Catastrophe
Turkey wants to be neutral in the Ukraine war. But a treaty from 1936 has it on a tightrope
A Russian submarine passes Istanbul as it transits the Bosporus in February 2022. Turkey is the gatekeeper between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Ozan Kose | Afp | Getty Images There’s a Turkish saying, “Did your ships sink in the Black Sea?” The expression is asked when a person is lost in thought, trying […]
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Op-ed: The four big threats to China’s economy
William Rhodes and Stuart Mackintosh have identified four distinct but overlapping economic risks for China. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images The following commentary is co-authored by William R. Rhodes, CEO of William R. Rhodes Global Advisors, former chairman and CEO of Citibank, and author of “Banker to the World: Leadership Lessons from […]
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Besieged Mariupol rejects Russia’s surrender ultimatum as deadline passes
Ukraine says Russia seizing food, goods to send back home A service member of pro-Russian troops in uniform without insignia is seen atop of a tank during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 18, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters Ukraine’s armed forces said in an update Monday morning that […]
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Missile strikes near Ukraine’s western city Lviv; Biden to speak with China’s Xi
Missiles hit western city of Lviv Several missiles hit an aircraft repair center on the outskirts of Lviv, western Ukraine, the city’s mayor said Friday. The attack suggests Russian forces are continuing to widen their attack. Many Ukrainians have fled their homes elsewhere in the country to the relative safety of Lviv. The city’s mayor, […]
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Fate of hundreds of civilians in bombed Mariupol theater unclear; Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls out German lawmakers
U.S. Defense Secretary Austin says enforcing a no-fly zone would mean ‘combat’ with Russia U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and Slovakia’s Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad attend a news conference in the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 17, 2022. Radovan Stoklasa | Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reiterated […]
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Biden calls Putin a ‘war criminal’; NATO chief demands Russia stop the war
Russian invasion ‘largely stalled on all fronts,’ says UK ministry Russian forces have made “minimal” progress in their invasion of Ukraine in recent days and continue to suffer heavy losses, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said Thursday. “The Russian invasion of Ukraine has largely stalled on all fronts,” including land, sea and air, the ministry […]
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Anonymous declared a ‘cyber war’ against Russia. Here are the results
Though a flood of claims by hacking groups followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, one study shows most made by Anonymous check out. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images More than three weeks ago, a popular Twitter account named “Anonymous” declared that the shadowy activist group was waging a “cyber war” against Russia. Since then, the […]
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Biden heading to Brussels for NATO meeting; two Fox News journalists killed in Ukraine
Tue, Mar 15 202211:18 PM EDT Russia military ‘struggling’ to conduct operations as losses mount Russia is transferring troops to Ukraine from as far away as its Pacific Fleet and is recruiting more mercenaries as it tries to replace lost personnel, according to an assessment from the U.K. Defence Ministry. “As a result of these […]
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A guide to what Russia and Ukraine want from talks — and where the red lines are
A fireman embraces a woman outside a damaged apartment building in Kyiv on March 15, 2022, after strikes on residential areas killed at least two people, Ukraine emergency services said as Russian troops intensified their attacks on the Ukrainian capital. Aris Messinis | AFP | Getty Images As Russian forces pummel towns, villages and cities […]
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Russia-Ukraine talks done for the day; EU agrees to fresh sanctions
Mon, Mar 14 20228:39 PM EDT Anti-war protester in studio disrupts live Russian state TV news The evening news broadcast on the main Russian news channel, Channel 1 is seen on a laptop as it is interrupted by a woman protesting the war in Ukraine in this illustration photo on 15 March, 2022 in Warsaw, […]
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