A rescuer walks among debris at the site of a residential area destroyed by a Russian military strike, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine on July 27 2022. Ukrainian State Emergency Service Press Service/Handout via REUTERS Join now for FREE unlimited accessRead More →

TBS Report July 28, 2022, 12:45 p.m. Last modification: July 28, 2022, 11:53 p.m. Infographic: TBS “> Infographic: TBS On Thursday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the war between Ukraine and Russia was a meaningless war and only arms producers profited from it. “The lives of the general public areRead More →

Russia’s war against Ukraine is entering its fifth month, despite the failure of several rounds of peace talks and the imposition of harsh economic sanctions by Western countries against Russia. The war is not taking place only on Ukrainian soil. President Vladimir Putin’s propaganda is propelling the war in UkraineRead More →

The Russo-Ukrainian War is an ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia (as well as pro-Russian rebel troops). The Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity in February 2014 was initiated by Russia and initially centered on the status of Crimea and Donbass, both recognized by the international community as part of Ukraine. VladimirRead More →

Nasser Kanani, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said that cooperation with Russia “in the field of some modern technologies predates the war in Ukraine, and there have been no particular developments in this regard recently”. The trip to Tehran will be Mr Putin’s second foreign trip since he ordered hisRead More →

– Prison for Russians who cooperate with foreigners – Russian parliament introduces harsh prison terms for cooperating with foreigners and calls for undermining national security. In a bill reminiscent of the Soviet era, establishing and maintaining “confidential” cooperation with a foreigner or international organization and helping them to act againstRead More →

Mr President, as you said, the concept note for this event clearly exposes the devastating effect of Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine on education and training, manpower, health, work experience and the stock of human capital. As he mentions, many of the 5.23 million people seeking refuge in countries neighboringRead More →

Qatar has built an outsized role in global commodity markets since it began exporting liquefied natural gas more than two decades ago. Now, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a series of deals to develop a new gas field, the Gulf state’s influence over international energy flows is set toRead More →

When Finland and Sweden recently announced a deal with Turkey to join NATO, it underscored just how ill-conceived Russia’s war against Ukraine was from the start. Previously, the two Nordic countries had been stalwarts of neutrality, if not somewhat suspicious of the American-led alliance. But Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warRead More →

KYIV — What surprises most about a visit to the Ukrainian capital is how peaceful the city is. By local standards, traffic is smooth and the trendy hipster cafes are rarely full. Yet despite the ubiquitous roadblocks, a striking sense of normalcy is in the air. Sunbathers relax on theRead More →

The world has been turned upside down, this column said in early March following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Oil prices hit $130 a barrel, gas values ​​soared, nickel trade was suspended, Ukrainian ports were closed, marine insurance rates soared and freight rates swirled with each new measure aimed atRead More →

MARSABIT, Kenya: Under an acacia tree in drought-ravaged northern Kenya, malnourished infants feed on sticky bites of a nutrient-rich groundnut paste long used to prevent starvation in children during disasters across the world.This miracle food could mean the difference between life and death for a child in hard-hit Marsabit, whereRead More →

This move towards large-scale farming and more profitable monocultures made small farmers more dependent on expensive chemical fertilizers, forcing them into ever-increasing debt. In India, 10,677 agricultural workers are believed to have committed suicide in 2020, many of whom were farmers trapped by mounting debts resulting from the high costsRead More →

Placeholder while loading article actions “Beware of nested play.” It’s one of the lesser-known but most useful adages to keep in mind when following international affairs, and it’s especially relevant now that Lithuania has announced a blockade of sanctioned Russian goods. A nested game is what it sounds like –Read More →

As the conflict between major agricultural exporters Russia and Ukraine drives up food and fertilizer prices, this poor and populous region of Africa fears rising hunger. Congo is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa and one of the most populous in Africa, with over 100 million inhabitants. ©Getty Images ×Read More →

For Chinese President Xi Jinping, a Marxist-Leninist dialectician, events in Ukraine will not fundamentally alter China’s great historical rise. Edifyingly, Russia’s military failures will simply push the Chinese leadership to make even more substantial preparations before seizing Taiwan. MELBOURNE — Following Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine, two views quicklyRead More →

US: Ukrainian forces need deliberate training on new rocket system Ukraine wants new US Himars artillery on the battlefield now. However, the Pentagon insists on the need for comprehensive training to ensure long-range precision rocket systems are used effectively. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley saidRead More →

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Brussels’ support for his embattled country’s bid to join the European Union as a “historic” achievement. The European Commission has recommended that Ukraine and Moldova gain EU candidate status, a move that marks the start of what is likely to be a long journey towardsRead More →

Russian forces have captured two towns near the besieged towns of Lysychansk and Syevyerodonetsk in the Lugansk region, the Ukrainian army announced on June 21. The captured towns – Pidlisne and Myrna Dolyna – are in the direction of Toshkivka-Pidlisne, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine saidRead More →

Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin explained his vision for the Ukrainian state. He said, “Modern Ukraine was entirely and fully created by Russia, specifically Bolshevik and Communist Russia. This process began almost immediately after the 1917 revolution, and moreover Lenin and his associates did itRead More →

President Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, says food now consumes about 40% of African household income. Mr. Akufo-Addo said this at the African Development Bank (AfDB) 2022 Annual Meetings for Heads of State, Governors and other Stakeholders in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday. He said the percentage wasRead More →

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is an existential crisis and a direct challenge to the international security order. What is at stake is not just Ukraine, but the future of European security. And the outcome of the war will have profound medium- and long-term consequences for regional theaters in Europe,Read More →

Placeholder while loading article actions The battle for Severodonetsk – one of the last major cities under Ukrainian control in a key eastern province – is becoming a focal point of Russia’s war. Russian troops, constantly bombarding the region, are using “scorched earth” tactics in Severodonetsk as it seeks toRead More →

A famous Ukrainian doctor recorded his stay in Mariupol on a data card no bigger than a thumbnail and smuggled it into the world in a tampon. Now it is in Russian hands, at a time when Mariupol itself is about to fall. Yuliia Paievska is known in Ukraine asRead More →

Swedish Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist, left, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stand in a reinforced honor cordon ceremony upon his arrival at the Pentagon today in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP) If Sweden joins NATO, the country will make the alliance ‘better to defend itself’, US Secretary of Defense LloydRead More →

👋 Halito!* Welcome to Wednesday, when the first war crimes trial against a Russian soldier since Moscow invaded Ukraine opens in Kyiv, Kim Jong-un slams North Korean officials’ response to the coronavirus outbreak and Mexico’s National Missing Persons Registry takes a grim step. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian media Livy Bereg examinesRead More →

“Japan will be able to regain all the Northern Territories for sure!” The speaker on the other end of the cell phone line seemed to be laughing happily. The person in question was a Ukrainian soldier named Oleh, who is currently fighting at the front against the Russian army inRead More →

For years, President Vladimir V. Putin viewed NATO expansion as an existential threat that would leave Russia stuck with Western missiles on its doorstep. Now, Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine appears to bring the Russian leader’s nightmare to life as NATO is about to begin its biggest potential expansion in nearlyRead More →

Russia has imposed sanctions on units of Gazprom Germania and dozens of other former subsidiaries in countries that imposed sanctions on Russia after kyiv halted the use of a major transit route for Russian gas . Live briefing: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine RFE/RL Live briefing gives you all the majorRead More →

Placeholder while loading article actions Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that he considers Ukraine’s place to be under Russia’s thumb. This was its position from the time of the Russian Empire under Catherine the Great in the 18th century to the common history of nations in the SovietRead More →

Vendors at Bang Kapi market in Bangkok have raised their prices due to the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb) In recent months, there have been positive signs that the world is getting back to normal after the Covid-19 pandemic. People have worked tirelessly over the pastRead More →

Supporters of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) in India spoke to workers and youth about the need to build a working class anti-war movement based on socialist internationalism amid the proxy war waged by the United States and its NATO allies against Russia. India’s ruling elite, citingRead More →

“Flirt ja, heiraten nein(“Flirting yes, marrying no!”) This was recently said by the president of one of the largest Swiss soldiers’ associations, Stefan Holenstein, about Switzerland’s relations with NATO. It may sound frivolous, but Holenstein was serious: his argument, motivated by Russia‘s war in Ukraine, was that Switzerland should workRead More →

At the start of 2022, the future of Europe seemed to be in the hands of Berlin and Moscow. They became the arbiters of Europe. But Russia’s war on Ukraine has changed the geopolitical map of the continent: the Germans and Russians are out, the British and Poles are uprising,Read More →

How should the EU deal with the economic costs of Vladimir Putin’s war? This is not the same as minimizing these costs. It is a war on which the future of Europe will depend, perhaps on democracy itself. At such times, the goal of economic policy is to support theRead More →

A satellite image shows an overview of the Azovstal Steelworks, Ukraine’s last military stronghold that also serves as a civilian shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 29. (Maxar Technologies/Reuters) Some civilians were evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol after a ceasefire was declared, according to a commander ofRead More →

When John Kerry assumed his role as US climate envoy last year, he approached the job with his usual enthusiasm, traveling the world in a flurry of diplomatic engagements, convincing world leaders that America was indeed “back” – as US President Joe Biden promised and ready to take the leadRead More →

For centuries, bread has been the cornerstone of civilization. Riots and revolutions have been sparked over the availability of this staple – and food prices more broadly, particularly as they relate to the Middle East and North Africa. Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine now threatens much of the wheat andRead More →

“The apartment is fine. We got some food out of the fridge and watered your plants,” texted me a fortnight ago. For almost two months I have not been able to return to the apartment I rent in Kyiv. Just before the start of the war, I had left forRead More →

World leaders were universally shocked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with two exceptions. President Biden said US intelligence gave him enough notice. China’s Xi Jinping met Vladimir Putin at the Beijing Olympics, where they jointly issued a statement of ‘limitless strategic partnership’ which included opposition to NATO expansion – Putin’sRead More →

Victoria Resident of Avdiivka, Donetsk region Came here with four children (between 13 and 16) from Avdiivka a week ago to Zolotonosha [a town in Cherkasy region]. We took refuge in the basement of a house, it was safer below ground level. We hoped that if the house was bombed,Read More →

