Graham Hewitt

The Russian armed forces say they have made the port of Mariupol usable again. They have cleared the harbour of thousands of explosive objects, including sea mines, and sunken vessels. This has allowed five foreign ships to finally…
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The recent monkeypox outbreak is unusual, but remains manageable for now, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. The disease virus is actually only common in parts of Africa but also appeared in Europe on 7 May. Since then,…
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The European Central Bank (ECB) is likely to start raising interest rates in July to curb inflation. Interest rates are expected to no longer be in negative territory by the end of September. That said ECB President Christine Lagarde in a…
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Since Monday, 1908 Ukrainian fighters holed up in the Azovstal factory in Marieopol have surrendered, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said. A day earlier, according to Moscow, the number stood at 1730. According to the…
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The Japanese government plans to issue 20 trillion yen worth of “green” bonds to help finance the transition to renewable energy. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said. The proceeds of those bonds will go to projects in the…
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Microsoft will make its cloud services more accessible to European cloud companies. The American software group is thus bowing to pressure from the European Union to make it easier for smaller European competitors to offer the company's…
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"The 260 liberated fighters from the Azov steelworks are in Russian captivity," says WELT reporter Max Hermes. Ukraine will now initiate a prisoner exchange, but until then, difficult and potentially painful times lie ahead for the freed…
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On Monday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was re-elected by parliament as the country's prime minister. A formality after the April elections, which he won by a large margin. 133 MPs voted in favour of his appointment, 27…
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Tankers with oil from US strategic reserves are on their way to Europe, including the port of Rotterdam. The Bloomberg news agency reports this. The United States has released oil from those stocks to counter the high fuel prices…
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Nearly 5 million jobs have been lost in Ukraine since the start of the war. The International Labor Organization (ILO) warns of the loss of millions of additional jobs if the war escalates further. If the conflict continues any…
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