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Oil price at highest since 2008 as Europe and US mull ban on Russian imports
Belfast Telegraph 07 Mar 2022
The price of oil has soared to its highest level in 14 years on Monday, a move that is likely to put a further squeeze on households, as the US and Europe discussed banning imports of Russian crude ... It later settled back down around 10 dollars off that peak but still at 14-year highs ... AP/PA Images. / ... He added ... European and Asian markets were also down.
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Pentagon rejects Poland’s offer to give the US MiG 29 fighter jets to be used by Ukraine to defend against Russia
Irish Independent 09 Mar 2022
The Pentagon on Tuesday rejected Poland's offer to give the US its MiG 29 fighter jets to be used by Ukraine in its fight against Russian troops.
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20,000 foreigners have joined Ukrainian forces to help fight Russia: Report
Hindustan Times 09 Mar 2022
Russia-Ukraine crisis ... ....
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5 Fatal Mistakes The US And Western Europe Made With Vladimir Putin
WorldNews.com 08 Mar 2022
As the mass of corpses - both military and civilian - pile up in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict, one is forced to ask why the United States and Western Europe haven’t learned the most basic lessons from past military engagements ... The first mistake was failing to grasp Putin’s mindset, found in his autobiography, “First Person ... It had nowhere to run ... .
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Zelensky asks West for more help, sanctions, vowing Ukraine ‘will not lose’
Sydney Morning Herald 09 Mar 2022
“We will not give up and we will not lose,” Zelensky said in a speech to the UK Parliament as Ukraine was attacked by Russian forces ....
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Russia warns the West: our sanctions will hurt you
Reuters 09 Mar 2022
LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) - Russia warned the West on Wednesday that it was working on a broad response to sanctions that would be swift and felt in the West's most sensitive areas ... Register. U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday imposed an immediate ban on Russian oil and other energy imports in retaliation for the invasion. read more ... Register ... ....
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Air alert sounds in Kyiv as Russian shelling worsens across Ukraine
Irish Independent 09 Mar 2022
An air alert was declared in and around Kyiv in the early hours of Wednesday morning, where residents in Ukraine’s besieged capital city were urged to get to bomb shelters as quickly as possible. “ Kyiv region – air alert. Threat of a missile attack ... He said some roads were blocked, while others were mined.
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Iran: Killing Iranian forces revenge by Israel will be taken
ABC News 09 Mar 2022
Iran’s foreign ministry has strongly condemned the killing of two Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers in an Israeli missile attack on the Syrian capital ... .
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Former Ukrainian PM: Putin saved hundreds of thousands of lives
Free West Media 08 Mar 2022
The Russian government has decided to put things in order in Ukraine, and to put an end to a state threatening to expand its offensive nuclear capabilities. This is the opinion of Nikolai Azarov, who was Prime Minister of Ukraine three times. In a message on Facebook, Azarov underscored that NATO had been planning a nuclear attack on Russia.
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McDonald's, Starbucks, Coke and Pepsi all halt sales in Russia
Gulf Daily News 09 Mar 2022
NEW YORK. McDonald's, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Starbucks stopped sales of their best-known products in Russia on Tuesday, offering a united rebuke of the war on Ukraine by companies that define America for much of the world ... All four companies have major operations in Russia ... Starbucks Corp is temporarily closing hundreds of stores ... HYBRID DELAYS ... .
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Australia floods: PM Morrison to declare a national emergency
BBC News 09 Mar 2022
Australian PM Scott Morrison says he will declare a national emergency over flooding in two states. The disaster in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland has killed 20 people and inundated thousands of homes in the past two weeks, after record rains. Federal and state governments have faced anger for not acting faster to help residents ... Related Topics.
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South Koreans vote for president in tight, bitter election
Stars and Stripes 09 Mar 2022
SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans were voting for a new president Wednesday, with an outspoken liberal ruling party candidate and a conservative former prosecutor considered the favorites in a tight race that has aggravated domestic divisions ... Lee and Yoon conducted one of the most bitter political campaigns in recent memory ... (Ahn Jung-hwan/AP) ... .
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Prince Andrew's sexual abuse lawsuit formally dismissed after payment of financial settlement to the accuser
Pinkvilla 09 Mar 2022
Prince Andrew's sexual abuse lawsuit has been formally dismissed by US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on Tuesday, after lawyers for the accuser who filed it reached a settlement calling for Prince Andrew to make a substantial donation to his accuser’s charity and also declare he never meant to malign her character, nearly three weeks ago.
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Russia and Ukraine’s no-win war
Asiatimes 08 Mar 2022
Emerging indications are that the carnage engulfing Ukraine offers no winning scenarios for either invaders or defenders. Moscow continues to prosecute a slow, grinding strategy of encirclements and sieges. But as each new barbarity is splashed across TV screens, Russia is driven further into pariah-hood ... And sanctions have double-edged potential ... ....
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Kamala Harris' Trip to Poland Takes a Turn Over Fighter Jets for Ukraine
NBCBayArea 09 Mar 2022
Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip to Warsaw to thank Poland for taking in hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion took an unexpected turn before she even left Washington. She’ll be parachuting into the middle of unexpected diplomatic turbulence over fighter jets ... In turn, the U.S ... Bush and Obama administrations ... Live Updates ... Sen.