TAG: Hospitals
Russian bombs failed to destroy Ukraine’s energy grid. Corruption could break its own
When Vladimir Putin landed in Khabarovsk on his tour of Russia’s Far East last week, he was given a...
8 months ago
UK strikes energy deal with firm linked to Putin’s gas exports
LONDON — U.K. hospitals, town halls and government departments will be heated via a massive energy deal with a subsidiary of a firm still importing Russian gas to Europe — just days after U.K. ministers boasted they were “driving Putin out of the market.”...
6 months ago
Europe must quicken green efforts after election, EU climate chief says
STRASBOURG — The next crop of European Union officials must accelerate the push to slash planet-warming pollution and prepare for an extreme weather surge. That’s EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra's message after scientists’ latest warning that the Continen...
6 months ago
Ukrainians are still waiting for Abramovich’s billions
LONDON — More than £2 billion was promised to Ukrainian war victims thanks to the forced sale of Chelsea Football Club.It was to be the largest nongovernmental aid package Europe had ever seen, but nearly two years on and not a penny from the record-break...
6 months ago
Maltese central bank governor, deputy PM face charges in snowballing corruption case
Malta's political elite is facing a reckoning as a long-running investigation into alleged corruption under former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat comes to a head.Central Bank of Malta Governor Edward Scicluna and Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne, who both...
4 months ago
Maltese central bank chief defies calls to resign amid sprawling corruption case
Maltese central bank chief Edward Scicluna pushed back against growing calls to resign after a court ruled Wednesday that he will have to stand trial in connection with a 2015 deal that has implicated swathes of the island nation’s elite.“I will abide by...
2 months ago
The never-ending job of depriving Putin of the means to kill Ukrainians
Some people’s to-do lists never end.The European Union's top diplomat on Russia sanctions, veteran Eurocrat David O’Sullivan, is one. “In Moscow, there’s someone getting up every day, thinking: How can I get my hands on those chips today?” he says.In othe...
2 months ago
Labour’s top policy priorities
LONDON — Keir Starmer has arrived in Downing Street with his new Cabinet. So what are their first priorities?Big-ticket items include decarbonizing the electricity grid by 2030, building 1.5 million homes over five years, hitting long-missed health servic...
2 months ago
Russia unleashes ‘massive attack’ on Ukraine energy facilities
Ukrainian energy facilities came under a “massive attack" from Russia overnight, the Ukraine energy ministry said on Saturday, describing it as the eighth time Russia has launched an assault on energy infrastructure in the past three months.“The situation...
2 months ago
Wildfire rages out of control on the outskirts of Athens
ATHENS — A massive wildfire fueled by gale-force winds is burning out of control on the outskirts of Athens Monday and is forcing mass evacuations.Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis flew back to Athens, cutting short his vacation on the island of Cr...
2 months ago
Von der Leyen’s first 100 days: What she’s promised, what it means and what she’ll really deliver
Ever since U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt referred to his “first 100 days” as a key milestone way back in 1933, global leaders have referenced the occasion to promise electrifying changes to their electorate.Now it’s Ursula von der Leyen’s turn....
3 weeks ago
Ukraine kills nuclear plant’s pro-Russian security chief with car bomb
The security chief at a Russia-controlled nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was killed in a car bombing Friday, according to Russian and Ukrainian authorities.Andriy Korotkyy, head of security at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, died after his...
1 week ago