The verdict is in: Russia invaded Ukraine for two reasons. One is Moscow’s obsessive pursuit of nationalist and imperial ambitions – to unify the two countries and eliminate a separate Ukrainian identity. The other is Vladimir Putin’s misperception – he is an isolated, overconfident autocrat who has played his handRead More →

After visiting Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters that Russia was “failing” in its war aims in the country. Blinken’s comments came after he traveled to Kyiv with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The pair spoke to reporters Monday in Poland after crossing the Ukrainian border.Read More →

Firefighters work to put out a fire in a warehouse amid Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23. (Felipe Dana/AP) In the early hours of Sunday morning in Ukraine, here are the latest developments in the war: Ukraine claims citizens of Mariupol were forcibly deported to the Far EastRead More →

Placeholder while loading article actions The UN Secretary General this week called for an Easter truce between Russia and Ukraine. Orthodox Christians in both countries celebrate Easter on Sundays. But as the fighting continued to rage, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday accused Moscow of rejecting the UN proposal. Russia‘sRead More →

Leader of the Russian opposition. Anti-corruption activist. Survivor of an assassination attempt. Prisoner. Alexeï Navalny’s crusade against the Kremlin has earned him many labels. And with the eyes of the world now on Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his brutal invasion of Ukraine, Navalny’s message of resistance takes on newRead More →

Tehran, Iran – During its 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran embraced the cry of protest ‘neither East nor West’, rejecting both the United States and the Soviet Union, then s is locked in the cold war. The phrase to this day hangs above the doors of Iran’s Foreign Ministry. Russia’s warRead More →

Another global energy crisis produced a series of political promises to use energy more wisely. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked calls for embargoes on oil and gas exports that support the country’s economy, and laid bare the folly of maintaining fossil fuel energy systems that are no longer suitable.Read More →

On Wednesday, investigators from nearly a dozen countries scoured bombed-out towns and freshly dug graves in Ukraine for evidence of war crimes, and a wide-ranging investigation by an international security organization detailed what she called “clear patterns” of human rights abuses by Russian forces. Some of those atrocities could amountRead More →

If you have seen the Scorpios Recently, during their Las Vegas residency, you heard an updated version of the band’s biggest international hit, “Wind of Change.” During Scorpions’ first residency show at Planet Hollywood’s Zappos Theater in late March, the band dedicated the song to the people of Ukraine. “ThisRead More →

© iStock Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fueled rising prices on top of months of inflation. We’ll also look at the White House bracing for a tough inflation report and a push to legalize cannabis. But first, find out why Kevin Bacon appeared in DC this weekend. welcome to money, yourRead More →

Ukrainian military intelligence reported on March 24 that Russian occupation troops in the country were confiscating books and other materials that the Russian government deemed “extremist” – mainly books about the Maidan revolution in Ukraine, the war against Russian-backed separatists in parts of eastern Ukraine. , and studies of Ukraine’sRead More →

There are some fantastic companies in Russia, but with the country facing an uncertain future, we decided it was better to sell. Which countries and actions in space do you think will be the biggest winners and losers from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict? For a host of reasons, commodity prices wereRead More →

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 23, Iraq has refrained from taking a strong stance on war. On February 28, Iraq voted for an Arab League statement on Ukraine that attributed no responsibility to Russia. Iraq abstained in the vote of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on March 2Read More →

A snowy sidewalk littered with bloodied bodies. A beleaguered president wandering the streets of a country under attack. Missile stream. Sirens screaming. Teenagers make homemade bombs. And dead soldiers, so many, lying slumped in the fields and collapsed in smoking tanks. Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine has spawned a steady streamRead More →

Under mounting pressure to bring down high energy prices, President Biden announced on Thursday that the United States would release up to 180 million barrels of oil from a strategic reserve to counter the economic impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. With the midterm elections just months away, gasolineRead More →

About the Author: Koren Ore is a lecturer in international relations and methodology at Indiana University, Bloomington. The head of the World Food Program told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would have an impact on food prices “beyond anything we’ve seen since the SecondRead More →

As the disaster in Ukraine unfolds, German-Jewish writer and philosopher Walter Benjamin has often come to mind. In his final text, written as the nightmare of Nazism descends upon him, Benjamin tells us that history cannot be understood as progress. Instead, Benjamin said, the story is a storm, a “disasterRead More →

Despite recent threats to torpedo the Iran nuclear deal – officially the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – Russia continues to hamper progress on retaliating for sanctions related to its military activities against Ukraine . This, in turn, causes Iran to react accordingly. On March 10, Iran’s Islamic RevolutionaryRead More →

AAs Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues and Western leaders weigh their options and calibrate their responses, it is clear that the impact of this war is global. Here’s a look at how this shock is shifting the tectonic plates of economics and politics around the world. Middle East and NorthRead More →

Analysis: Egypt approaches the invasion of Moscow with caution as it seeks to balance relations between the West and Russia amid a looming food crisis at home. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi is under pressure from world powers to take a clear stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine as his country reelsRead More →