Wed 02 March 2022: In his first State of the Union address, United States President Joe Biden announced closing US airspace to all Russian flights, saying that Moscow will be weaker by the end of its war against Ukraine. Addressing a joint session of Congress late on Tuesday, Biden said the US is imposing “powerful sanctions” on […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: After being defaced, a wax statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin was dismantled by a Paris museum. The wax statue was dismantled piece by piece by personnel at the Grevin Museum in Paris, according to photos. “Today, is it no longer possible to present a character like him. For the first […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: A First Nation group in Canada announced on Tuesday that it has discovered 169 possible graves at the former Grouard Mission, a residential school known for horrific abuses of students. Officials from the Kapawe’no First Nation claimed at a press conference Tuesday that the graves were discovered using ground penetrating radar […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: Apple no longer sells its products in Russia through the Apple Store. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week, and as other Western companies cut ties with the country, the company announced its decision on Tuesday. All Apple products on the company’s online Russian storefront are listed as “unavailable” for purchase […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, expressed dismay Tuesday over reports that foreigners fleeing Ukraine amid its war with Russia are experiencing mistreatment and pleaded for more humanity and compassion for non-Europeans and refugees from other nations. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told journalists that 677,000 people had fled […]
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Russian bank run under way. Long queues of people trying to get their money out. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wed 02 March 2022: Russian residents are no longer allowed to leave the country with more than the equivalent of $10,000 as the Kremlin tries to keep capital inside the country. The rule affects movement of foreign currency too […]
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Tue 01 March 2022: An attack by Russian forces on a television tower a couple of miles from central Kyiv has killed five people and wounded five others, Ukrainian emergency services have said in a statement. Officials said a TV control room and a power substation were hit, and at least some Ukrainian channels briefly […]
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Tue 01 March 2022: The Western media’s coverage of the refugee issue in Ukraine has revealed its double standards. Around 470,000 foreign nationals, including students and migrant workers, are stranded in Ukraine, and the UN migration agency stated on Tuesday that if they try to flee, neighboring nations should grant them refugee status. “We appeal […]
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Tue 01 March 2022: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered an emotional address to the European Parliament on Tuesday, as his country continued its fierce resistance on the sixth day of a brutal Russian invasion that is increasingly targeting civilians. In his address to EU Parliament, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told EU to “prove” it is […]
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Tue 01 March 2022: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday that 85% of his country’s residents will always support Russia whatever may happen. “That is why our position is so difficult: Serbia has embarked on the European path, Serbia has always supported Ukraine’s integrity, but on the other hand, some eighty-five percent of people […]
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