Finnish housing associations are facing difficulties due to non-payment of membership fees by Russian apartment owners, but the government is preparing a new law that will allow them to conveniently send warnings and potentially confiscate homes from debtors.
Large Russian enterprises are involved in a scheme to recruit Russian citizens and foreigners to join mercenary units to participate in the Russia's war against Ukraine, offering them bonuses of more than $4,400.
Rheinmetall plans to set up a joint venture in Ukraine in the field of air defense systems within a few years, although it may take 1-2 years before production begins.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitzo was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt carried out by a 71-year-old xenophobic writer with with possible pro-Russian ties.
Georgia's application for EU membership will be frozen if the controversial Russian-inspired law on "foreign agents" is passed.
Australia's richest woman, Gina Rinehart, demands that the National Gallery of Australia remove her unflattering portrait from an exhibition by Vincent Namathjira, considering it too ugly.
Russian forces attacked several settlements in the Dnipropetrovs'k region, damaging buildings, infrastructure, a gas pipeline, power lines, and vehicles, but no casualties were reported.
Ukraine detained a repeat offender who worked for the Russian Wagner PMC and collected information on the locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Vinnytsia and Cherkasy regions, reporting to the occupiers on the consequences of missile and drone strikes.
According to a report by the European Environment Agency, climate change is exacerbating floods, droughts, and water quality, posing an increasing threat to human health.
Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and a key witness against him, admitted that he wants to see the former president convicted in a criminal trial for paying hush money to Stormy Daniels.
Russian occupiers are planning to force schoolchildren in the occupied Luhansk region of Ukraine to study the fabricated "history" of the so-called "Luhansk People's Republic" using a three-volume textbook, erasing Ukrainian identity.
North Korea has allegedly laundered $147. 5 million stolen from a cryptocurrency exchange through the virtual currency platform Tornado Cash in March 2024, as part of efforts to steal about $3.6 billion through cyberattacks on cryptocurrency firms over the past 7 years.
Google introduces Project Gameface, an open source code for Android developers that allows them to control speakerphone, gestures, and head movements using facial expressions and the device's camera.
Ukraine asks the White House for permission to use U. S.-supplied weapons to strike Russian military targets in Russia to counter the Russian offensive in the Kharkiv region.
A solar storm caused GPS malfunctions on tractors in the United States and Canada during the peak planting season, forcing farmers to stop work.
Intel is in talks with Apollo Global Management to invest more than $11 billion in the construction of a new chip plant in Ireland.
Recipients of housing subsidies and benefits who received them before February 24, 2022, resided in the occupied territory or the territory of the anti-terrorist operation and did not apply for reassignment may continue to receive payments until July 1, 2024, by submitting a corresponding application to the Pension Fund of Ukraine.
The Council of the European Union has adopted a series of rules reforming the entire asylum system on the continent, with Poland and Hungary voting against the entire package.
The EU Council plans to approve a migration pact containing significant reforms to asylum policies, requiring EU countries to accept thousands of asylum seekers from frontline states or provide resources, and allowing agreements with transit and origin countries to limit the number of incoming migrants.
Ukraine has granted duty-free and quota-free access to exports of agricultural products, including poultry, eggs, sugar, honey, corn, oats, and cereals to the EU until June 5, 2025, with conditions for certain products based on average export volumes in 2021-2023.
Russian troops shelled the border of Chernihiv region with various types of weapons, causing 33 explosions near civilian areas.
The 2025 Aston Martin Vantage will get a bold new body, a much more powerful 656-horsepower 4. 0-liter turbocharged V8 engine and a high-tech interior.
A U. S. citizen was among 20 people detained at a rally against Georgia's "foreign agents" law near the parliament in Tbilisi.
Due to Russian shelling, about 200 more people need to be evacuated from Vovchansk, but Ukrainian defenders are holding back the enemy on the outskirts of the city.
Germany warns that the number of cyberattacks by China and Russia has doubled in recent years, causing billions of dollars in losses, mostly related to cybercrime.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson admits the possibility of deploying American nuclear weapons in Sweden during a war, despite having previously opposed it.
Ukrainian troops killed more than 50 Russian occupants near Pylyne, Hlyboke and Lukianets in Kharkiv region overnight.
Evacuation from Vovchansk is extremely difficult due to the constant presence of enemy UAVs, the reluctance of residents to leave the danger zone and the proximity of some settlements to the contact line.
Ukraine shoots down a smaller share of Russian missiles as Russia increases its attacks with heavier ballistic missiles, intercepting about 46% of Russian missiles in the last six months, down from 73% in the previous six months.
Employees of the Apple Store in Towson, Maryland, voted to authorize the first strike by retail workers over unpredictable work schedules and wages that do not meet the local living wage.
