Europe
- First winter cold snap tests French power gridBusiness ·
December 5, 2022 · 3:39 PM UTC Temperatures hovering near zero in coming days will test the resilience of France's power network, even as President Emmanuel Macron urged the French not to panic amid warnings of possible blackouts.
- EuropeUkraine strikes two military bases inside Russia using unmanned drones - NYT
Ukraine struck two military bases hundreds of miles inside Russia using unmanned drones, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing a senior Ukrainian official.
- MarketsOil tankers queue up off Turkey as price cap on Russian crude kicks in - FT
Oil tankers formed a traffic jam off the coast of Turkey on day one of the West's price cap on Russian crude, with Ankara insisting on new proof of insurance for all vessels, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
- EuropeMissile fragments found in Moldova near Ukraine border - local media
Moldovan police on Monday found fragments of a missile that came down in a region of northern Moldova near the border with Ukraine, state information portal Prima Sursa quoted the police as saying.
- BusinessCzech vets cull 15,000 ducks over bird flu outbreak
The Czech Republic started culling over 15,000 ducks from a farm in the country's south due to an outbreak of bird flu, CTK news agency reported on Monday.