AP - Ukraine says Russia has cut off all gas supplies to Europe amid a devastating gas dispute with its neighbor.
Reuters - Ukraine's state energy company Naftogaz said on Wednesday that Russia had cut off all gas supplies to Europe via Ukrainian territory at 0544 GMT (12:44 a.m. EST).
AP - The threat of a homegrown terror attack in Britain has declined over the last 18 months, according to newspaper reports published Wednesday quoting the director of the country's domestic intelligence agency.
AP - Russia has shut off all its gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine the latest move in a pricing dispute that has reduced or halted fuel deliveries to a dozen countries during a winter cold snap.
AFP - Clothing-to-food retailer Marks & Spencer said Wednesday it would cut as many as 1,230 jobs and shut 27 stores as the group struggled with falling sales and a looming recession.
AFP - All deliveries of Russian gas through Ukraine were halted on Wednesday, officials from both sides said, amid growing prospects European consumers could suffer from the crisis amid freezing weather.
AP - An Iraqi official says 30,000 policemen and soldiers have been deployed to the holy city of Karbala to protect two million Shiite pilgrims there.
AFP - London shares fell on Wednesday, as investors speculated about deteriorating earnings and the precarious state of the US economy.
AFP - The Bank of England begins a historic meeting on Wednesday to slash interest rates for a third month running, bringing them to their lowest ever levels as Britain readies to join a growing list of nations officially in recession.
