What the renewed Black Sea blockade means for Ukraine’s farmers
Europe • Aug 24, 2026, 5:41 PM
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As Ukraine and Russia hammer each other’s Black Sea ports, the amount of grain being shipped through the crucial waterway has slowed to a crawl. For Ukraine’s farmers, the Black Sea blockade could hardly have come at a worse time.
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Kherson residents urged to leave as Russian attacks threaten power and heating
Europe • 10:40 PM
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Regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin urged residents to leave the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Thursday as Russian strikes damaged a district heating plant and threatened prolonged power and heating outages.
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Drought-hit Danube gives way to mammoth fossil hunt in Bulgaria
Europe • 9:58 AM
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As drought in Europe brings river levels to record lows, a group of volunteers scans the dried-up Danube riverbank in northern Bulgaria, not far from where the receding waters revealed mammoth bones in July. About 20 volunteers join an effort in the hope
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Game of Drones: Deep strikes into Russia keeping Ukraine 'in this game'
Europe • 7:38 AM
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Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev, Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative. He argues that Ukraine’s expanding long-range strike campaign has helped Ukraine “stay in this game” by raising the economic, military and social costs of Russi
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Man drives car into group of pedestrians in French city of Caen, killing two
Europe • 1:55 AM
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A car ploughed into pedestrians in the French city of Caen late Wednesday, killing two people and injuring nine others. Police detained a 26-year-old man after he fled the scene, while prosecutors said the incident was not currently being treated as terr
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Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic convicted of genocide dies
Europe • 12:50 AM
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Former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide in the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, has died in the United Nations detention centre in The Hague after suffering several strokes, according to local media.
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