Coalminers in Russia (Image: GETTY) Russia’s war economy is teetering on the brink of meltdown as its coal industry endures a ‘once in 30 year crisis’, hammered by Western sanctions, surging costs and collapsing global prices. One top Russian businessman captured the despair, admitting the sector was “really deep s***.” Losses doubled to 225bIllion roubles…
Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid overnight, part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter, and expressed “extreme concern” over the U.S. potentially providing Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. Kyiv regional Gov. Mykola Kalashnyk said two employees of Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK were wounded in Russian strikes on a substation….
David Doherty was standing at his desk inside the Los Angeles headquarters of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration when a supervisor from another office stormed in hurling profanities. Doherty testified at a preliminary hearing in a San Fernando courtroom earlier this year that a fellow agent, James Young, got “face to face” with Doherty and…
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt — SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The U.S. and Egyptian presidents are chairing a gathering of world leaders dubbed “the Summit for Peace” to support ending the two-year war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal. Israel and Hamas have no direct contacts and are not expected to attend Monday’s…
Israelis held hostage in Gaza should be released in the coming hours (Image: Andrew Stenning/Daily Mirror) Twenty Israeli hostages, held captive for over two years, are on the brink of freedom as nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners also prepare for their release. The hostages, starved, injured and deeply distressed, have been gathered throughout the day inside…
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar’s president said Sunday that an attempted coup was underway in the Indian Ocean country, just a day after members of an elite army unit joined youth-led protests against the government and called for the president to step down. President Andry Rajoelina’s office offered no details on who…