Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says he has been charged in a new criminal case and faces “up to 15 more years” on top of his existing sentence if found guilty. Mr Navalny has been outspoken against President Vladimir Putin and was sentenced in March to nine years in prison after he was found guilty
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A damaged human liver was treated and preserved in a machine for three days before being successfully transplanted into a patient in a world-first operation, researchers have revealed. The man involved quickly recovered his quality of life without any signs of liver damage or rejection – and remains healthy a year after surgery. Researchers have
A former Qatari princess has apparently been found dead at her home in Spanish resort of Marbella. The body of Kasia Gallanio, 45, was discovered by police inside the property on Sunday, according to the French newspaper Le Parisien. Gallanio was the third wife of Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al-Thani, 73, the uncle of the Emir
Shanghai will begin to ease COVID-19 restrictions from midnight after two months in lockdown – longer than had been planned. Authorities in China’s largest city have said the reopening will be carried out in stages, with people in low-risk areas having measures eased and being able to return to work from 1 June. Full bus
A 105mph hurricane has become the strongest to ever make landfall in May in the eastern Pacific. Hurricane Agatha came ashore in southern Mexico’s Oaxaca state on Monday afternoon, bringing torrential rain, stormy seas and forcing people into shelters. It hit a sparsely populated area of beach towns and fishing villages. Two highways were also
The EU has agreed to ban around 75% of Russian oil imports. The embargo covers Russian oil brought in by sea – but has a temporary exception for imports delivered by pipeline to appease Hungary and other countries concerned about the economic impact of a full ban. Hungary gets more than 60% of its oil
A Ukrainian teacher who spent 65 days sheltering underground with her six-month-old baby in the besieged Azovstal steelworks has spoken of life in the last outpost of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol. In a striking account given to Ukrainian website The Village, Anna Zaitseva tells the story of her two-month ordeal trapped in the “fortress within
Illustrious artist Lynn Mara will be the first artist exhibiting her “Barcode Ponies” celebrating the Grand Opening of the soon-to-launch “Oasis Digital Gallery”, A virtual, 3-D experience that will feature 208 of Mara’s pieces available to purchase as NFTs. Oasis Digital Gallery is an extended reality experience created by Oasis Digital Studies Limited. Users will
Those willing to squeeze into Yuri’s yellow school bus have made a choice not just to leave Russian-occupied Kherson, but also to leave nearly everything they have. Many stand for the 135km journey in the vehicle that is as crammed full as a lifeboat on the Titanic: There are few drivers, like Yuri, who are
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s wife has revealed what she considers to be Vladimir Putin’s “fatal mistake” – as she discussed what life has been like for the Ukrainian president’s family during the Russian invasion. Olena Zelenska said she realised the war had begun when she heard a “clunk” and “didn’t immediately realise it was an explosion”. It
Russia could launch a full-scale military offensive in the east of Ukraine within days, despite questions about the ability of its demoralised soldiers. Russian-backed separatists have been fighting Ukraine in the eastern Donbas region since 2014 and parts of the industrial region are under Russian control. Ukraine is believed to have tens of thousands of
Ukraine is bracing itself for a “hard battle” to come as Russian forces continue amassing in the east of the country, with officials urging civilians to flee. While the threat to the capital Kyiv has receded, it is rising in the east, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned. “This will be a hard battle, we believe in
The French president has been late to the campaign trail – busy being a statesman and dealing with the war in Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron’s diplomatic efforts with Vladimir Putin certainly gave him a boost in the polls. But, while still ahead, his lead has closed in recent weeks and it’s now a very tight race.
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy has demanded a “firm global response” as he blamed Russian forces for a missile strike near a railway station which killed at least 50 people, with the UK set to provide fresh military aid to his country. The UK will send armoured vehicles to Ukraine for the first time as part of
A missile that exploded near a Ukrainian railway station, which officials claim killed at least 39 people, had the words ‘for’ and ‘children’ painted on it in Russian. Up to 4,000 people – believed to be largely women and children – were at Kramatorsk station on Friday morning when the blast hit. The grammar of
We turned up in Barvinkove looking for the hard-pressed town mayor. He had promised to tell us about plans to evacuate residents from this war-threatened area. The Russian military has made a series of gains in the east as they try to encircle Ukrainian troops in cities such as Kramatorsk and Slavyansk. After a series
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