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WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in prison by Russian court
US’ Women’s National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, waits for the verdict inside a defendants’ cage before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022. Evgenia Novozhenina | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – A Russian […]
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Russian ‘strike force’ builds around Zelenskyy’s hometown; fears grow for ‘out of control’ nuclear power plant
Russian ‘strike force’ building to target Zelenskyy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is looking increasingly vulnerable with Ukraine saying Russia is building a military “strike force” to target the industrial city in central-southern Ukraine. Early Thursday, Ukraine’s southern military command saying the situation in its operational area […]
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UN Secretary General urges governments to tax ‘immoral’ oil and gas profits
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the 2022 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York City on August 1, 2022. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged governments on Wednesday to tax excessive […]
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‘It’s just hell’: Ukraine says Russia has the advantage in battle for the Donbas; grain ship safely arrives in Turkey
First grain shipment out of Ukraine in months reaches Turkey safely The first grain ship to leave Ukraine in months has arrived safely in Turkish waters, where it will be inspected before it continues its journey to Lebanon. The shipment comes after a deal was brokered between Russia and Ukraine by Turkey and the United […]
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U.S. fears Russia is using a ‘nuclear shield’ in Ukraine; Zelenskyy calls grain shipment a ‘positive signal’
BP’s Gelsenkirchen plant no longer uses Russian crude Shares of BP are up over 20% year-to-date. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Amid its second-quarter earnings update Tuesday, BP CEO Bernard Looney said that the firm’s refinery in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, no longer uses Russian crude, down from 50%. Oil majors have been one of […]
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Ukraine’s first grain shipment in months leaves port; Putin says navy will be armed with hypersonic missiles
Putin says Russia’s navy will get new hypersonic missiles soon Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Navy Day Parade on July, 31 2022, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Planned Navy Day celebrations in Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea were canceled on Sunday after officials accused Ukraine of carrying out a drone attack on the Black Sea Fleet’s […]
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Ukraine denies missile strike on Donbas prison; Wagner fighters given front-line duties, UK says
Ukraine denies carrying out missile strike on prisoner camp Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed Friday that 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed and 75 wounded in a strike on a detention center in the town of Olenivka, in Russian-controlled Donetsk. NBC News was not able to immediately verify the Russian claim. Ukraine officials have […]
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Ukraine’s counter-offensive in Kherson ‘gathering momentum’; UK advisor warns of nuclear risk
U.K. advisor warns of accidental nuclear escalation Stephen Lovegrove, the U.K.’s national security advisor, warned of the accidental escalation of a nuclear war with Russia or China, saying that global communication channels from the Cold War are no longer available. “The Cold War’s two monolithic blocks of the USSR and NATO – though not without […]
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Biden administration makes offer to Russia for release of WNBA star Griner, ex-Marine Whelan
US WNBA basketball superstar Brittney Griner arrives to a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow on July 27, 2022. Kirill Kudryavtsev | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The United States has made an offer to the Russian government for the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Secretary of […]
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Ukrainian forces reportedly attack key Russian supply route into occupied Kherson; Moscow wages gas ‘price terror’ on Europe
Yellen discusses price cap on Russian oil with UK’s Nadhim Zahawi US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference in Bali on July 14, 2022. U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen highlighted a proposed price cap on Russian oil on a call with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi on Tuesday, […]
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