NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko has withdrawn from the U.S. Open with a right elbow injury, tournament organisers said on Monday. Tsurenko, who lost in the New York quarter-final last year to eventual champion Naomi Osaka, was scheduled to face B... More »
(Reuters) – American Bernarda Pera and France’s Alize Cornet advanced to the second round with straight sets victories at the rain-hit Bronx Open in New York on Sunday. Pera, who lost to Veronika Kudermetova twice this year, got her revenge with a convincing 6... More »
Artificial uterus to replace live women: Ukraine considers the legalization of “children in vitro” Children fully grown by artificial means, that is, outside the mother’s body may become a reality very soon. And it will happen in Ukraine if the deputies suppor... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he regretted Iran’s announcement that it would exceed the allowed enriched uranium limit, but that Paris would hold talks with Iran and its partners to avoid any further escalation in the region... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – Stan Wawrinka rolled back the years to stop Stefanos Tsitsipas in his tracks in the match of the tournament on Sunday to set up a French Open quarter-final against fellow Swiss Roger Federer. Giving away 14 years to the swashbuckling young Gr... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed on Friday the possibility of a new accord limiting nuclear arms that could eventually include China in what would be a major deal between the globe’s top ... More »
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian computer game that brings to life a town abandoned after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster may not sound like everyone’s idea of fun but has attracted 60,000 people globally since its launch in October. Players of “Isotopium: Chernoby... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had a “very productive” call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on issues ranging from North Korea, Ukraine and Venezuela to trade and nuclear weapons. Trump, in a series of tweets, also a... More »
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As recently as February, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team dropped hints that the inquiry into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election might unearth evidence of active cooperation between Moscow and President Donald Trump’s ... More »
KIEV (Reuters) – As Ukraine heads in a presidential election on Sunday, two artists have created an unflattering portrait of incumbent Petro Poroshenko using sweet wrappers and bullet casings. From Poroshenko’s perspective probably the best thing about the pie... More »
KRASNOYARSK, Russia (Reuters) – “Anyone but Poroshenko!” cried the crowd in a Russian zoo on Thursday as a brown bear made its way toward a butternut squash bearing a picture of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Buyan, resident of a zoo on the outskirts of... More »
NOVOVOLYNSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian police are investigating two companies and a factory over a coal deal which some anti-corruption campaigners say epitomizes the difficulties of doing business in the east European country. The sums involved in the dea... More »
ROSS-ON-WYE, England (Reuters) – For almost 100 years, Chris Chinn’s family has farmed asparagus in the rolling hills of the Wye Valley in western England. This year, he fears uncertainty around Britain’s departure from the European Union will keep his eastern... More »
(Reuters) – World number two Simona Halep survived a tough challenge from Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Kozlova to win their third round match 7-6(3) 7-5 at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, on Sunday. The Romanian finally put away the 114th ran... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House Judiciary Committee will seek documents from more than 60 people and organizations as it begins investigations into possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power by President Donald Trump, the panel’s chairman said on Sund... More »
Veronika Siegl (University of Bern) Abstract International surrogacy in Ukraine has become a booming industry for German couples for years. This article describes this development and shows “ethical compromise” position of Ukraine in the field of surrogacy wit... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – European Union countries have reached an agreement on how to regulate Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, declining to give details on the compromise. “Regarding the gas directive, we have reached an agr... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday unveiled a resolution calling for the cancellation of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, a link under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany. Leaders of the Senate Foreign Rela... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – A mother fleeing her violent husband, a serial killer who preys on women and famine in 1930s Ukraine are among the weighty social and political themes explored in films showcased at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. Short on star power but s... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday lifted sanctions on aluminum giant Rusal and other Russian firms linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska, defying a Democratic-led push in the U.S. Congress to maintain the restrictions. E... More »
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was accused by federal prosecutors of lying about sharing polling data related to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign with a business partner with alleged ties to Russian intelli... More »
