KIEV – Ukraine on Sunday started evacuating civilians from Mariupol, a port city in Donetsk, an official said. The evacuation starts at midday local time (1000 GMT), Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko wrote on Facebook. Ukrainian news agency UNIAN reported that buses are heading to Mariupol to evacuate civilians. Earlier, Russian … Read more
LONDON – The head of the UK armed forces Admiral Tony Radkin said on Sunday that it was “unlawful and unhelpful” for Britons to go and fight against Russia in Ukraine. His comments contradict British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who said she supported anyone who wanted to volunteer and follow an appeal for foreign fighters … Read more
MOSCOW – Over 1,100 people in cities across Russia have been detained at protests on Sunday against Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, a monitor said, more than a week after the assault began. OVD-Info, which monitors detentions at opposition protests, said that by around 2:20 pm Moscow time (1120 GMT) on Sunday, 1,103 people had … Read more
In the now-viral-video, a woman plays the piano in the Ukraine war-hit at the Lviv Train Station to “What A Wonderful World‘. Netizens are sobbing after watching it. Despair, wrath, and sadness. It’s mostly gloomy. That is how many people in Ukraine are currently experiencing it as they are forced to leave their childhood homes, … Read more
BENGALURU: Bitcoin miners are feeling the heat – and the pain’s rippling downstream to pressure prices. The cryptocurrency’s spectacular rally in 2021 drew thousands of entrants into mining, or producing new coin. As a result the hashrate, or combined computational power used by bitcoin miners globally, has roughly quadrupled over the past six months to … Read more
KARACHI: The rupee is likely to remain unstable next week due to high volatile international oil prices and country’s external sector weaknesses. The rupee lost 39 paisas against the dollar during the week (February 28-March 4). The benchmark Brent crude topped $120/barrel during the ongoing week but retreated to $111/barrel on Friday. The reports of … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan bourse increased 1.3 per cent during the week ended March 4, 2022, which can largely be attributed to the contribution from the E&P, which gained on account of run up in the crude oil prices, amid the ongoing Russia and Ukraine conflict that has resulted in higher international commodity prices. The Pakistan … Read more
KARACHI: The global economic outlook turned gloomy soon after Russian forces marched into Ukraine. The financial sanctions have rocked Russia’s economy and threaten to fuel further worldwide inflation. The prices of natural gas, oil, and other staples have jumped in the international markets. At the same time, it has rattled global supply chains that are … Read more
WASHINGTON: WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has warned about the “economic impacts” of the war in Ukraine, a major wheat exporter, which will hurt consumers around the world. “There’s going to be a big impact with respect to wheat prices and prices of bread for ordinary people as well,” she said at a virtual event with … Read more
WASHINGTON: Americans saw their incomes climb slightly in the first month of 2022, but the gain was overtaken by rising prices, which increased at their fastest rate in 40 years, according to the government data. Rising energy prices continue to be a key factor driving inflation and global oil prices have been moving steadily higher … Read more
WASHINGTON: Fitch on Friday cut the rating on Ukraine’s government debt to ‘CCC’ from ‘B’; following the Russian invasion of the country, which it said creates a “severe negative shock.” “The military invasion by Russia has resulted in heightened risks to Ukraine’s external and public finances, macro-financial stability and political stability,” Fitch said, noting the … Read more
BEIJING: Continuing geopolitical tensions like those involving Russia and Ukraine have further tightened global energy supplies and are expected to push commodity prices higher, which will make the ongoing fragile global economic recovery more challenging, analysts said. Any escalation in hostilities will likely pose a significant risk to commodity exports and supplies and further inflate … Read more
BEIJNING: The escalating situation in Ukraine will likely push global corn and wheat prices higher and affect China’s agricultural imports from the country, which supplies around 30 per cent of China’s corn imports, though the impact will be limited, industry analysts said on Thursday. In addition, certain trade between China and Ukraine may also be … Read more
“We are a group of 11 people, including 4 Pakistanis and 4 Indians, stranded in a small village on the outskirts of Kherson city [of Ukraine]. We are left to fend for ourselves by our embassy,” said Rehan Shah, a resident of Malakand division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), in a phone call from Ukraine. Shah … Read more
