Tu-22Ms drop unguided bombs on Syria. Russian defense ministry photo Russian air force Tu-22M bombers flew into Ukrainian air space on Thursday and dropped unguided bombs on Ukrainian troops in the be...
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‘We Are Not Sending The President To Ukraine’
Topline White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said there are no plans to send President Joe Biden to Ukraine, following speculation a senior U.S. official may visit the European country after other tr...
Finland Joining NATO ‘Highly Likely’ And Hopefully ‘Swift,’ Finnish Minister Says
Topline Finland’s Minister for European Affairs said Friday Finland is “highly likely” to join NATO, days after the prime ministers of Finland and Sweden indicated they’re strongly considering joining...
Russian Attempts at Grey Zone Ops Against Finland May Guarantee the Expansion Of NATO
A Russian truck with a K-300P Bastion-Ps, coastal defense missile system of the sort reportedly … [+] moved to the Finnish border last weekend. Wikipedia – Ministry of Defence of the Russi...
Air Cover Might Have Saved Russia’s Cruiser ‘Moskva’
‘Slava’ in 1982. Photo via Wikimedia Commons Early Wednesday morning, the Russian navy cruiser Moskva exploded around 60 miles off the Ukrainian coast near Odessa. The 612-foot, Slava-clas...
Russian Warship Moskva Sinks Off Ukraine, State Media Reports
Topline The Russian warship Moskva sank in the Black Sea, Russian state-owned news outlet RIA Novosti said Thursday, two days after Ukrainian forces claimed to have launched a missile attack against t...
Watch bonds & Ukraine as earnings season picks up
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday previewed next week’s slate of earnings and what investors should have on their radar to prepare for the tumultuous market ahead. The “Mad Money” ...
European Gas Prices Plunge to Lowest Since Start of Ukraine War
(Bloomberg) — European natural gas prices slumped to the lowest since the start of the war in Ukraine, with the Easter holidays approaching and Russian President Vladimir Putin remaining largely...
Currency.com halts operations for Russians in response to invasion of Ukraine
In these circumstances they can no longer continue to serve their clients Russian residents would no longer be able to access its services Ukraine’s government has utilized crypto platforms to s...
U.K. Freezes Up To $13 Billion Of Assets Of Two Business Partners Of Roman Abramovich
Topline The United Kingdom sanctioned two longtime business associates of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich on Thursday, freezing up to $13 billion in assets connected to the pair, as countries con...
Ukraine’s Bayraktar Drone Helped Take Out Russian Flagship
Russian media has confirmed that the cruiser Moskva, its 12,000-ton Black Sea flagship, suffered a major explosion and has been abandoned due to fire. Ukraine claims to have struck the ship with two N...
New York Launching Gas Price Gouging Probe
Topline New York Attorney General Tish James launched a probe Thursday into whether oil companies are engaging in price gouging, according to multiple outlets, amid rising fuel prices following Russia...
Ukraine war sees some countries focus on food, fuel, not clean energy
Concerns related to both the energy transition and energy security have been thrown into sharp relief by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, recent months have also seen commodity pr...
UNESCO project to digitally save the territory of Ukraine
It is called Backup Ukraine and is a digital project created by the Polycam app in collaboration with UNESCO to digitally save Ukraine’s artistic heritage. Backup Ukraine, the digital project to sav...
Wells Fargo WFC earnings Q12022
Wells Fargo signage on May 5th, 2021 in New York City. Bill Tompkins | Michael Ochs Archives | Getty Images Wells Fargo on Thursday reported lower-than-expected first-quarter revenue amid a drop in mo...
Belarus-Based Crypto Exchange Stops Operations For Russians Over Invasion Of Ukraine
Currency.com, a cryptocurrency platform based in Belarus, announced Wednesday that it will block its services to Russian users in response to Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. Currency.com disclosed th...
Ukraine war most dangerous since Cuban missile crisis
Israeli author, historian and professor Yuval Noah Harari has spoken out frequently against President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, adding that it has had the unintended consequence of forgin...
Belarusian crypto exchange stops trading for Russians over war in Ukraine
Announced in a blog post published on Tuesday, April 12, the Belarusian crypto exchange Currency.com says it will restrict its services for Russian users following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine...
Top ICC Prosecutor Visits Bucha As Court Investigates War Crimes In Ukraine
Topline The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court visited Bucha, Ukraine, on Wednesday, as the court continues its investigation into alleged war crimes committed in the war-torn countr...
The Ukrainians Claim They Damaged A Russian Cruiser
Cruiser ‘Moskva.’ Photo via Wikimedia Commons A Ukrainian navy missile battery reportedly has struck the Russian navy cruiser Moskva off the coast of Odessa, a strategic port city on the B...
Biden Announces $800 Million In New Assistance—Mostly Weapons—For Ukraine
Topline President Joe Biden announced Wednesday afternoon he’d authorized another $800 million to go toward aiding Ukraine, saying the funding will be used for weapons aimed at fending off Russi...
Palestinians Could Run Out Of Wheat Reserves In Three Weeks In Ripple Effect Of Ukraine War
A Palestinian volunteer cook distributes food prepared with ingredients obtained from donors, to help needy families in an impoverished neighborhood in Gaza City in January 2021. AFP via Getty Images ...
Ukraine May Get U.S. MQ-9 Reaper Strike Drones
An MQ-9 Reaper flies by August 8, 2007 at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. (Photo by … [+] Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Getty Images Ukraine is in talks to purchase American-made h...
Apollo’s head of sustainable investing says we need to speed up the transition toward clean energy
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Geopolitical tensions in Ukraine have had a massive impact on global energy supply chains and prices this year, reminding the world how re...
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has assets frozen in Jersey
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich looks on after their 3-1 win in the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on December 19, 2015 in London, England. Clive Mason ...
JPMorgan, Delta Air Lines, PayPal
The JP Morgan Chase & Co. headquarters, The JP Morgan Chase Tower in Park Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York. Tim Clayton – Corbis | Corbis Sport | Getty Images Check out the companies mak...
To The Moon: Astronaut Scott Kelly Launches Ethereum NFTs to Benefit Ukraine
In brief Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly has released a series of NFTs to benefit Ukraine relief. Some come with physical space gear. Kelly holds various cryptocurrencies. He shared his thoughts ab...
China’s Exports to Russia Slump After Ukraine Invasion
(Bloomberg) — China’s exports to Russia slumped in March after the invasion of Ukraine even as shipments to other nations grew quickly, indicating Chinese companies are likely being cautious abo...
Eastern European Presidents Travel To Kyiv As Support Continues To Flow In For Ukraine
Topline The presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will meet their Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Wednesday, while western military aid continues to stream into Ukrai...
Astronaut Launches 1st NFT, Raises $500K To Help Ukraine Fight Russia
A former NASA astronaut who spent nearly a year on the International Space Station is the latest public figure to release non-fungible tokens. Scott Kelly is launching his first NFT compilation, “Drea...
Belarus-born crypto platform halts operations for Russians in response to invasion of Ukraine
Crypto trading company Currency.com has announced it halted operations for clients based in Russia following the country’s “violence and disorder” imposed on the people of Ukraine. In a Tuesday announ...