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Morning light lights the landfall facility of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL gas pipeline, the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link, in Lubmin, Germany, Thursday, July 21, 2022. The operator of the major pipeline from Russia to Europe says natural gas has started flowing again after a 10-day shutdown for maintenance. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russia’s Gazprom says it’s cutting gas to Nord Stream to 20% of capacity

Associated Press

The sun rises behind the pipe systems and shut-off devices at the gas receiving station of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL gas pipeline, Baltic Sea Pipeline Link, in Lubmin, Germany, Monday, July 11, 2022. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline, Germany’s main source of Russian gas, is scheduled to be out of action until July 21, 2022, for routine work. The operator said the gas flow was reduced progressively starting at 6 a.m. ( Jens Buettner/dpa via AP)

Gas pipeline shutdown starts amid German suspicion of Russia

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Grohnde nuclear power plant near Grohnde, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. Germany on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021 is shutting down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of atomic power. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)

Nuclear winter in Germany

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

View of pipe systems and shut-off devices at the gas receiving station of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL (Ostsee-Pipeline-Anbindungsleitung - Baltic Sea Pipeline Link) long-distance gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany, June 21, 2022. (Stefan Sauer/dpa via AP,file)

Regulator urges Germans to prepare for possible gas shortage

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrive for a round table meeting at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state will meet for a NATO summit in Madrid from Tuesday through Thursday. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Biden scores largely symbolic wins at G-7; cap on Russian oil prices still elusive

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Clockwise from left, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.S. President Joe Biden attend a working session during of the G7 leaders summit at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday. (Benoit Tessier/Pool Photo via AP)

G-7 leaders end summit pledging to hurt Russia economically

By Zeke Miller and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

FILE - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Seven decades after it was founded, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is meeting in Madrid on June 29 and 30, 2022 with an urgent need to reassert its original mission: preventing Russian aggression against Western allies. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

Live updates | Swedish PM: Now NATO accession must move fast

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

The accused Josef S. covers his face as he sits at the court room in Brandenburg, Germany, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. A 101-year-old man has been convicted of 3,518 counts of accessory to murder for serving at the Nazis' Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II. The Neuruppin Regional Court sentenced him to five years in prison on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michele Tantussi)

Germany: Former Nazi guard, 101, jailed for aiding murder

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

Police forces drive to Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Monday, June 27, 2022. The G-7 leaders will begin Monday's session of their three-day summit with a focus on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Live updates | Erdogan adamant on Sweden, Finland NATO bids

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

From left, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden, and European Council President Charles Michel before a round table as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears on screen to address the G-7 leaders via video link during their working session at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Monday, June 27, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday. (Kenny Holston/Pool via AP)

G-7 leaders confer with Zelenskyy, prep new aid for Ukraine

By Zeke Miller, Darlene Superville and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, front fourth right, waves as he poses with G7 leaders and Outreach guests for an official group photo at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Monday, June 27, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Biden, others vow at G-7 to back Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks next to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and European Council President Charles Michel during the first day of the G7 leaders' summit at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Sunday, June 26, 2022. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool photo via AP)

Russia’s war in Ukraine, China’s growing global influence top Biden agenda on Europe summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

From left, President Emmanuel Macron, US President Joe Biden, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leave after posing for a group photo , during the G7 Summit, at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Sunday, June 26, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP)

G-7 to ban Russian gold, as missile strikes continue in Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. President Joe Biden, right, waves as he walks past Bavarian mountain riflemen and traditional costumers after his arrival at Franz-Josef-Strauss Airport near Munich, Germany, Saturday, June 25, 2022, ahead of the G7 summit. Biden is in Germany to attend a Group of Seven summit of leaders of the world's major industrialized nations. (Daniel Karmann/dpa via AP)

‘We have to stay together’: Biden on alliance behind Ukraine

By Zeke Miller and Darlene Superville - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, welcomes US President Joe Biden, left, for a bilateral meeting at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Sunday, June 26, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Biden urges Western unity on Ukraine amid war fatigue

By Zeke Miller and Darlene Superville and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

A view of the secluded Schloss Elmau luxury hotel in Elmau, Germany, Sunday, June 26, 2022, where President Joe Biden and the other leaders of the Group of Seven, G-7, leading economic powers will attend their annual summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Live updates | G-7 nations seek to counter Chinese influence

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

People build a model of the business tower Lakhta Centre, at the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, filling the frame with stones, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 9, 2022. It's not a summer heat wave that's making European leaders and businesses sweat. It's fear that Russia's manipulation of natural gas supplies will lead to an economic and political crisis next winter. Or, in the worst case, even sooner. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

What’s next after Russia reduced gas to Europe?

Associated Press

People wait for gas pump in Hanoi, Vietnam Sunday, June 19, 2022. Across the globe, drivers are rethinking their habits and personal finances amid skyrocketing prices for gasoline and diesel, fueled by Russia's war in Ukraine and the global rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. Energy prices are a key driver of inflation that is rising worldwide and making the cost of living more expensive.(AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

How much for gas? Around the world, pain is felt at the pump

By Daniel Niemann, Paola Corona, JadeLe Deley and Hau Dinh - Associated Press

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with France's President Emmanuel Macron at the end of a conference at the Mariyinsky palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

EU leaders arrive in Ukraine for first visit since invasion

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

French president visits Kyiv suburb, decries ‘massacre’

By David Keyton, John Leicester and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press