The crisis in Ukraine was high on many people’s list of concerns when the Pentagon released its Fiscal Year 2023 budget request on March 31. But while Pentagon briefers of course mentioned the Russian...
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China vows ‘necessary measures’ to defend investors amid Western pressure to take sides in Russia-Ukraine war
China hit back at Western pressure to choose a side in the prolonged Russia-Ukraine war, with Beijing insisting it will take “necessary measures” to defend the legitimate interest of Chine...
Google suspends monetization of pro-war content
Google recently sent a message to all AdSense publishers warning that, due to the war in Ukraine, monetization of “content that exploits, ignores or justifies war” is being paused. Google AdSense stop...
NFT and Crypto Projects Which are Helping the War Effort
Ukraine: The sliver lining of the ongoing war is the worldwide response to Ukrainians, says Kurt Ivy. In spite of the massive love and support, Ukraine’s cities are still under the bombardment of Russ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Russia-Ukraine war means there’ll be no return to normality for Europe
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish President Andrzej Duda attend a news conference ahead of a Weimar Triangle meeting to discuss the ongoing Ukraine crisis, in ...
Russian Journalist Who Protested War On Air Hired By German Media Outlet
Topline German newspaper Die Welt said on Monday it has hired Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who protested Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine during a television broadcast on state television, ...
Ukraine War Not Driving Crypto Market Activity, Says Blockchain Firm
Russians are moving out of Russia and taking their money with them, but crypto has not yet felt the effects, according to blockchain data. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine precipitated a mass exodus from ...
Russia-Ukraine war has limited impact on Europe vacation bookings
Travelers booking luxury trips to Europe have not canceled amid the Ukraine war, says travel advisor Jessica Griscavage of Runway Travel. Pictured, Grignan, France. Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Image...
How digital assets make a difference amid a war
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has become a stress test for crypto in many tangible ways. Digital assets have emerged as an effective means of directly supporting humanitarian efforts, and the crypto...
Ukraine War Adds To Auto Industry Gloom As Sales Forecasts Slashed Again
Luxury vehicles, like this Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV, will perform better than mass-market cars as … [+] sales come under pressure. getty 2022 was supposed to herald a return to normality for car...
South America’s Newest Oil Boom Is Gaining A War Time Boost
President Joe Biden’s decision to ban Russian energy imports to the U.S. is boosting the outlook for South America’s newest oil-producing nation Guyana as well as neighboring Suriname. The deeply impo...
Why Russia Doesn’t Want to Default—Even in a Time of War
Behind the fight over whether Russia should be allowed to pay off its debts is an age-old issue: Borrowers, even in times of war, want to keep their reputations for making investors whole. The U.S. Tr...
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Warns of Global Economic Impact of War in Ukraine
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen alerted that Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine “will have enormous economic repercussion for the world.” She added that the US authorities plan to impo...
The stock market is behaving a lot like it did during the Iraq war. Here’s the future if the pattern continues.
History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme. The Iraq war of 2003 doesn’t have many parallels to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, other than perhaps global unpopularity. But there seems to be at least one ...
Gasoline, Price Gouging, War, The Economy, (And The Midterm Election)
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FOSSIL FREE MEDIA – Protesters stand outside the Rayburn House Office … [+] Building holding a Big Oil is Profiteering from War sign before the start of a House Energ...
Ukraine Prepares to Sell off Donated NFTs to Fund War Effort
Ukraine is launching a website to sell around 300 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) received as donations in support of the country’s resistance to its invasion by Russia. Around 5-10% of the NFTs are consid...
The $120 Billion Global Grain Trade Is Being Redrawn by Russia’s War in Ukraine
(Bloomberg) — Across Ukraine’s farm belt, silos are bursting with 15 million tons of corn from the autumn harvest, most of which should have been hitting world markets. Most Read from Bloomberg ...
Watch Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speak live on the global financial system
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies Wednesday before the House Financial Ser...
Ukrainian Prosecutors Are Investigating Nearly 4,700 Alleged War Crimes By Russian Forces
Topline Ukrainian officials on Tuesday said they have opened an investigation into alleged torture and killing of civilians by Russian forces in the city of Bucha near Kyiv as the total tally of alleg...
Versace, Jimmy Choo And Michael Kors Parent Company To Donate Designer Goods To Ukrainian War Victims
Ukrainian refugees walk a bridge at the buffer zone with the border with Poland in the border … [+] crossing of Zosin-Ustyluh, western Ukraine on March 6, 2022. – Over 1.5 million refugees...
Crypto Hedge Fund CEO Su Zhu Predicts Global Adoption of Digital Assets Following Ukraine War
Crypto hedge fund veteran Su Zhu thinks widespread adoption of cryptocurrencies is inevitable as macro events accelerate use-case scenarios for blockchain technologies. In a new episode of the Uncommo...
The Russian Invasion, Cyber War, And Global Supply Chains
A close-up on an abstract design of a display, which is warning about a cyber attack. Multiple rows … [+] of hexadecimal code are interrupted by red glowing warnings and single character exclama...
U.S. Switchblades And Pumas Join Ukraine War
The Pentagon has approved a second batch of arms for Ukraine, including Switchblade loitering munitions and a variety of other equipment including night vision gear, Humvees and small-caliber ammuniti...