Thu 24 March 2022: A Russian ship has been destroyed and burned down in the Azov Sea port of Berdiansk, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has reported. It did not specify any details, but posted a video showing huge plumes of smoke rising from the port. The ship, Orsk, is a beachable landing support ship for transporting paratroopers. […]
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Thu 24 March 2022: Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state, died at the age of 84, according to her family. She fled the Nazis as a youngster in her native Czechoslovakia during World War II. Albright was a tough-talking diplomat in a US administration that avoided getting involved in the genocides in […]
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Wed 23 March 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government on Wednesday to transfer into rubles payments for Russia’s energy resources coming from “unfriendly countries.” Speaking at a meeting with the government in Moscow, Putin said after the US and EU sanctioned the Russian state debt in dollars and euros, which in economic terms […]
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Wed 23 March 2022: Saudi Arabia yesterday warned of Iran’s continued supply of ballistic missiles and drones to Yemen’s Houthis, stressing that they pose a threat to global oil supplies. The Saudi Council of Ministers, headed by King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, “urged the world to stand firmly against the Houthi militia and deter them from […]
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Wed 23 March 2022: Moscow warned on Wednesday that deploying NATO peacekeepers in Ukraine will result in a direct conflict between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated during a meeting with students at Moscow’s MGIMO University that Russia has taken note of Poland’s decision to discuss the question of sending […]
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Wed 23 March 2022: Jamaican activists, notable professors, politicians, and other leaders have spoken out against the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit, calling on the UK to apologize and pay reparations for centuries of slavery. Prince William, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, and his wife Kate arrived in Kingston on Tuesday afternoon as […]
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Wed 23 March 2022: Oil prices increased on Wednesday over an estimated drop in US crude inventories, signaling a rise in demand while talks of a fresh oil embargo on Russia fueled supply worries. International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $116.12 per barrel at 0704 GMT for a 0.55% increase after closing the previous […]
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Wed 23 March 2022: Rich countries must end their oil and gas production by 2034 to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius and give poorer nations time to replace fossil fuel income, according to a report released on Tuesday. The 76-page analysis from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at Manchester University comes as […]
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Wed 23 March 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the easing of several restrictions as part of Adjusted Alert Level 1 from midnight. Addressing the nation on developments in the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic this evening, President Ramaphosa said the approach going forward is that both indoor and outdoor venues can now take […]
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Wed 23 March 2022: In an interview, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia would only unleash nuclear weapons if its very existence was threatened. Peskov made the remark when CNN’s Christiane Amanpour pressed him on whether he was “convinced or confident” that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not unleash the nuclear option in the […]
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