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Ukrainians face nuclear threat with grit and dark humour

Dmytro Bondarenko is ready for the worst. He’s filled the storage area under his fold-up bed and just about every other nook of his apartment in eastern Kyiv with water and nonperishable food. There are rolls of packing tape to seal the windows from radioactive fallout. He has a gas-fired camping stove and walkie-talkies. There’s […]

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Russia barred from future projects of FATF

Russia has been barred from participating in future projects of global terror financing and money laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Addressing a press conference in Paris, FATF chairperson T Raja Kumar said the move comes in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Kumar said Russia’s actions continued to violate FATF’s core principles, […]

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G-20 meeting may lead to wider divisions over war in Ukraine

G-20 meeting may lead to wider divisions over war in Ukraine

Foreign ministers from the world’s largest nations are looking to address the war in Ukraine and its impact on global energy and food security when they meet in Indonesia this week. Yet instead of providing unity, the talks may well exacerbate existing divides over the Ukraine conflict. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Russian Foreign […]

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Putin to mark WW2 anniversary; ‘Luhansk region toughest spot’

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Putin to mark WW2 anniversary; ‘Luhansk region toughest spot’

Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday were involved in a military face-off in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donbas, on a day that marks when both countries mark the anniversary of World War II to remember Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Putin to mark World War 2 anniversary Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected […]

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Hackers’ fake claims of Ukrainian surrender aren’t fooling anyone. So what’s their goal?

Hackers’ fake claims of Ukrainian surrender aren’t fooling anyone. So what’s their goal?

Andriy Taranov, a board member at the Ukrainian public broadcasting company Suspilne, was sitting in his office last month when he noticed a strange message running across the bottom of the television screen. It said Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, had announced a surrender. Taranov was stunned because there had been no chatter about […]

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Fleeing war in Ukraine, they’re met with employers offering paychecks

German companies are touting thousands of jobs for Ukrainian refugees. Portuguese firms promise language training for Ukrainians looking for work. In Lithuania, businesses are providing on-site child care to help Ukrainian women move seamlessly into the workplace. As the wartime exodus from Ukraine grows larger, companies are rushing forward with offers of employment, from high-level […]

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A new Arab Spring, thanks to the Ukraine war?

A new Arab Spring, thanks to the Ukraine war?

“In these countries, affordable bread for the working masses is a social contract,” Michaël Tanchum, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, who specialises in political economics of the Middle East and Africa, explained. Many Middle Eastern countries subsidise bread for low-income families. In the past, rising bread prices have been […]

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UK military intelligence says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has largely stalled

UK military intelligence says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has largely stalled

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has largely stalled on all fronts, with Russian forces suffering heavy losses and making minimal progress on land, sea or air in recent days, British military intelligence said on Thursday. Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 17 March 2022 Find out more about the UK government’s response: […]

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