MEDYKA – After leaving Afghanistan a year ago, Ajmal Rahmani believed he had found a haven of peace in Ukraine. This week, he and his family had to flee again — this time to Poland to the sounds of Russian bombs. “I run from one war, come to another country and another war starts. Very … Read more
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has generated an inspiring wave of solidarity around the world, but for many — especially non-White observers — it has been impossible to tune out the racist biases in Western media and politics. Western media is covering the Ukrainian crisis with blatant racism. Numerous Western news outlets have aired views and … Read more
New Delhi – When an Indian student was killed in shelling in Ukraine, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram asked the government to “stop its verbal balancing act” and demand “loudly and bravely” that Russia immediately stop the bombing, which is putting the lives of Indians too in danger. The Congress also stepped up its attack … Read more
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States, which repeatedly promised to protect Kyiv, has again come into the spotlight because it continues to add fuel to the fire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video speech complained that the Western countries have abandoned his country. Some Western netizens even asked: Where has the … Read more
There is a longstanding custom in US politics that, whatever squabbles are dominating the domestic agenda, Democrats and Republicans rally around the flag when crisis looms overseas. But the threat of war in Ukraine is severely testing Congress’s traditional role as a foreign policy partner to the White House as lawmakers, hobbled by bitter factionalism, … Read more
ABUJA – A first batch of more than 400 Nigerians who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion were flown home on Friday. The group, most of whom were students, arrived shortly after 0630 GMT on a chartered flight from Romania’s capital Bucharest, one of the hubs from where African governments are scrambling to extract stranded … Read more
MOSCOW – Russian lawmakers approved legislation Friday to impose fines and harsh jail terms for publishing “fake news” about the army — the latest move to silence dissent one week after Moscow launched the invasion of Ukraine. The bill sets out jail terms of varying lengths and fines against people who publish “knowingly false information” … Read more
KYIV – Russian troops attacked Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on Friday, setting part of the Ukrainian facility ablaze in an assault the country’s leader branded “nuclear terror” and said could endanger the continent. After hours of uncertainty throughout the night, local authorities reported the fire was extinguished at dawn. They had earlier reported that … Read more
Needless to say, music is an essential component of a fashion show. The music style chosen can help to complement the designer’s collection and set the tone for the entire evening. During the recent Milan fashion show, however, there was complete silence as models strutted down the catwalk. Why, you might ask? To show his … Read more
PARIS – From wars in Chechnya to Syria, Vladimir Putin has overseen military campaigns that have inflicted vast and often indiscriminate damage on civilian infrastructure, raising fears he might repeat the tactics in Ukraine, observers say. With his latest invasion seen by Western officials as going more slowly than expected, they see him turning increasingly … Read more
GENEVA – The UN said Wednesday that it had recorded nearly 230 civilian deaths in Ukraine, including 15 children, since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, warning that the true toll was likely far higher. The UN rights office, OHCHR, said it had registered 752 civilian casualties in Ukraine, including 227 people killed and 525 people wounded, between February … Read more
BUCHAREST – Romania’s military was mourning Thursday separate helicopter and fighter jet crashes in bad weather near the Black Sea that killed eight personnel in its deadliest incident in years. The EU country is on the front line in strengthening NATO’s eastern flank following Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine and has seen US and European military … Read more
STOCKHOLM – Swedish furniture giant Ikea said Thursday it would suspend its activities in Russia and Belarus, affecting nearly 15,000 employees, 17 stores and three production sites, in response to the war in Ukraine. Read More: France seizes superyacht linked to Russian energy boss Sechin “The war has had a huge human impact already. It is also resulting in … Read more
MOSCOW – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday accused Western politicians of fixating on nuclear war, one week after Moscow launched the invasion of Ukraine. “It’s clear that World War Three can only be a nuclear war,” Lavrov said in an online interview with Russian and foreign media. “I would like to point out that … Read more
