... was near the Zhuliany airport, and the mayor of Vasylkiv, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of the capital, said an oil depot was hit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS4EamlGmJ0 Zelensky's office also said Russian forces blew up a gas pipeline in Kharkiv, the country's second ...

  • World powers move to block some Russian banks from global SWIFT transaction system

    World powers move to block some Russian banks from global SWIFT transaction system

    Feb 26, 2022 11:24 PM EST

    ... around the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTq5vVEuwzQ Allies on both sides of the Atlantic also considered the SWIFT option in 2014, when Russia invaded and annexed Ukraine’s Crimea and backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine. Russia declared then that kicking it out of SWIFT would be ...

  • WATCH: U.N. Security Council holds emergency meeting as Russia begins attack on Ukraine

    WATCH: U.N. Security Council holds emergency meeting as Russia begins attack on Ukraine

    Feb 24, 2022 01:02 AM EST

    ... hold Russia accountable.” Biden said he planned to speak to Americans on Thursday after a meeting of the Group of Seven leaders. More sanctions against Russia were expected to be announced Thursday. A full-blown Russian invasion could cause massive casualties and topple Ukraine’s democratically elected government. And the ...

  • What is the drug behind Russia's Olympic doping case?

    What is the drug behind Russia's Olympic doping case?

    Feb 17, 2022 12:50 AM EST

    BEIJING (AP) — Kamila Valieva was back on the Olympic ice at the Beijing Games for the individual competition Tuesday, skating into the lead hours after details of her legal defense in a doping case were revealed. Lawyers for the 15-year-old Russian figure skater argued contamination from the heart ...

  • Clay Aiken, 'American Idol' runner-up, aims for Congress again

    Clay Aiken, 'American Idol' runner-up, aims for Congress again

    Jan 11, 2022 12:24 AM EST

    RALEIGH, N.C. — Former “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken announced Monday he's running for Congress again in North Carolina, this time seeking to succeed the retiring U.S. Rep. David Price. In a video announcing his bid in the 6th District, Aiken said he's joining the already ...

  • WATCH: U.S. rushes in troops to speed up evacuations in Afghanistan

    WATCH: U.S. rushes in troops to speed up evacuations in Afghanistan

    Aug 13, 2021 04:26 PM EST

    ... U.S. mission on Aug. 31, insisting the American and NATO mission that launched on Oct. 7, 2001, has done what it could to build up a Kabul-based Afghan government and military that could withstand the Taliban when Western troops finally withdrew. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAOhKy3XDY