The price of gas futures for November delivery at the TTF hub in the Netherlands stood at $956 per thousand cubic meters – €79.8 per megawatt-hour in household terms – marking a sharp decline of 8%. Earlier this week, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said the company was ready to turn …
Read More »US working with Taliban on securing additional flights from Afghan capital – secretary of state
Speaking at a news conference in Qatar on Tuesday, Blinken said the US has been communicating with the Taliban to secure agreements for more charter flights to leave safely. He vowed to hold the Taliban to their promise that all those with travel documents wanting to leave the country would …
Read More »US military says Kabul strike targeting ISIS-K may have led to ‘additional casualties’ amid reports that family of 9 perished
The US military is “aware of reports of civilian casualties following our strike on a vehicle in Kabul today,” US Central Command spokesman Captain Bill Urban said in a statement on Sunday, after multiple reports suggested that civilians, including children, were killed in the explosion resulting from the strike. “We …
Read More »Additional explosions heard in Kabul were controlled demolition of ammo by US forces, not further attacks – Taliban
A statement from the Taliban acknowledged “several explosions” that had been heard in Kabul on Thursday, attributing them to “US troops who are destroying their assets at Kabul airport.” “Please don’t be disturbed,” the statement concluded. The explosions had previously been mistaken for a continuation of the attacks that left …
Read More »US says it’ll give ‘additional support’ to India Covid-19 crisis amid calls to release unused vaccine doses to hardest-hit nations
Facing a vaccine shortage amid surging infections and a lack of timely oxygen supplies by some hospitals, India has urged the US to lift a ban on the export of key vaccine materials. So far, however, New Delhi has seen its requests being stonewalled, with the US President Joe Biden …
Read More »‘Enemy within’: Pelosi calls for additional House security, claims members of Congress THREATENED by colleagues
“We will probably need a supplemental [budget] for more security for members when the enemy is within the House of Representatives, a threat that members are concerned about in addition to what is happening outside,” Pelosi told reporters at the Capitol on Thursday. Asked to specify her “enemy within” comment, …
Read More »Trump to announce withdrawal of additional troops from Afghanistan & Iraq in coming days
The report comes amid Trump’s row with Pentagon’s top brass, who he accused of doing the bidding for the US military-industrial complex. In a widely-publicized remark on Monday, Trump said that top people in the Pentagon might not be “in love” with him “because they want to do nothing but …
Read More »The business of the former leadership of Kyrgyzstan to Belarus receives additional preferences
Belarusian national biotechnology Corporation (BNBC) received preferential treatment in public procurement. The government’s decision was taken at the end of 2019. According to market participants, BNBC, which is still only building a large factory near Rudinska already received state support in the domestic market and the sale of Chinese products. …
Read More »Ryanair is launching an additional flight to Warsaw
Friday Kyiv-Warsaw flight will fly twice a day. Ryanair in November will introduce a second frequency on the Friday flight Kyiv-Warsaw, according to data in the reservation system of the airline. From 1 November on Fridays from Kiev to Warsaw flights are scheduled for 11:30 and 23:05. In the opposite …
Read More »In the state Duma a bill on the additional payments to large families with a mortgage
Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko introduced the bill on financial support to families with many children, who took a mortgage. “The bill is aimed at realization of the message of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. The head …
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