The Moldovan government on January 6 said it would provide natural gas to 14 localities in the Moscow-backed Transdniester breakaway region as residents there suffer through the brutal winter after Russian supplies were cut off on New Year's Day. The settlements are those that are already connected to Moldovan networks. Moldova's Premier Energy Distribution firm said it would supply electricity to...

Nuclear power accounts for 19% of electricity generation in the U.S. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, illustrates the top sources of enriched uranium for U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors in 2023, based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The calculation is based in Separative Work Unit (SWU), a unit that defines the effort required in the uranium enric...

The latest sanctions comes as the U.S. has intensified scrutiny of Hungary's alignment with Russia with previous sanctions imposed in 2023.

Russian passenger planes have been beset by technical problems as sanctions on maintenance bite.

War has changed Ukraine's workforce, especially in heavy industry and mining. With men conscripted to fight the war against Russia, women have started working in traditionally male jobs.

The world will soon see either a resolute or an appeasing Trump.

"For the first time in the history of the Fighting Falcon, an F-16 fighter jet destroyed six Russian cruise missiles in one combat mission," a post read.

Russian crude oil production fell in December to below Moscows output cap under the OPEC+ agreement, anonymous sources with knowledge of Russian production data told Bloomberg on Tuesday. Russia produced 8.971 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil last month, down from previous months and about 7,000 bpd below the countrys production target under the OPEC+ deal, according to the sources...

Russia's ability to continue fighting in the war with Ukraine may be in jeopardy as it suffers highest rate of military personnel losses in the Ukraine war.

Ukrainian paratroopers ran out of ammunition "after heavy fighting," Kyiv's military said.

Indonesia called BRICS membership "a strategic step" to working with other developing nations, and expressed "gratitude to Russia" for helping it join.

A dolphin rescue center said most of the dead dolphins were from the endangered Azov species.

Russian-appointed officials have declared an emergency after oil was detected on the shores of Sevastopol. Three weeks ago, two tankers plying the Kerch Strait spilled oil in the Black Sea after being struck by a storm, close to eastern Crimea. Sevastopol is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea. According to Russian officials quoted by Tass news agency, the two tankers were...

Central European gas flows have fully adapted to the end of Russian gas supply via Ukraine, with Germany and Italy making up the shortfall. According to Austrian Grid Management, the country boosted imports from Germany and Italy when flows from Slovakia were halted after Ukraine declined to renew a 5-year gas transit deal with Russia. Slovakia has drawn on a connection with Hungary as its only so...

When Russian natural gas stopped flowing westward across Ukraine on January 1, it was the end of an era. It was also a blow to Moscow, underscoring how President Vladimir Putins decision to wage all-out war against Russia's neighbor has undermined its ability to use energy supplies as a lever of influence across much of Europe. But not in Moldova. Russia is seeking to use the cutoff, analysts a...

Kendall Smith of Deer Valley High in Antioch recalled Russia's initial invasion of Ukraine while he played in the country.

The gap has risen since the war began, reaching a figure not seen since 2005 and leaving female workers struggling economically.