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G-7 leaders end summit pledging to hurt Russia economically
U.S. President Joe Biden, front fourth right, waves as he poses with G7 leaders and Outreach guests for an official group photo at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Monday, June 27, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
politics
Canada issues new sanctions against 74 people and businesses in Russia, Belarus
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY - JUNE 26: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens to other G7 leaders speaking at the „Global Infrastructure“ side event during the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau on June 26, 2022 near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Leaders of the G7 group of nations are officially coming together under the motto: "progress towards an equitable world" and will discuss global issues including war, climate change, hunger, poverty and health. Overshadowing this year’s summit is the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
energy and resources
Russian gas flows to Europe via Nord Stream and Ukraine remain steady
FILE PHOTO: Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 1' gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, Germany, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo
world
Canada pledges funds as G7 develops response to famine fallout from Russian invasion
(L-R) US President Joe Biden, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (hidden), France's President Emmanuel Macron and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leave after posing for a family photo during the G7 Summit held at Elmau Castle, southern Germany on June 26, 2022. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)
world
U.K. ready to guarantee further $525 million of loans to Ukraine
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at a news conference during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Lemigo Hotel, in Kigali, Rwanda June 24, 2022. Dan Kitwood/Pool via REUTERS/Pool via REUTERS
world
Protesters gather as G-7 leaders set to arrive in Germany
Police officers stand guard on a bridge near a protest camp against the G7 Summit in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Friday, June 24, 2022. The G7 summit take place in castle 'Elmau' near Garmisch-Partenkirchen from June 26 until June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
world
Biden signs landmark gun violence bill, says ‘lives will be saved’
The White House, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
canada
Evening Update: U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade abortion ruling
Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the court rules in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision in Washington, June 24, 2022.
opinion
Mistakes were made: Why Germany may freeze in the dark this winter
Eric Reguly
opinion
The West’s own myopia led us to this energy crisis
Konrad Yakabuski
european business
Germany triggers gas alarm stage, accuses Russia of ‘economic attack’
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 08, 2011 the Nordstream gas pipeline terminal is pictured prior to an inaugural ceremony for the first of Nord Stream's twin 1,224 kilometre gas pipeline through the baltic sea, in Lubmin November 8, 2011. - Germany said on June 23, 2020 it would raise the alert level under its emergency gas plan to secure supply following the recent reduction of pipeline supplies from Russia. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
Britain, Germany push G7 for halt to biofuel mandates to tame food prices
FILE PHOTO: Grain is pictured during a Greenpeace protest against the production of biofuel from grain in front of the German Ministry of Transport in Berlin, Germany, June 1, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo
energy and resources
EU signals shift to coal, accuses Russia of ‘rogue moves’ on gas
Steam rises out of the cooling towers of the Niederaussem lignite-fired power plant in Pulheim, Germany, Monday, June 20, 2022. The German government said that it remains committed to its goal of phasing out coal as a power source by 2030 despite deepening worries about a cut in Russia’s gas supplies. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)
european business
Germany risks recession as Russian gas crisis deepens
FILE — The facility where the Nord Stream 2 pipeline arrives outside Lubmin, Germany after crossing the Baltic Sea, April 1, 2021. The Dutch government said on Monday, June 20, that Russia’s tightening of gas supplies to Europe had prompted it to declare an “early warning” stage of a natural gas crisis, a move that will allow more electric power to be generated by burning coal. (Lena Mucha/The New York Times)
technology
German watchdog launches Google Maps investigation
FILE PHOTO: The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo/File Photo
energy and resources
Europe may shift back to coal as Russia turns down gas flows
FILE PHOTO: Steam rises from the cooling towers of the coal power plant of RWE, one of Europe's biggest electricity and gas companies in Niederaussem, Germany, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
international business
Germany sticks to 2030 coal exit target amid energy worries
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 17, 2022 a bus drives on a road as steam rises from the cooling towers of the lignite-fired power plant of German energy giant RWE in Niederaussem, western Germany. - Germany said on June 20, 2022 it still aimed to close its coal power plants by 2030, despite a recent decision to revert to the fuel in the midst of an energy crisis provoked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "The 2030 coal exit date is not in doubt at all. It is more important than ever that it is realised in 2030," economy ministry spokesman Stephan Gabriel Haufe said at a regular press conference. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
politics
Canada still in talks over Russian gas turbine stranded in Montreal
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
energy and resources
Russian gas flows to Europe fall short, threaten storage buildup
The logo of the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 1' gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, Germany, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Files
world
Europe wilts under early heat wave stretching from Mediterranean to the North Sea
People sit in the shadows on the Garonne river bank in Toulouse, south-western France, on June 17, 2022. - France is set to face the earliest heat wave ever recorded by weather service Meteofrance places 25 departments under orange level heat wave alert and 12 under the red level, the highest level of alert. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)