Tag: War
Europe bans Russian diesel, other oil products over Ukraine
FRANKFURT Germany: In an effort to reduce its reliance on Moscow for energy and as retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. Europe put a...
UK inflation hits a 30-year high of 6.2% as Sunak readies response.
LONDON UK: British inflation shot up faster than expected last month to hit a new 30-year high. Worsening a historic squeeze on household finances...
‘No city anymore’: Mariupol survivors take train to safety.
LVIV, Ukraine: The heat on the train was as thick as the anxiety. Ukrainian survivors of one of the most brutal sieges in modern...
Asia stocks extend losses as Ukraine war, China’s Covid-19 surge hit sentiment
SYDNEY: Asian stocks were in the red on Tuesday as surging COVID-19 cases in China hit the confidence of investors. Who is already worried...
War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls
BOSTON: Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia’s internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control...
Refugee exodus reaches 2.8 million as Russian strikes hit west Ukraine
KRAKOW, Poland/ISACCEA, Romania: Thousands of people crossed into eastern Europe after Russia attacked a Ukrainian base near the border with NATO-member Poland.
The number of...
Tens of thousands protest in Berlin against the war in Ukraine.
BERLIN, March 13: Up to 30,000 men, women, and children joined an anti-war demonstration in central Berlin on Sunday, with many waving Ukrainian flags...
UN: War in Ukraine to hurt poor nations importing grain
ROME: U.N. food agency warned that Poorer countries in northern Africa, Asia, and the Middle East risk suffering significant food insecurity because of Russia’s...
Russian strikes hit western Ukraine as offensive widens.
LVIV, Ukraine: Russia widened its military offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and an industrial city in the east. A...
Russia-Ukraine war in the world’s ‘breadbasket’ threatens food supply.
BARCELONA, Spain: The Russian tanks and missiles besieging Ukraine are threatening the food supply and livelihoods of people in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Who...