Russia demands payment for gas in rubles

Russia demands payment for gas in rubles

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he has signed a decree requiring foreign buyers to pay in rubles for Russian gas beginning Friday, and contracts will be halted...
WHO releases COVID-19 scenarios

WHO releases COVID-19 scenarios

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization on Wednesday released an updated plan for COVID-19, laying out three possible scenarios for how the virus might evolve in the coming year
Black box of China’s crashed jet found

Black box of China’s crashed jet found

(VOVWORLD) - China's aviation investigators announced on Wednesday that they had found one of the black boxes of a Boeing 737-800 plane belonging to China Eastern Airlines that crashed...
Russia-Ukraine talks continue via a video link

Russia-Ukraine talks continue via a video link

(VOVWORLD) - Talks between Moscow and Kyiv over the crisis in Ukraine, which had been conducted in person in Belarus, have continued via a video link, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said...
EU considers pause of talks on restoring JCPOA

EU considers pause of talks on restoring JCPOA

(VOVWORLD) - The European Union's Foreign Policy chief and Security Policy Josep Borrell said Friday in a Twitter message that a pause is needed in talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal,...
Russia-Ukraine crisis poses various challenges

Russia-Ukraine crisis poses various challenges

(VOVWORLD) - One week after Russia announced it was pulling troops back from border areas near Ukraine, tension remains high along the border of the two countries, who were both members of...