BELBEK, Crimea (Reuters) – More than a dozen SU-27 and SU-30 fighter jets which Russia is deploying to boost its air force, amid heightened tensions with Ukraine, arrived in Crimea on Saturday. A Reuters witness saw the jets land at Belbek air base in Crimea, ... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders arrive in Brussels for a second day of day of talks on Brexit, the euro zone, migration and Russia, among others. Below are some of their comments made on arrival. AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR SEBASTIAN KURZ “I think it was g... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders arrive in Brussels for two days of talks on Brexit, the euro zone, migration and Russia, among others. Below are some of their comments made on arrival. FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON “We can have a political discu... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump could face impeachment and jail time if hush money payments reported by his former lawyer are proven to be campaign finance violations, Democratic lawmakers said on Sunday. Court filings on Friday in cases tha... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday renewed his call to end a federal probe into Russian election meddling, describing the investigation as a “witch hunt” a day after U.S. prosecutors detailed a previously unknown attempt by a Russia... More »
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors said on Friday President Donald Trump directed his personal lawyer to make illegal hush payments to two women ahead of the 2016 election, and also detailed a previously unknown attempt by a Russian to help the T... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will not withdraw its political support for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with Russia, its foreign minister said on Monday, as some lawmakers suggested curtailing the project to punish Moscow for its seizure of Ukrainian ships and t... More »
(Reuters) – Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, informed Trump about a conversation he had with the Kremlin seeking help to build a skyscraper in Moscow in 2016 during the U.S. presidential campaign, according to a court filing. Coh... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday submitted a list of 35 potential witnesses for the trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort due to begin next week in Virginia, including bankers and accountan... More »
WASHINGTON/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he wanted U.S. President Donald Trump to be his guest in Moscow, an idea that the White House welcomed despite lingering criticism over the Helsinki summit. The Russian leader ... More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two Silicon Valley firms have stopped shipping some electronic components to Russian customers even though they are not on the list of firms subject to U.S. sanctions, according to sources who work in the sector and a document seen by Reuter... More »
He became the richest officer of Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine last year. Lately, he’s been trying the role of Augusto Pinochet. The chief military prosecutor of Ukraine, Anatolii Matios, doesn’t mince words while conveying his anti-Semitic attitude... More »
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday will weigh President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort’s bid to delay a criminal trial scheduled to begin this week on more than two dozen financial charges, including bank and tax fraud. Ma... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he ‘gave up nothing’ at last week’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin but continued to remain elusive about details of their controversial private conversation in Helsinki. “I gave u... More »
(Reuters) – Anthony Joshua has signed a deal to stage his next two bouts at Wembley stadium, the first in September and then next April, the 28-year-old announced via promotions company Matchroom Boxing. The WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion beat Wladimir ... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will press Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Moscow’s denial of meddling in the 2016 presidential election when the two leaders meet next month, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. Bolton said... More »
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – A personal assistant to Paul Manafort granted the FBI access to a storage locker, allowing the government to secure evidence that President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager is trying to suppress, according to testimony on Frid... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, under pressure from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election, probably has the power to pardon himself but does not plan to do so, his attorney Rudy Giuliani said... More »
KIEV (Reuters) – Elton John, on a visit to Ukraine to raise awareness about AIDS, said Ireland’s vote to liberalize its abortion laws showed how mindsets can change. The 71-year-old singer has traveled regularly to Ukraine and spoken out for gay rights in the ... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, lost a bid on Friday to have certain criminal charges filed against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller dismissed. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who is pre... More »
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – A federal judge said Special Counsel Robert Mueller should not have “unfettered power” in probing ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, and accused Mueller of using criminal cases to pressure Trump’s allies to t... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A day after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo landed in Brussels for talks with key allies in Europe on heightened Russian aggression and ways to strengthen the NATO military alliance. Pompeo, a former Army off... More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s lower house of parliament is to consider draft legislation that would give the Kremlin powers to ban or restrict a list of U.S. imports, reacting to new U.S. sanctions on a group of Russian tycoons and officials. Senior lawmakers in... More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday that it had not yet closely examined legislation drafted by Russian lawmakers in response to new U.S. sanctions, but that it was understandable that they wanted to retaliate. Lawmakers said earlier on Friday they h... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday raided the offices and home of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, law enforcement sources said, in a dramatic new development in a series of probes involving close T... More »
