Austria scraps Covid-19 vaccine mandate Austria is suspending its Covid-19 vaccine mandate, its ministers for health and constitutional affairs said, six days before fines for breaches were due to start … Coronavirus • 09 Mar
'No critical impact on safety' from Chernobyl power cut Power has been entirely cut to the Chernobyl power plant, site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986, and its security systems, Ukraine's energy … Ukraine • 09 Mar
Sumy evacuees arrive safely, Mariupol evacuation fails The first convoy carrying civilians from Sumy in northern Ukraine has arrived via a humanitarian corridor in the central city of Poltava, Ukraine's presidency has … Ukraine • 08 Mar
S Korea in new action over invasion, Pope's peace plea South Korea will implement export controls against Belarus for "effectively supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine", Seoul's foreign ministry said today. Ukraine • 06 Mar
Mariupol evacuation fails as Kyiv prepares for war Invading forces in Ukraine pushed closer to Kyiv as efforts to evacuate 200,000 people from the heavily bombarded city of Mariupol fell apart for a … Ukraine • 06 Mar
North Korea conducts second missile test in a week North Korea said it conducted "another important" test for reconnaissance satellite systems, state news agency KCNA has reported. World • 05 Mar
PayPal shuts down services in Russia Payments company PayPal has shut down its services in Russia, citing "the current circumstances," joining many financial and tech companies in suspending operations there after … Ukraine • 05 Mar
Mariupol besieged but Kyiv still under Ukraine control Russian forces besieged the key southern port of Mariupol and sought to press deeper into Ukraine in the face of strong Ukrainian resistance on the … Ukraine • 05 Mar
Death toll from Pakistan mosque blast rises to 56 At least 56 people were killed and 194 wounded in a huge blast at a Shia mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, a … World • 04 Mar
Oil jumps toward $115 on Ukraine conflict Oil prices rebounded today as fears of Western sanctions disrupted Russian oil exports, outweighing the possibility of more Iranian supplies, while reports of a nuclear … Business • 04 Mar
