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.
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 ... .
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 NikolaiAzarov, 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.
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.
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 ... .
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) ... .
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 ... ....
Prince Andrew's sexual abuse lawsuit has been formally dismissed by US District JudgeLewis 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.
The head of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, has warned the conflict in Ukraine could send global food prices soaring, with a catastrophic impact on the world’s poorest ... Mr Beasley said it was putting more people at risk of starvation worldwide.Article continues after advertisement ... ....
Australian PMScott 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.
With more initial findings and hypotheses now released to the public, a group of free speech and information advocates last week during a presentation in Pennsylvania gave their "uncensored" take of the current science.