(Reuters) – After reports on Monday that the FBI had raided the offices of his attorney Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump was asked if he would fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. “Well, I think it’s a disgrace what’s going on,” Trump replied, callin... More »
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s largest bank, PrivatBank, said on Monday it had filed a $3 billion lawsuit against the Ukrainian and Cypriot subsidiaries of international accounting firm PwC for alleged breaches during audits of the lender in 2013-2015. It is the l... More »
(Reuters) – Qualifier Danielle Collins overpowered her childhood idol Venus Williams 6-2 6-3 in a stunning quarter-final upset at the Miami Open on Wednesday. Collins, belying her 93rd ranking, pounded winner after winner to beat fellow American Williams at he... More »
FILE PHOTO – Paul Manafort, former campaign chairman for U.S. President Donald Trump, departs after a bond hearing as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing Russia investigation, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2017. REUTERS/... More »
FILE PHOTO: Rick Gates, former campaign aide to U.S. President Donald Trump, departs after a bond hearing at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former senior official in Donald... More »
A customer waits while a cashier writes out a purchase receipt for store records, as many business have turned off their digital tills after cases of cyber attacks on business, at a store in Kiev, Ukraine, June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich WASHINGTON/LONDON... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on Thursday she would be surprised if the United States doesn’t at some point impose sanctions on Russian firms or entities covered by a U.S. sanctions law that went into effect in la... More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Lithuanian dairy company Pieno Zvaigzdes said on Tuesday it had no plans to produce cheese in Russia after the local government announced it intended to do so. A spokeswoman for Russia’s Moscow region agricultural ministry said earlier Pieno... More »
FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Microsoft logo is seen on a displayed Russian flag in this illustration taken January 12, 2018. Picture taken January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two of Microsoft’s official distributors in Russia have ... More »
Tennis – Australian Open – Kevin Anderson of South Africa v Kyle Edmund of Britain – Melbourne, Australia, January 15, 2018. Edmund celebrates winning the match. REUTERS/Edgar Su MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Britain’s Kyle Edmund outfought Kevin Anderson in a court t... More »
(Reuters) – Penpix of the top women’s contenders at the 2018 Australian Open, which begins on Monday: Simona Halep (Romania) World ranking: 1 Born: Sept. 27, 1991 (Age 26) Height: 1.68 metres Plays: Right-handed Grand slam titles: 0 WTA match record in 2018 (w... More »
Tennis – Fed Cup Final – Belarus v United States – rubber 3 – Chizhovka Arena, Minsk, Belarus, November 12, 2017 – Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in action. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (Reuters) – Belarus teen Aryna Sabalenka blasted top seed Zhang Shuai out of the H... More »
British foreign minister Boris Johnson will tell his Russian counterpart on Friday that there can be no "business as usual" until Moscow stops "destabilising" Europe and that Britain is ready to retaliate against any cyber attacks. More »
Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain would take a "hard headed" approach to dealing with Russia ahead of a meeting between foreign minister Boris Johnson and his Russian counterpart in Moscow on Friday. More »
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s central bank said on Monday a failure to cooperate with the International Monetary Fund and the inefficiency of state lenders were among the biggest risks to the country’s financial stability next year. Backtracking by the government... More »
(This version of the Dec 6 story corrects paragraph 3 and adds new paragraph 4 to clarify the nature of U.S. sanctions) By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Erik Prince, founder of military contractor Blackwater and a supporter of President Donald Trump... More »
Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn departs U.S. District Court, where he was expected to plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan... More »
Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn departs U.S. District Court, where he was expected to plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan... More »
The Google logo is pictured atop an office building in Irvine, California, U.S. August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said on Monday it had been informed by Google that the search engine does not cha... More »
FILE PHOTO: Uzbekistani Som banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov/Illustration/File Photo TASHKENT/ALMATY (Reuters) – Sensing change in his native Uzbekistan, Hikmat Abdurahmonov plans to build a ... More »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during the exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government in Berlin, Germany, November 19, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday... More »
Special Counsel Robert Mueller pushed back on Sunday against Paul Manafort's efforts to avoid house arrest, arguing that President Donald Trump's former campaign manager needed to further detail the finances behind his proposed $12 million bail agreement. More »
The investigation into possible Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election will enter a new phase as early as Monday, when the first charges resulting from the probe could be unsealed and a target taken into custody. More »
A federal grand jury on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. More »
Russian President Vladimir Putin's diary does not at the moment feature a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at an APEC summit in Vietnam next month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. More »
