An economic downturn in the region will take hold by year-end, Mario Draghi has warned The European Union will likely plunge into recession by the end of the year, former Italian prime minister and European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi has told the Financial Times.

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News correspondent Boris Maksudov was fatally injured on Wednesday while covering hostilities near the front line Boris Maksudov, a Russian journalist from Russia 24 TV who was injured on Wednesday in a Ukrainian drone attack, has died in hospital, several news outlets reported on Thursday morning.