Day: March 8, 2026

Other motives also being investigated, police say, as they search for one or several perpetrators.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has revived plans to draw on frozen Russian assets to make loans to Ukraine. Yanis Varoufakis writes for Jacobin that the idea is unworkable and incompatible with efforts to move toward a ceasefire.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reported that the defence forces have regained control over 400-435 sq km of territory in Ukraine’s south.

Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko arrived at the Tokyo Dome for Japan’s critical game Sunday against Australia at the World Baseball Classic.