A volunteer battalion with the Russian Northern Fleet’s 200th Arctic Motorized Rifle Brigade trains … [+] for deployment to Ukraine. Russian state media capture Desperate to reinforce its batter...
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European Energy Crisis Spurs Maritime Fueling Innovation
An aerial view shows a section of the Sunny Liger, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker with a … [+] consignment of Russian diesel, anchored in the North Sea, near IJmuiden, on April 30, 2022. R...
British Aid Worker Dies After Capture By Pro-Russian Separatists In Ukraine
Topline A British aid worker who was captured by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in April has died in custody, a separatist group official confirmed on Friday, an incident that ...
Afraid Of Ukrainian Missiles, The Russians Are Chaining Air-Defense Vehicles To Ships
A Project 22160 with a Tor aboard. Photo via social media The Russian navy’s Black Sea Fleet still is strapping Tor air-defense vehicles to at least one of its corvettes, clearly hoping to protect the...
On U.S.-China Trade War, Biden Should Declare Victory, End Tariffs
China remains the top importer into the United States, particularly in manufactured high-tech goods, … [+] but its market share of U.S. imports is shrinking. ustradenumbers.com The percentage of...
Ukraine seizes $3 million in cash, other assets from crypto traders accused of funneling Russian funds
Ukrainian authorities have broken up what they say was a crypto trading desk that illegally funneled money for Russians. The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office on July 12 announced the seizu...
Russians flee Putin’s regime after Ukraine war in second wave of migration
A ‘second wave’ of Russians are now formally relocating to countries spanning Europe, the Middle East and Asia after spending time getting their affairs in order. Natalia Kolesnikova | Afp...
At Least 20 Dead Including Three Children After Russian Missile Strike On Central Ukraine City
Topline At least 20 people were killed on Thursday after a barrage of Russian missiles struck residential and office buildings in the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia, in a continuation of strikes ...
Bigger Rate Hikes, Higher Inflation And Ukraine War
Topline JPMorgan, the nation’s largest bank, kicked off second-quarter earnings season on Thursday with worse-than-expected results spurred by the market’s deteriorating conditions, prompt...
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...
Ukraine Minister Pleads For Security To Export Grain Amid Concerns Of Food Crisis
Topline Ukraine’s foreign minister said it is “two steps away” from an agreement with Russia for security measures to resume shipments of grain – the country’s biggest export – as Russian civilian air...
Most Ukrainian Refugees Want To Return Home But Are Waiting The War Out, U.N. Study Finds
Topline Most refugees from Ukraine hope to return home eventually but are waiting until fighting subsides, according to a new report from the United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR) published Wednesday...
Ukraine Seizes Assets From OTC Crypto Brokers for Working With Russians
The authorities seized 850,000 euros, US$470,000 and 460,000 Ukrainian hryvnia (amounting to about $1.67 million in total); 830 kilograms of silver; six pieces of land; and three apartments. All were ...
Ukraine Is Blasting Russia’s Offshore Platforms On The Black Sea
A Neptune anti-ship missile during testing. Ukrainian navy photo The Ukrainian navy last month struck a Russian natural-gas rig on the Black Sea. The attack on the night of June 26 damaged Tavrida, a ...
Ukraine receives new crypto-donations from DeFi project
Ukraine has been getting stronger through the cryptocurrency market due to the decentralized scheme managed by the Blockchain. The country in Europe was attacked by Russia last February, and since the...
A Specialty Hot Sauce/Spice Shop Flourishes In Booming Kingston, New York
About 90 miles north of New York City, Kingston, N.Y., a once gritty city of about 23,000 people, has been bouncing back, fueled by second-home and transplanted New Yorkers who can now work from home....
Ukraine Is Getting Aid From This DeFi Project
Blockchain networks are decentralized, meaning that they can be used to make payments without centralized authorities deciding which transactions are allowed. While some argue that such systems can en...
Russia’s Failure To Reopen Nord Stream Pipeline Would Cripple Germany’s Economy
The critical Nord Stream 1 pipeline is closed for routine maintenance. There is concern that it may … [+] not reopen if Russia decides to escalate the Ukraine conflict. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Get...
Sri Lanka’s Revolution Holds Lessons For Emerging Markets
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa speaks during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change … [+] Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland on November 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via...
Ukraine Will Consider Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage After Petition Garners 28,000 Signatures
Topline A petition urging the Ukrainian government to legalize same-sex marriage amid Russia’s invasion has amassed tens of thousands of signatures and has been sent to President Volodymyr Zelensky fo...
Russia’s Torching of Wheat Fields in Ukraine May Not Disrupt Global Supplies as Much as Putin Hopes
Eastern European media outlet posted this photo of a Ukrainian wheat field purportedly set alight by … [+] Russian incendiary shells. Twitter photo posted by @nexta_tv Videos of burning Ukrainia...
Ukraine War Choking Russia’s Media Business Into Oblivion
A woman looks at a computer screen watching a dissenting Russian Channel One employee entering … [+] Ostankino on-air TV studio during Russia’s most-watched evening news broadcast, holding...
Every Army Fighting In Ukraine Is Suffering Horrific Casualties
Ukrainian defense ministry photo As Russia’s wider war on Ukraine grinds toward its fifth month, the army of the separatist “republic” in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast still is losing 10 soldiers k...
Desperate Russian Troops Apparently Lobbed Anti-Air Missiles At Ukrainian Targets On Land
Russian S-300s. Russian state media photo Russian forces in Ukraine reportedly have fired S-300 anti-aircraft missiles at Ukrainian targets … on the ground. If true, that’s yet more evidence of ...
The US Dollar Is Still King, And Investors Can Make The Most Of It
Getty Images Key takeaways The US dollar rose to fresh 20-year highs this week Meanwhile, the euro fell below $1.02 for the first time since 2002 Rising energy prices, tightening central bank policies...
G7’S Overambitious Plan To Punish Russian Oil And Alter The Future Of Oil Markets
The facilities of the oil refinery on the industrial site of PCK-Raffinerie GmbH are illuminated in … [+] the evening. Crude oil from Russia arrives at the oil refinery via the “Friendship...
Ukrainian Troops Just Hoisted Their Flag On Snake Island—Then Speeded Away As Russian Missiles Rained Down
Ukrainian forces on Snake Island on July 7, 2022. Ukrainian defense ministry photo A team of Ukrainian troops riding in at least one machine-gun-armed small boat landed on Snake Island around dawn on ...
Erdogan’s Game With Nato Over Finland And Sweden: What He Really Wants
(Photo by ADEM ALTAN) AFP via Getty Images Everyone’s wondering what on earth Erdogan is up to – first he impedes the Nato accession of Finland and Sweden, then he gives the go-ahead after appar...