Ukraine

With the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine, cryptocurrencies have taken a few roles, being sent as donations to aid the attacked nation but also in speculations that Russian oligarchs used such assets to bypass sanctions. However, community insiders continue to refute these allegations, and the latest to…

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Biden to travel to Brussels for NATO summit, president will not travel to Ukraine02:37 Now Playing Art school sheltering hundreds bombed by Russian forces in Mariupol04:11 UP NEXT White House: Biden will not visit Ukraine during trip to Brussels00:19 Zelenskyy demands peace talks with Russia to 'restore territorial integrity to…

Quick take: Gitcoin is hosting a fundraising campaign to benefit the humanitarian effort in Ukraine The fundraising campaign will run from the 9th to the 23rd of March $700k has been set aside by Gitcoin Grants to match individual donations According to Slowmist, $84.939 million in crypto has been donated…

LVIV, Ukraine—Rescuers in Mariupol evacuated 130 people from the wreckage of a theater hit by an airstrike this week and searched for more survivors, as Russia expanded its air assaults on Ukraine’s west, striking an aircraft-repair facility near the Polish border, officials said. “Hundreds of Mariupol residents are still under…

Similar mismatches in supply and demand contributed to massive cascading blackouts in August 2003 in the northeastern United States and Canada, in July 2012 in India, and in March 2019 in Venezuela. The situation is unlikely to get better anytime soon, for three reasons. First, as countries everywhere move to…

March 18, 2022, 9:22 AM UTC It was a desperate plea from a city under siege: "CHILDREN" in huge bold letters. Satellite images from Maxar Technologies, a U.S. Defense contractor, this week showed the word clearly written in front of and behind a theater that Ukraine says was sheltering women and…

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock delivers a speech on national security strategy ahead of a panel discussion at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/Pool Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBERLIN, March 18 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned that supply shortfalls…

Author of the article: Canadian Press Laura Osman and James McCarten Publishing date: Mar 16, 2022  •  1 day ago  •  5 minute read  •  262 Comments Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Reuters, AFP via Getty Images Canada has had to make “heartbreaking decisions” when…

The threats of cyberwarfare and online disinformation loom over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but even in this online age, war is still life or death for those in the firing line Humans | Leader 16 March 2022 Sean Gallup/Getty Images THE ever-growing threats of cyberwarfare and online disinformation are now…