Europe

EU officials and others are concerned about explosions at Nord Stream pipelines

5:10am September 29, 2022

Some European leaders say the Nord Stream pipeline leaks are deliberate. There's growing concern about what it could mean for security at oil and gas installations around Europe.

News brief: Hurricane Ian, Nord Stream pipeline leaks, Biden's plan to end hunger

9:37pm September 28, 2022

Hurricane Ian targets Florida after hitting Cuba. Seismologists suspect explosions damaged undersea pipelines that carry Russian gas. President Biden will announce plans to try to tackle hunger.

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Ukrainian soldiers' view on counteroffensive could inform efforts to dislodge Russia

5:36pm September 28, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

Ukraine's counteroffensive saw many Russian forces flee advancing troops in the northeast of the country. But soldiers on the ground say it was more difficult than some headlines have portrayed it.

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The theories of what caused the Nord Stream leaks

5:08pm September 28, 2022

by Rob Schmitz

It has become clear to European leaders that the leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines that run from Russia to Germany were an act of sabotage. Natural gas has been leaking into the Baltic Seas.

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Jewish pilgrims gather at a lake to perform Tashlikh, an atonement ritual that involves symbolically casting one's sins into a body of water, during the Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman's tomb in Uman, Ukraine on Monday. Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a reported 23,000 adherents made the trip, which was complicated by the grounding of civilian aviation throughout Ukraine.

War didn't stop Hasidic pilgrims from gathering in Ukraine for the Jewish new year

4:31pm September 28, 2022

Orthodox Jews gathered in Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, at the tomb of a rabbi who preached his vision of a joy-filled life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

A man glues a referendum poster reading "Yes" in Berdyansk, Ukraine, on Monday.

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With staged referendums in Ukraine complete, Russia begins the annexation process

9:39am September 28, 2022

by Charles Maynes

Separatist leaders in occupied areas of Ukraine moved to join the Russian Federation — after claiming that the people there had chosen to join Russia, in referendums denounced by the West as a sham.

Russia claims its occupied territories in Ukraine voted to become part of Russia

8:16am September 28, 2022

Final results from so-called referendums in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine indicate overwhelming support for joining the Russian Federation. The voting is widely condemned as a sham.

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How the war in Ukraine is affecting the world's supply of fertilizer

5:14am September 28, 2022

by Jackie Northam

One of the effects of the war in Ukraine is a global shortage of fertilizer. Food supplies could be threatened if more fertilizer doesn't get to the world market.

Konstantin Ivashchenko, former CEO of the Azovmash plant and appointed pro-Russian mayor of Mariupol, visits a polling station as people vote in a referendum in Mariupol on Tuesday.

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Occupied regions of Ukraine vote to join Russia in staged referendums

6:23pm September 27, 2022

The so-called referendums — which Ukraine, the U.S. and others have denounced as shams — are widely viewed as an initial Kremlin move toward formal Russian annexation of the territories.

EU debates whether to take in those fleeing Russia

4:56pm September 27, 2022

by Rob Schmitz

The European Union is split over whether to give refuge to Russians fleeing after President Vladimir Putin announced last week that men with military experience would be called up to fight in Ukraine.