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France lifts most COVID restrictions
PARIS (Reuters) - France lifted most COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, ending the need for face masks to be worn in...
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‘How long, Lord?’ archbishop implores at service for Poland’s Ukrainians
By Mari Saito PRZEMYSL, Poland (Reuters) - At Sunday Mass in the Polish border town of Przemysl, Ukrainian-speaking Greek Catholics...
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Kharkiv metro is a ‘city’ where hundreds shelter from bombardment
By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Deep under the streets of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine hundreds of people are...
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Fate of Ukrainians with disabilities a ‘crisis within a crisis’
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - A Ukrainian disability campaigner could barely hold back the tears when she told of...
Read moreUkraine says Russian forces hit psychiatric hospital but no one hurt
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine accused Russian forces of hitting a psychiatric hospital near the eastern Ukrainian town of Izyum...
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Fearing Russian shelling, Ukrainians try to shield their heritage
By Stephen Farrell LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - After Russian forces began attacking Ukrainian cities such as Mariupol, museums and local...
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Ukrainians stranded by war while on holiday in Egypt head home
By Anita Komuves tBUDAPEST (Reuters) - Thousands of Ukrainians who were on vacation in Egypt when Russia invaded their country...
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Europe girds for Ukrainian refugees from cities under bombardment
By Marek Strzelecki and Anna Pruchnicka PRZEMYSL, Poland (Reuters) - Eastern Europe braced for a surge of refugees from shelled...
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Russian tourists in Indonesia without cash as sanctions bite
(This March. 9 story corrects paragraph 7 to make clear Russian embassy comment that citizens were receiving support directly from...
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Shackleton’s ship “Endurance” found beneath Antarctic ice, 100 years on
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The wreckage of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship "Endurance", which was crushed by Antarctic...
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Ukraine museum scrambles to save Russian art from the Russians
By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - As Russian forces pound the city with artillery and air strikes, staff at...
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On Syrian frontline, Russia’s war on Ukraine evokes painful memories
By Khalil Ashawi TADEF, Syria (Reuters) - Using trench and tunnel warfare, Syrian rebel fighter Abu Ahmad said he and...
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Russian tourists in Indonesia without cash as sanctions bite
KUTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - When Russian tourist Konstantin Ivanov tried to draw money from his home bank account at a...
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Orchestra plays national anthem in central Kyiv as Russians advance
By Mehmet Emin Caliskan KYIV (Reuters) -On a Kyiv square where recent popular uprisings have scuppered Moscow's ambitions in Ukraine,...
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Sudanese protesters face tear gas at Women’s Day rally
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese protesters marching against military rule on International Women's Day were met with tear gas as they...
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Ukrainian city of Enerhodar says civilians can be evacuated on Wednesday
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - The mayor of the southeastern Ukrainian city of Enerhodar said on Wednesday a temporary ceasefire was...
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Russian families fall out over clashing views of war in Ukraine
By Anait Miridzhanian GDANSK (Reuters) - When Russian actor Jean-Michel Scherbak wrote on social media that he was ashamed his...
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Soldiers defending Ukraine’s Odessa give flowers for Women’s Day
ODESSA (Reuters) - They fear a Russian attack is imminent, but soldiers in Ukraine's Odessa took time to buy friends...
Read more‘I am fine’: Whispered words are a ray of hope on Ukraine children’s ward
By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - The doctor leaned over a small boy lying on a bed in a...
Read moreFlowers for women in Russia, but not all want to celebrate
By Anait Miridzhanian GDANSK (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked female military personnel and healthcare workers in a video...
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