Thu 10 March 2022: The United Kingdom’s government says it has imposed asset freezes on seven Russian businessmen, including Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, after they were added to the country’s sanctions list. “There can be no safe havens for those who have supported [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s vicious assault on Ukraine,” British Prime […]
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Thu 10 March 2022: Following more than a decade of diplomatic strife, Israel and Turkey have hailed a new era in relations as Israeli President Isaac Herzog paid a historic visit to Ankara, Turkey’s capital. Herzog’s visit to Turkey, which included talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, was the first by an […]
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Thu 10 March 2022: Russia’s and Ukraine’s foreign ministers will meet in Turkey for the first time since Moscow invaded its former Soviet neighbor last month. Officials from Kyiv and Moscow have met on multiple occasions, but the meeting on Thursday in Antalya, Turkey, marks the first time Russia has dispatched a minister to resolve […]
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Thu 10 March 2022: Soaring energy and food costs prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might increase food security worries in the Middle East and Africa, as well as fuel social unrest, according to World Bank senior economist Carmen Reinhart. On Friday, Germany will hold a virtual meeting of agriculture ministers from the Group of […]
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Thu 10 March 2022: European Union leaders will phase out buying Russian oil, gas and coal as Moscow’s war on Ukraine makes them realise they have to be less dependent on Russia, a draft declaration showed, but they are unlikely to offer Ukraine the fast EU membership it seeks. Leaders of the 27-nation EU are […]
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Wed 09 March 2022: A maternity hospital in the southern port city of Mariupol was bombed by Russian forces on Wednesday, Ukrainian authorities claimed, marking a brutal new low in the two-week old invasion. The city council said the damage was “colossal”. Russian forces dropped “several bombs” and also hit a maternity ward, it said. […]
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Wed 09 March 2022: According to a recent analysis, Europe is paying Putin $285 million (£217 million) in oil payments every day to fuel his war against Ukraine. According to a new study by the Transport & Environment think group, Russia received $104 billion from oil, gasoline, and diesel exports to Europe and the United […]
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Wed 09 March 2022: US Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Poland on Wednesday to discuss how to provide “military assistance” for Ukraine, White House officials said, hours after Washington rejected Warsaw’s offer of Soviet-era fighter jets. She will also head to Romania on Friday to meet with President Klaus Iohannis. The trip was […]
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Zeljko Komsic ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wed 09 March 2022: Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Zeljko Komsic has sent an official request to the European Union leaders, asking them to consider granting the country the candidate status. Komsic said in a note he sent to Brussels that this would be “another confirmation of […]
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Wed 09 March 2022: The world is waiting for a high-level tripartite meeting between Turkiye, Russia, and Ukraine, which will take place on Thursday in southern Antalya province as part of Turkiye’s efforts to mediate between the warring countries. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced the meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his […]
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