A record number of millionaires could leave the UK this year as political instability and potential tax rises reduce the appeal of a country once a top destination for the wealthy. That's double the 4,200 people who left the country last year and a monstrous figure compared to the 1,600 wealthy people who will leave…
The British government on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on Russia's "shadow fleet" of tankers that Moscow uses to export oil in defiance of a Western embargo imposed after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The statement was made during a visit by Foreign Secretary David Lammy to Kyiv on a rare joint trip with US Secretary…
China, which will not participate in the Ukraine Peace Summit, is lobbying other governments for its “peace plan.” Reuters reports this, citing 10 anonymous diplomats. According to the sources, Beijing has not openly criticized the peace summit to be held in Switzerland on June 15-16, nor has it urged countries not to attend. However, at…
The British government on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on Russia's "shadow fleet" of tankers that Moscow uses to export oil in defiance of a Western embargo imposed after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The statement was made during a visit by Foreign Secretary David Lammy to Kyiv on a rare joint trip with US Secretary…
Asteroid 2024 CR9 will fly past Earth on Tuesday, June 11. This was reported by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). According to NASA, the length of the celestial object is 427 meters. The distance from it to our planet will be 7.37 million km. The speed of the asteroid is 26,568 km/h. If an asteroid…
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is investigating the actions of Lieutenant General Yuriy Sodol during his command of the defense of the Kharkov Front and other factors pointed out by the Chief of Staff of the Azov Brigade of the National Guard Bohdan “Tavr” Krotevich. The sources noted that the State Bureau of Investigation…
Russia's attacks on Ukraine's power grid since winter have destroyed half its power-generating capacity, leading to scheduled blackouts and rolling blackouts, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. "As a result of Russian missile and drone strikes, nine gigawatts of power have already been destroyed. The peak of electricity consumption last winter was 18 gigawatts.…
Russia's attacks on Ukraine's power grid since winter have destroyed half its power-generating capacity, leading to scheduled blackouts and rolling blackouts, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. "As a result of Russian missile and drone strikes, nine gigawatts of power have already been destroyed. The peak of electricity consumption last winter was 18 gigawatts.…
China, which will not participate in the Ukraine Peace Summit, is lobbying other governments for its “peace plan.” Reuters reports this, citing 10 anonymous diplomats. According to the sources, Beijing has not openly criticized the peace summit to be held in Switzerland on June 15-16, nor has it urged countries not to attend. However, at…
According to the State Statistics Service, 167.6 thousand passenger cars (used and new) were imported to Ukraine from January to June 2024; this is a third more than in the same period last year. This was reported by the press service of the Association of Ukrainian Automobile Manufacturers. The total customs value of these cars…