Mon 07 March 2022: Russia has snubbed a hearing before the UN’s top court in a legal push by Kyiv to put an end to Moscow’s devastating invasion of Ukraine. As the hearing began Monday morning, a row of seats assigned for Russian lawyers at the International Court of Justice was vacant. Russia’s envoy to […]
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Mon 07 March 2022: The United States has said it was in “active discussions” with its European allies about banning Russian oil imports as a further economic penalty on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. “We are now in very active discussions with our European partners about banning the import of Russian oil to our […]
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Mon 07 March 2022: According to British Home Secretary Priti Patel, several Western countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, have asked Interpol to suspend Russia from the international law enforcement organization. On Sunday, Patel tweeted that the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand had sought “the urgent suspension of Russia’s access […]
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Sun 06 March 2022: Some 20,000 international volunteers have travelled to Ukraine to join in the fight against Russian forces, a top Ukrainian official has said. “This number is around 20,000 now. They come from many European countries mostly,” Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told US broadcaster CNN. “Many people in the world hated Russia and what […]
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Sun 06 March 2022: Appeals to stop war are coming from worldover. On Sunday, Pope Francis denounced ‘rivers of blood and tears’ in Ukraine “War is madness, please stop,” the pope said. He rejected Russia’s assertion that Ukraine attack was a special military operation. In a prayer said for the first Sunday of Lent, Pope […]
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Sun 06 March 2022: According to an independent Russian-based protest monitor, more than 2,500 people have been detained in 49 towns across Russia during protests against President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. On Sunday, the OVD-Info protest monitoring group said that arrests had taken place in areas such as Vladivostok, a Pacific port city, and […]
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Sun 06 March 2022: In a Sunday phone call, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and what to do to solve the issue. Turkiye is ready to help resolve the situation by “peaceful means” as soon as possible, Erdogan told Putin. “A cease-fire would […]
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Sun 06 March 2022: On Saturday, the International Monetary Fund said it planned to forward Ukraine’s request for $1.4 billion in emergency finance to its board for approval as soon as next week, and that it was in negotiations with officials in neighboring Moldova about funding options. The global lender said in a statement that […]
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Sun 06 March 2022: “Why, why, why?” wailed a distressed young Ukrainian mother as she slumped in her boyfriend’s arms. After medics failed to save her toddler, who had been injured in the head by shrapnel. Kirill Yatsko, an 18-month-old boy, was killed when his home in Mariupol was shelled during the Russian invasion. As […]
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Sun 06 March 2022: Mastercard and Visa have announced that they will cease business in Russia, the latest blow to the country’s financial sector following its invasion of Ukraine. Mastercard announced that Russian bank cards will no longer be supported by its network, and that any Mastercard issued outside of Russia will not work in […]
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