Ukraine

WHEN VLADIMIR PUTIN’S tanks rolled into Ukraine in late February, crude-oil markets reacted instantly to the uncertainty and, in short order, to the sanctions imposed on Russia, the world’s second-biggest exporter of the black stuff. The war’s impact on another set of crucial oils—the edible vegetable fats such as sunflower…

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For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Published: Friday, May 6, 2022, 8:51 United Nations, May 06: The United Nations and several countries have called for an immediate end to the Ukraine war. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at a Security Council meeting organised…

Author of the article: LONDON — Britain banned all service sector exports to Russia on Wednesday and imposed sanctions on 63 individuals and organizations, its latest wave of measures to increase pressure on Moscow to reverse course and pull back from Ukraine. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been a leading…

Russia said Wednesday it has banned entry to several dozen Japanese officials, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, after Tokyo joined international sanctions against Moscow over its military campaign in Ukraine. “The administration of F. Kishida launched an unprecedented anti-Russian campaign (and) allows unacceptable rhetoric against the Russian Federation, including slander…

British energy giant BP on Tuesday plunged into a huge net loss in the first quarter after it decided to exit Russia over the country's invasion of neighbour Ukraine. The loss after tax stood at $20.4 billion (R320 billion) following BP's decision in February to pull its 19.75-percent stake in…

Local boy Faddei stands atop a destroyed Russian armoured military vehicle in the village of Kolychivka, Ukraine (Reuters) LVIV: The British military says it believes the Russian military is now "significantly weaker" after suffering losses in its war on Ukraine. The British defence ministry made the comment on Tuesday in…

KHARKIV, Ukraine —  At some point, all shelling sites look the same. There’s the jagged-edge crater with a spray-pattern of divots gouged out by shrapnel; the gap-toothed hole where ordnance punched through a wall; the scorched remains of automobiles that happened to be passing when a missile slammed into the road.…

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Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, going to the station to meet people displaced by the war with Russia before later leaving after air-raid sirens sounded. Jolie, 46, is a special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency, which says more than 12.7 million…