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Ukraine presses counteroffensive after Russian setback
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ??" Russia attacked the Ukrainian president's hometown with suicide drones on Sunday, and Ukraine pushed ahead with its counteroffensive after taking back control of a strategic eastern city.Russia's loss of Lyman, which it had been using as a transport and logistics hub, is a new blow to the Kremlin as it seeks to escalate the war by illegally annexing four regions of Ukraine.
"The Ukrainian flag is already in Lyman," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address. "Over the past week, there have been more Ukrainian flags in the... Read More
Rebel violence in eastern Congo causes hunger to soar
NYIRAGONGO, Congo (AP) ??" The last thing Pasika Bagerimana remembers before her sons died were their cries of hunger. But the 25-year-old mother had nothing to feed them."'Mom, I need to eat. Can you give me food?'" they pleaded with her. Daniel, 2, and Bonane, 5, died just weeks apart in July after fleeing violence in their village in eastern Congo between M23 rebels and government forces.
Bagerimana worries her remaining two children might be next. "Hunger is killing people," she says, seated in a cramped room she now shares with dozens of other displaced people.
Nobel season is here: 5 things to know about the prizes
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ??" The beginning of October means Nobel Prize season. Six days, six prizes, new faces from around the globe added to the world's most elite roster of scientists, writers, economists and human rights leaders.This year's Nobel season kicks off Monday with the medicine award, followed by daily announcements: physics on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday and literature on Thursday. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the economics award on Oct. 10.
Here are five other things to know about the coveted prizes:
WHO... Read More
Chinese billionaire Richard Liu settles US rape allegation
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ??" Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in her Minneapolis apartment after a night of dinner and drinks with wealthy Chinese executives in 2018, attorneys for both sides announced Saturday.Richard Liu, who stepped down as the CEO of Beijing-based e-commerce company JD.com this year amid increased government scrutiny of China's technology industry, has denied raping the woman, Jingyao Liu.
In a joint statement released Saturday night,... Read More
Allies aim for risky Russian oil price cap as winter nears
WASHINGTON (AP) ??" U.S. officials celebrated in early September when top allies agreed to back an audacious, never-before-tried plan to clamp down on Vladimir Putin's access to cash as he wages war on Ukraine.The idea sounded simple enough: The countries would pay only cut-rate prices for Russian oil. That would deprive Putin of money to keep prosecuting his war in Ukraine, but also ensure that oil continued to flow out of Russia and helped to keep global prices low.
A month later, the Group of Seven, representing some of the world's leading economies, is still... Read More
Top Stories in Business/Finance
- Ukraine presses counteroffensive after Russian setback
- Rebel violence in eastern Congo causes hunger to soar
- Nobel season is here: 5 things to know about the prizes
- Chinese billionaire Richard Liu settles US rape allegation
- Allies aim for risky Russian oil price cap as winter nears
- Ruptured oil pipeline off California approved for repairs
- Hermes goes for earthen tones; Ellie Saab revisits the '60s
- Danes: Nord Stream 2 pipeline seems to have stopped leaking
- Russia blindfolds, detains Ukraine nuclear plant chief
- UK train strikes and energy hikes add to a week of turmoil
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