Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Send fighter jets to the Baltics to defend their airspace, Estonia tells U.S.
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Estonia has asked the United States to send fighter jets to the Baltic states to defend their skies, amid worries that Russia could be poised for an attack on Ukra...
Feb 19, 2022
Russia says shell hit building near Ukraine border – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Local authorities in southwest Russia said on Saturday that a shell hit a village house near the Ukrainian border, damaging its roof but hurting no one, the TASS news agency reporte...
Feb 19, 2022
Germany urges nationals to leave Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's foreign ministry on Saturday told German nationals to leave Ukraine now, as tensions between Russia and Ukraine increased further. "German nationals are urged to leave the...
Feb 19, 2022
Olympics-Bobsleigh-Nolte and Levi rocket Germany to another sliding gold in the two-woman
By David Kirton YANQING, China (Reuters) -From the night's first run, Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi made it clear they were not to be caught this Olympics as the pair extended their lead over the sever...
Feb 19, 2022
Exclusive: Post-Soviet military bloc says it could send peacekeepers to Donbass if needed
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of a Russia-dominated military alliance that is sometimes called Moscow's answer to NATO has said his organisation could send peacekeepers to territory in ...
Feb 19, 2022
Olympics-Figure skating-Chinese pair banish fraught Games with home gold
By Chang-Ran Kim and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong made sure the Beijing Games' controversial figure skating competition ended in celebration on Saturday...
Feb 19, 2022
Scholz’s dismissal of alleged genocide in Donbass ‘unacceptable,’ Russia says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's dismissal of Moscow's assertion of genocide in the east Ukraine region of Donbass held by pro-Russia rebels is "unacceptable," Interfax newsagency re...
Feb 19, 2022
Dutch coastguard searches North Sea for lost shipping containers
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Dutch coastguard said on Saturday it was trying to locate 26 empty shipping containers lost on the North Sea during Storm Eunice on Friday. Panama-registered container ship M...
Feb 19, 2022
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy tells U.S. VP Harris he is looking for ‘peace’
MUNICH (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelenskiy met Vice President Kamala Harris in Munich on Saturday and said his country is looking for "peace", after the United States said Russia could ...
Feb 19, 2022
It’s never too late to stop preparing for war, NATO tells Moscow
MUNICH (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Saturday urged Moscow to stop preparing for an attack on Ukraine or face harsh consequences amid fears that an invasion could be imminent....
Feb 19, 2022
