Ukraine
The second-half is ‘not looking good’: Strategists on how to weather the market storm
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), June 27, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The first half of 2022 was historically dismal for global stock markets, and strategists think there are dark clouds on the horizon and some way to go before the storm blows over. The S&P 500 […]
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Russian forces shift target to Donetsk as Zelenskyy vows Ukraine will win back captured Luhansk
A grain silo destroyed by Russian airstrikes in the Donbas. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated troops for “liberating” Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk province after several weeks of brutal fighting. A huge proportion of the area’s infrastructure, including residential buildings, is destroyed, and numerous civilians have been killed, […]
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Turkey’s annual inflation soars to almost 79%
Shoppers stroll the aisles of a bazaar in Konya, Turkey. The country is experiencing brutal inflation, with food and non-alcoholic beverage prices rising 70.3% year over year for March. Diego Cupolo | Nurphoto | Getty Images Inflation in Turkey rose close to 79% last month, the highest the country has seen in a quarter of […]
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Russian forces turn firepower on Donetsk after capturing Luhansk; Zelenskyy vows Ukraine will win back its land
Russia’s ‘grinding and attritional’ tactics in the Donbas unlikely to change, UK says Britain’s Ministry of Defense has said that Russian forces, having seized the Luhansk province in the Donbas after weeks of intense shelling, are likely to employ the same tactics to seize Donetsk Scott Olson | Getty Images Britain’s Ministry of Defense has […]
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The G-7 is considering a price cap on Russian oil. But energy analysts think it’s impossible
The G7 has floated the idea of an oil price cap, but experts are doubtful about how effective this would be. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The world’s seven-largest industrialized economies have floated the idea of a price cap on Russian oil to further squeeze the Kremlin’s ability to fund its onslaught […]
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The Quad is going beyond military exercises — and China is watching
Over the years, the Quad has been incorrectly called an “Asian NATO,” especially when it comes to security concerns about another big power in the region — China. The Quad, or the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, comprises four big, democratic economies: the United States, Japan, India and Australia. Over the years, the Quad has been incorrectly […]
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Russian defence minister tells Putin Ukraine’s Luhansk region has been ‘liberated’
A Ukrainian soldier on a destroyed Russian tank on the frontline in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine, on June 09, 2022. Diego Herrera Carcedo | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin that all of Ukraine’s Luhansk region had been “liberated” by Russian and separatist forces, the defence ministry said […]
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Blasts kill three in Russian city near border; Ukraine concedes last eastern bastian could fall
At least three people were killed and dozens of homes damaged in the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukraine border, the regional governor said on Sunday, as Kyiv acknowledged it could lose its last big bastion in eastern Ukraine to Kremlin forces. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported a number of blasts in the city of […]
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Russia’s messages with missiles tell West to back off
The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian firepower rained down on civilians in a busy shopping mall far from the front lines of a war in its fifth month. The timing was not likely a coincidence. While much of the attritional war in Ukraine’s east is hidden from sight, the […]
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Blasts rock Ukraine’s Mykolaiv after Russian missiles kill 21 near Odesa
An aerial view of rescue workers carrying out operations after the Russian missile attacks where a number of people died in Serhiivka district of Odessa, Ukraine on July 1, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Powerful explosions rocked the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv early on Saturday, the mayor said, a day after […]
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