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FLAMANVILLE, France—Early this year, a top European Union official made an eye-catching proposal: A €100 billion public fund that would curb Europe’s reliance on U.S. defense manufacturers, who make nearly two-thirds of Europe’s military hardware. The cash could subsidize European companies to develop and manufacture more weapons at home at a time when the continent faces a growing threat from Russia.

Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national known as  “ Rabotnik, ”  has been handed a prison sentence of 13 years and  seven months for his role in ransomware attacks.

Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has issued directives to ramp up weapons production for the war in Ukraine, following the recent approval of a delayed multibillion-dollar military aid package for the Ukrainian government by the United States, Al Jazeera reported. In a meeting with Russia's top military officials on Wednesday, Shoigu emphasised the imperative to enhance the volume, quality, and speed of arms production. He also instructed for the repair of units stationed on the front lines in Ukraine's eastern and southern regions to enhance their operational effectiveness, the Ministry of Defence said on the Telegram messaging app. «To maintain the required pace of the offensive… it is necessary to increase the volume and quality of weapons and military equipment supplied to the troops, primarily weapons,» Shoigu said.

US State Department accused Russia Wednesday of having used a chemical weapon against Ukrainian forces in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, while also announcing fresh sanctions against Moscow. In addition to the chemical agent chloropicrin, Russia also used «riot control agents (tear gas) as a method of warfare in Ukraine, also in violation of the CWC,» the department said in a factsheet. «The use of such chemicals is not an isolated incident, and is probably driven by Russian forces' desire to dislodge Ukrainian forces from fortified positions and achieve tactical gains on the battlefield,» the State Department said.

The Taliban takeover three years ago has sent Afghanistan's economy into a tailspin

new sanctions on hundreds of firms and people tied to Russia's weapons development program, more than a dozen Chinese firms accused of helping Russia find workarounds to sanctions and individuals tied to the death of Russian dissident Alexey Navalny. The sanctions imposed by the Treasury and State departments target Russia’s military-industrial base, chemical weapons programs and people and firms in third countries that help Russia acquire weapons components as its invasion of Ukraine has entered its third year. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the action “will further disrupt and degrade Russia’s war efforts by going after its military industrial base and the evasion networks that help supply it." The sanctions come as the Senate gave final approval to legislation barring imports of Russian uranium, boosting U.S.

Vladimir Putin-led country. Earlier, the Delhi Police had revealed that the email used tov threaten over 100 schools in the Delhi-NCR in the early hours of Wednesday, had contained the word ‘Swaraiim’. ‘Swaraiim’ is an Arabic word used by the Islamic State, a transnational Salafi jihadist group, since 2014, said Delhi Police, adding that they used this term to spread Islamist propaganda.

The miracle of Ukraine’s most dominant soccer club over the past decade isn’t so much its continued success while the country has been at war. Nor is it the team’s reconstruction after losing all of its foreign players. The real surprise for Shakhtar Donetsk, based in the Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine, is that it has kept winning despite not playing a single home game since 2014.

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New Delhi: In 2019, India was among the top five economically developing countries in terms of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from aviation, a new research has found. Calculating «nearly real-time» aviation emissions using global flight data, researchers found that overall, the US, China and Great Britain were the topmost contributors, with 22 per cent, 14 per cent and roughly four per cent share. However, among the economically developing countries, India was found to be the third biggest contributor with close to three per cent share in global CO2 emissions from aviation, following China at 14 per cent and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at more than three per cent. The research team at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology also found that India's share in global CO2 emissions from domestic aviation was the third highest at 1.5 per cent.

[email protected]. The word ‘Sawariim’, which means clashing of the swords, is an Arabic word. It has been used by the terrorist group Islamic State since 2014 to spread Islamist propaganda.

Sergei Shoigu ordered more, and swifter, delivery of weapons for Moscow's military operation in Ukraine, the Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday. Russia, which calls its war in Ukraine a special military operation, now controls just under a fifth of Ukraine's territory, the bulk seized during the first months of the war it launched in February 2022. At a meeting with the top military command for Moscow's fight in Ukraine, the chief of the general staff, Valery Gerasimov, who is in charge of the operation, delivered a report to Shoigu, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.

Odesa has left at least five individuals dead and more than 30 wounded, as confirmed by Ukrainian authorities, CNN reported. A video footage, released by Ukraine's Prosecutor General, captures the harrowing moment when numerous bomblets erupted in quick succession near the seafront, unleashing chaos and devastation.

Robert McCall, a former Marine and DIA agent, as he battles it out against the Russian mafia running a human trafficking ring. While part 3 met with huge success, it left fans wondering whether there would be a sequel. Denzel Washington had stated at the Cinemacon in 2023 that it was the end and it is highly unlikely that part 4 is happening.

The European Union says it’s investigating Facebook and Instagram for suspected violations of the bloc’s digital rulebook, including not doing enough to protect users from foreign disinformation ahead of EU-wide elections

Europe’s economy perked up slightly at the start of the year, recording 0.3% growth in the January-March quarter as the inflation burden on consumers eased and the stagnating German economy, the continent’s biggest, started to show modest signs of life

Crimea said on Tuesday that long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) were shot down over the peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014. Sergei Aksyonov posted on Telegram a photo showing what he described as undetonated submunitions of ATACMS missiles. Aksyonov did not specify when and how many missiles had been shot down.

Experts warn that Venezuela’s likely shift towards digital currency necessitates stricter regulations.

Also read: India's oil imports from Russia drops 19% in February, Saudi Arabia 2nd largest supplier According to an ICRA report based on data from the ministry of commerce and industry, the value of India's oil imports fell by 15.2% year-on-year to $162.4 billion during April-February of FY24. This decrease could be attributed to a combination of factors, including a reduction in international crude oil prices and savings from the purchase of discounted Russian crude oil.

Also Read: Oil prices decline amid Israel-Hamas peace negotiations, Fed rate cut hopes As of now, Brent crude futures have seen a modest increase of 0.26% in April, while WTI crude futures have experienced a slight decline of 0.55%. Crude prices surged sharply in mid-April, reaching their highest level since October, driven by Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel in retaliation. This was seen as a response to a suspected Israeli strike on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, Syria, earlier in the month.

«As per the F&S report, the petrochemical side is going to be added in the capex where these cracking furnaces are going to be prospective in the future,» says Goutam Rampelli, Whole Time Director, JNK India. Meanwhile, Pravin Sathe, CFO, JNK India says, «So far as the capex plans are concerned, we did not have any capex plan in the near future as per the RHP. We have been an asset-light model and we have a lot of vendors who are empanelled with us and they are capable of meeting the standards that are required for these equipments.» What is the outlook when it comes to the demand for the company's products, like O&G upgradation as we are seeing capex gather pace both internationally as well as domestically? Goutam Rampelli: Yes, this oil and gas and also the petrochemical industry is going to have much more growth than they expected. And as per F&S report what we have seen earlier that it is going to be Rs 6,300 crore market value for this heating equipment.