Wheat shipments to Egypt, the world's largest buyer, are being disrupted by a dispute involving government inspectors angered by a ban on the expenses-paid foreign trips they once enjoyed to approve cargoes at their ports of origin. More »
Japan's Kenzo Shirai won his second gold medal at the world gymnastics championships when he claimed the men's vault title by a mere 0.001 in Montreal on Sunday. More »
Xiao Ruoteng became the first Chinese man to take gold in a major global individual all-around competition since Yang Wei at the 2008 Beijing Olympics when he claimed victory at the world championships in Montreal on Thursday. More »
Kohei Uchimura's remarkable tenure as world all-around champion ended on Monday as the Japanese pulled out of qualification at the gymnastics world championships in Montreal with an apparent lower left leg injury. More »
World number one Garbine Muguruza fell at the first hurdle at the China Open on Monday, with the Spaniard forced to retire due to illness during her first-round match against Czech Barbora Strycova. More »
World number one Garbine Muguruza fell at the first hurdle at the China Open on Monday, with the Spaniard forced to retire during her first-round match against Czech Barbora Strycova. More »
Frontier economies including Tajikistan and Iraq along with credit-hungry Asian firms led emerging market borrowing in the July-September quarter, as 2017 shapes up to be another record year for debt sales. More »
President Vladimir Putin arrived at a remote army training ground on Monday to watch a military parachute drop, part of Russia's biggest war games since 2013 that have the West looking on nervously. More »
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed cooperation on the Syrian crisis, Middle East issues, and the agreement to bring peace to Ukraine in a meeting on Sunday, Lavrov's spokeswoman said. More »
When President Donald Trump takes the world stage at the United Nations for the first time this week, he will share the spotlight with his envoy Nikki Haley, who has emerged as the surprising public face of U.S. foreign policy. More »
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear missile programme would be counter-productive and said threats of military action could trigger "a global catastrophe". More »
Russia reserves the right to further reduce the number of U.S. diplomatic staff in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, adding that Moscow would not do that for now. More »
Madison Keys took advantage of Elina Svitolina's nerves to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals for the first time with a 7-6(2) 1-6 6-4 win on Monday, meaning four American women are still in contention -- a first since 2002. More »
Roger Federer crushed Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4 6-2 7-5 to ease into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open and remain on a collision course for a semi-final showdown with Rafa Nadal. More »
Highlights from day two of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Tuesday (all times GMT): More »
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday denied that he is preparing for a presidential election run in 2020, saying the suggestion is "disgraceful and offensive." More »
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday he believed his U.S. colleagues were ready to continue dialogue with Moscow on complex issues despite bilateral tensions. More »
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has the unenviable task of exploring U.S.-Russian cooperation following Washington's latest sanctions on Russia and Moscow's expulsion of U.S. diplomats. More »
German techno band Scooter faces significant legal consequences for performing at a festival in the Crimea region of Ukraine that was annexed by Russia in 2014, the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany said an interview published Saturday. More »
Employees of customer support team of the Wnet internet provider work at the company’s headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine July 26, 2017. When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko, he found that everyone in the office u... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. A major, global cyber attack could trigger an average of $53 billion of economic losses, a figure on par with a catastrophic natural... More »
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a news conference during the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting in Beijing, China June 19, 2017. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday it was “wild” that U.S. President Donald Trump’s eldest son w... More »
Donald Trump kisses his son Donald, Jr. at a campaign event at Regents University in Virginia Beach, Virginia February 24, 2016. President Donald Trump called his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., a “high-quality person” on Tuesday after disclosures about the latt... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump waves as walks on the South Lawn of the White House upon his return to Washington, U.S., from the G20 Summit in Hamburg, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday backtracked on his push for a cyber sec... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One during their departure back to Washington, at Hamburg International Airport, in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria The following statements were posted to the verif... More »
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shake hands after delivering a joint statement in Kiev, Ukraine July 9, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday that Russia must take th... More »
The International Monetary Fund logo is seen during the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Overhauling land legislation will be key for Ukraine’s next review by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and shou... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a veteran businessman and a former spy, meet in person for the first time on Friday ... More »
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Ceremony at the State Department in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has appointed Kurt Volker, the former U.... More »
