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14.05 / 10:57

Eurovision Song Contest analysts Ukraine war: Russian army 'withdrawing from Kharkiv area', say Ukrainian military and analysts

In the third month of Russia's war against Ukraine, fighting continues in the country's east and south, with Putin's forces struggling to make significant progress.

13.05 / 22:07

Eurovision Song Contest War crimes Kyiv Russian solider, 21, on trial for murdering civilian in Ukraine war

A young Russian soldier has gone on trial in Ukraine for war crimes, after he was accused of murdering a Ukrainian civilian.

13.05 / 22:07

Eurovision Song Contest On the ground in Mykolaiv, a shelled city in Southern Ukraine

In Southern Ukraine, the city of Mykolaiv was shelled throughout the night and into Friday morning. And one of the buildings hit was a garage owned by a civilian.

13.05 / 21:21

business Donations Military crypto donations Crypto donations fund ATVs and gas masks for Ukrainian military

Ukrainian officials have used funds from the crypto donation platform launched by the government to purchase supplies for the country’s military amid its ongoing war with Russia.

13.05 / 15:31

NATO Threat Sweden joining NATO would 'deter the threat of military conflict in northern Europe', says report

Sweden joining NATO would deter the threat of military conflict in northern Europe, a new report has concluded.

13.05 / 13:11

Art European Union Fire EU has become aggressive and bellicose amid Ukraine war, says Russia's Lavrov

The EU has gone from being a "constructive economic platform" to becoming an "aggressive and bellicose" actor amid Russia's war in Ukraine.

13.05 / 13:07

Crypto Investors Bitcoin Luna Indian Luna crash sinks wealth of Indian crypto investors

crypto investors took another dive triggered by the crash of a popular stable coin, TerraUSD, or UST, in the last 48 hours in a market already roiled by rising interest rates, inflation, and Russia’s war on Ukraine. The algorithmic stable coin is supposed to maintain a one-to-one peg against the US dollar but slumped nearly to $.26 to the dollar on Wednesday night after the complex mechanisms that were supposed to hold the dollar peg failed leading to the UST crash. And as a result Luna, Terra’s sister token which powers the Terra blockchain, dropped below $0.30 on Thursday from $80 in a matter of 3 days.

13.05 / 11:21

Art European Union Fire Boy, 15, survives the attack that killed his father in front of him

After the Russian troops' retreat from the outskirts of Kyiv, revelations of mass graves with dozens of civilians, some with their hands tied behind their back and most shot to the head in towns like Bucha shocked the world.

13.05 / 10:01

Art European Union Fire hospital In Ukraine, tales of tragedy as Euronews visits a hospital near the frontline of Russia's war

Natalia's first instinct after a bomb destroyed much of her house was to locate her five-year-old daughter.

13.05 / 03:27

Sport Football UK marketing Sky News Deal Chelsea Secures First Crypto Shirt Sponsor in USD 24M Deal

Shortly after the UK seized the club from sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and a group of investors paid GBP 2.5bn (USD 3.1bn) for his shares, Chelsea FC is teaming up with digital asset investing platform WhaleFin under a shirt sponsorship deal for the next season.

13.05 / 00:27

Art Fire Smuggling International Austrian government dismantles international migrant smuggling group

Austria's government says it has dismantled an international criminal network that was smuggling refugees into central Europe.

12.05 / 22:47

BTC Lowe's Tesla Bitcoin 2020 Bitcoin reaches lowest point since Dec 2020; here’s what to expect

On 12 May, BTC dropped to its lowest valuation of $26,350 since December 2020. There is an uncanny resemblance between this crash with the mid-season crypto breakdown in May-June 2021.

12.05 / 21:49

Government Stablecoin Tether Threat financial stability NOT Financial Stablecoins' recent de-pegging is not a 'real threat to financial stability,' says Janet Yellen

According to United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the stablecoin market is not at the scale at which the drop in the price of TerraUSD (UST) and Tether (USDT) below $1 would present a threat to the country’s financial stability.

12.05 / 17:59

Ethereum solana cryptocurrency price today Bitcoin Print Edition

The unstable algorithms of 'stablecoins' are hurting the crypto market sentiments, while the US dollar-pegged tokens are getting 'depegged' and dragging the market lower. Other than this, rising inflation numbers across the globe are worrying investors over the looming economic slowdown. Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine has just added to the woes.

12.05 / 17:51

Art NATO What are the next steps if Sweden and Finland ask to join NATO?

Finland and Sweden could soon ask to join NATO after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked a surge of support for joining the security alliance.

12.05 / 17:45

Art Fire Colectiv: Appeals court jails eight people over deadly Romania nightclub fire

Eight people have been jailed over a deadly fire at a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest, which killed 65 people and injured 200 others.

12.05 / 17:27

Blockchain Ethereum censorship How blockchain archives can change how we record history in wartime

Decentralized blockchain technology has been around for a relatively short period of time, in the grand scheme of things, but its decentralized nature has the power to keep data and information out of the hands of censors looking to create a “safe” and “faultless” version of history.

12.05 / 16:49

COST UPS Producer Price Gains Edged Downward in April but Remain Elevated

U.S. suppliers’ price increases eased a little in April as energy and food costs dropped, but producer-level inflation remained close to historic highs.

12.05 / 15:49

Art Do Western Balkan countries like Macron's idea for a two-tier Europe?

France's President Emmanuel Macron has pitched one of the biggest reforms to the EU structure in decades - the idea of a second tier of countries outside the bloc that share the bloc's values and geography.

12.05 / 11:13

NATO Ukraine to hold first war crimes trial over Russia's invasion

Ukraine’s top prosecutor has disclosed plans for the first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier, as fighting raged in the east and south and the Kremlin left open the possibility of annexing a corner of the country it seized early in the invasion.

12.05 / 10:13

NATO 'Finland must apply for NATO membership without delay,' says country's president and prime minister

Finland's leaders are set to announce their positions on whether the country should join the NATO military alliance.

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