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Svitlana Grynchuk, Ukraine's Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, speaks to the media next to a solar power plant constructed in Chornobyl exclusion zone, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine April 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Europe

Ukraine seeking solutions for damaged Chernobyl confinement vessel

Officials at the plant said the drone attack punched a large hole in the new containment structure's outer cover and exploded inside

David Die Dejean poses for a portrait at the Crandon Park Marina in Key Biscayne, Florida, US, April 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona Purchase Licensing Rights
Europe

Brain drain? Trump cutbacks force scientists to seek jobs in Europe

FILE PHOTO: Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reacts on the day of the informal meeting of European heads of state or government takes place in Granada, Spain October 6, 2023. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo
Europe

S&P upgrades Italy's credit rating to BBB+

Markus Soeder, Friedrich Merz, Lars Klingbeil, and Saskia Esken after reaching a coalition agreement, on April 9. Photo: Liesa Johannssen/Bloomberg
Europe

Germany wants to be a military powerhouse. Can it pull it off?

Swiss Economy Minister Guy Parmelin attends a press conference after the weekly governmental meeting in Bern, Switzerland, January 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Europe

Swiss minister says no negotiations yet with US over trade

Colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, attends an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine January 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
Europe

Ukraine's military chief says new Russian offensive has begun

Xi Jinping, left, and Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on 6 April. Photographer: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
Global Economy

A Europe-China tariff axis would be a dead end

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks at a press conference with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever (not pictured) in Kyiv, Ukraine April 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Europe

Chinese nationals captured fighting for Russia in Ukraine: Zelenskiy

US and European Union flags are seen in this illustration taken March 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Europe

EU seeks unity in first strike back at Trump tariffs

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen gestures on the day her supporters rally for her, after calls for a peaceful mobilisation following Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzlement of EU funds, resulting in her being barred from running for office for five years, in Paris, France, April 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Europe

Le Pen evokes spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. as supporters rally in Paris

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer looks on, during the day he meets with Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley at Downing Street in London, Britain, April 4, 2025. Photo: Eddie Mulholland/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

UK PM Starmer ready to 'shelter' businesses from tariff storm

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo
Europe

Ukraine's Zelenskiy disappointed with US embassy reaction to missile strike

British Labour Party MP's Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed. Photo: AFP/ BSS
Europe

Britain says Israel's detention of two UK MPs 'unacceptable'