Captured Russian gear has kept Ukraine in the fight. Getty Images Ukraine is demonstrating that hard-won lessons from old, long-forgotten World War II playbooks remain relevant. Since Russia’s invasio...
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The Band Dispatch Sings In Russian To Aid Ukraine Against The Invasion
NEW YORK, NY – JULY 06: Chadwick Stokes and Brad Corrigan of Dispatch perform at Forest Hills … [+] Stadium on July 6, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images) Getty Image...
With New Tactics, Ukraine Can Break Russia’s Black Sea Grain Blockade
Any of these Black Sea ships, waiting to access a Romanian Port, can carry an anti ship missile. Getty Images In the American Civil War, Southern rebels used all manner of subterfuge to try and break ...
NPR Veterans Deliver A Tour De Force Of Narrative Journalism
Refugees fleeing Ukraine arrive at the border train station in Zahony, Hungary. Getty Images It’s been almost three months now since Russia invaded Ukraine, and much of the latest news coverage has be...
Collective Pain Calls For Collective Action
Collective Behavior has gotten a bad rap. When sociologist Franklin Henry Giddings coined the term more than 100 years ago, he described it as the actions that a loosely organized group of people migh...
Putin Compares Invasion Of Ukraine With Fight Against Nazi Germany In Victory Day Speech
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin in his Victory Day speech on Monday attempted to draw parallels between the Russian ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the Soviet Union’s fight against Nazi Germa...
UN Chief Says It’s Ready To ‘Fully Mobilize’ In Mariupol—But Russian Foreign Minister Says Evacuation Pleas Are Merely ‘Theatrical’
Topline The heavily besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol that became a focus of international attention for its humanitarian situation was a key subject of contention Tuesday during a joint press confe...
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says Russia-Ukraine War Is Upending World Order And Will End Globalization
Topline The war between Russia and Ukraine has heralded the end of globalization, as the conflict has upended the current world order that has been in place since the Cold War and will have lasting gl...
Russian Forces Stalled Outside Kyiv, U.S. Says
Topline Russia’s military is approaching the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv from several directions in a possible effort to encircle the city, but its forces have been stalled for several days, partly due ...
Volodymyr Zelensky’s ‘Servant Of The People’ May Soon Return To American Television
Zelensky has been hailed the world over as a hero for his leadership of Ukraine amid Russia’s … [+] invasion. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Image In a 20...
Consumer Companies React To Russian Conflict In Ukraine
Getty Images Takeaways Major consumer companies are pulling products and services out of Russia The stances some companies are taking (or not taking) have the potential to rouse investors Investors sh...
Dow Falls 600 Points, Oil Prices Surge As Russia-Ukraine Conflict Continues To Roil Markets
Topline The stock market plunged on Tuesday—with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling roughly 600 points, while oil prices surged to new seven-year highs as Russia escalated its attacks on several...
Economic Fallout From Russia’s Invasion Will Be ‘Modest’—But Inflation Will Surge Higher, This Expert Predicts
Topline While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is taking a “massive” human toll, the global economic fallout is likely to remain “modest,” according to a recent note from Moody’s Analytics chief economist...
Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Has Sent Energy Prices Soaring—Here’s How High Oil Could Rise
Topline Oil prices have continued to skyrocket this week—with Brent crude briefly rising above $100 per barrel for the first time since 2014—as Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, and although pr...
Dow Jumps 800 Points After Russia Says It’s Open To Talks With Ukraine
Topline The stock market jumped on Friday, with the Dow surging roughly 800 points—on track for its best day so far in 2022—amid reports that Russia is open to negotiating with Ukraine, even as Russia...
S&P 500 Falls Deeper Into Correction Territory As Ukraine Declares State Of Emergency
Topline The stock market plunged again on Wednesday—with the S&P 500 falling deeper into correction territory—after the Pentagon warned a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen immine...
The Federal Reserve’s ‘War On Inflation’ Is More Important For Stocks Than The Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Topline While worries over a Russian invasion of Ukraine, which Western officials say has “already begun,” drag stocks lower in the short-term, markets face a bigger problem on the horizon with the Fe...
Stocks Plunge, Oil Prices Surge After Putin Orders Troops Into Eastern Ukraine
Topline The stock market was down in volatile trading on Tuesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, a move that was met with a new rou...
Stock Market Losses Grow As Russia-Ukraine Tensions Reach A ‘Crucial Moment’
Topline Markets plunged yet again on Thursday as top federal officials warned that tensions between Russia and Ukraine had reached a “crucial moment” with an invasion likely “imminent,” leading nervou...
State Department Orders Families Of U.S. Embassy Staff In Ukraine To Leave Country
Topline The U.S. State Department on Sunday ordered the families of American diplomats and embassy personnel in Ukraine to leave the country, amid mounting fears of a Russian invasion. An Aerial view ...