EU approves €90bn loan for Ukraine as pipeline is turned on ending deadlock
Ukraine says it has reopened the Druzhba pipeline, after months of stalemate over stalled oil supplies to neighbouring Hungary.
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Pipeline restarts in Ukraine, ending deadlock as EU approves €90bn loan
Ukraine says it has reopened the Druzhba pipeline, after months of stalemate over stalled oil supplies to neighbouring Hungary.
Lufthansa cuts 20,000 summer flights as fuel prices surge
The airline is the latest to cut flights as the US-Israel war with Iran sends jet fuel prices soaring.
EU decides on key €90bn Ukraine loan after pipeline deadlock ends
The funding was agreed last December, but it has been held up in a row over Russian oil supplies to Hungary.
US charges anti-extremism organisation over payments to informants in hate groups
The Southern Poverty Law Center said it would "vigorously defend ourselves, our staff, and our work".
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