Accounting firms KPMG and PwC to exit Russia
Two of the Big Four accounting firms KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) on Sunday said they will no longer have a member firm in Russia due to the country’s ...
Oil should not be paid for with “blood of Ukraine”, Lithuania tells Blinken (Update 1)
Lithuania called for an embargo on Russian energy sales on Monday, telling U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that oil and gas should not be paid for with the “...
Euro slides as war in Ukraine stokes inflationary shock
The euro tumbled to a fresh 22-month low on the dollar while commodity currencies were swept to multi-month peaks as war in Ukraine sent oil prices spiking and stoked fears ...
U.S., European allies discuss banning imports of Russian oil
The United States and European allies are exploring banning imports of Russian oil, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday, and the White House coordinated with key ...
EU asks U.N. watchdog to safeguard Ukraine’s nuclear plants (Updated)
The European Union has asked the U.N. nuclear watchdog to safeguard Ukraine’s nuclear plants, two of which are now under Russian control, and mobilise international help in case ...
Residents fleeing town near Kyiv caught in shelling
Ukrainians fleeing the town of Irpin just outside Kyiv were caught in shelling by Russian forces on Sunday and forced to dive for cover, Reuters witnesses said.
Irpin, some 25 km (16 ...
Stop fighting, Putin tells Ukraine, as fighting blocks evacuation efforts (Update 4)
Persistent fighting blocked efforts to evacuate 200,000 people from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol for a second day in a row on Sunday as Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to ...
American Express suspends operations in Russia and Belarus
American Express Co AXP.N said on Sunday it was suspending all operations in Russia and Belarus, joining a growing number of Western corporations to boycott business there over Moscow’...
More than 4,300 detained at anti-war protests in Russia (Update 4)
Police detained more than 4,300 people on Sunday at Russia-wide protests against President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to an independent protest monitoring group.
Thousands of protesters chanted “No ...
The Ukrainian crisis and Cyprus
The response by some political parties has been shocking
By Christos P. Panayiotides
Ukraine is the second largest European country, with an area of 600 thousand square kilometres and a population ...
Ukrainians fleeing fighting arrive in Poland in record numbers
Record numbers of refugees headed into Poland from Ukraine with the total number expected to surpass 1 million later on Sunday, as Russian forces continued shelling Ukraine’s cities.
Polish border ...
Our strength is our unity
Putin Chose War. We Stand with Ukraine
By Judith Garber
This is a dangerous moment for Europe and all freedom-loving people around the world. By launching his brutal assault on ...
U.S. sees ‘very credible reports’ of deliberate attacks on civilians in Ukraine
The United States has seen “very credible reports” of deliberate attacks on civilians, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday, adding that Washington was documenting these reports ...
Does Putin’s suspected steroid addiction explain some of his actions?
It was my wife Tina who noticed it first, a couple of weeks ago. Her father Charl, a clever, gentle man whom we all loved, was addicted to steroids – a ...
The danger of nuclear contamination over Europe
There is an urgent need to open lines of communication and bring this war to an end
By Alper Ali Riza
Ukraine has been pleading for help from Nato and ...
From chef to IT expert, Ukrainian men take crash course in fighting
Before Russia launched its assault on Ukraine, Andriy Senkiv was a pacifist who blogged about sport and had never held a gun in his life.
Eleven days later, the 27-year-old ...
From bombarded basement, Mariupol mayor tries to help besieged residents flee
A few weeks ago, the mayor of Mariupol, Vadym Boichenko, was working on a plan to revitalise the Ukrainian port city, appearing at public meetings in shirt and tie to ...
Evacuation of Ukraine’s Mariupol fails again, stranding civilians under siege (Update 6)
An attempt to evacuate residents from the besieged southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol collapsed for a second day on Sunday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said, blaming ...
Raab: Conflict to last months, if not years, talk of Russian nuclear escalation ‘rhetoric and brinkmanship’ (Update 2)
The conflict in Ukraine is set to last months, if not years, Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday, adding international allies would need to show “strategic ...
How the war in Ukraine is changing Europe
Remembering the past, looking to the future
By Matt Fitzpatrick
Both sides in this war have plundered history. Vladimir Putin claims to be replaying the second world war by “denazifying” ...
Ukraine says over 11,000 Russian troops killed, Moscow says Kyiv building ‘dirty bomb’ (Update 1)
More than 11,000 Russian troops have been killed since Moscow launched an invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, the Ukrainian armed forces’ general staff said on Sunday.
A day earlier, it put ...
Ukraine health centres have been attacked, WHO chief says
The World Health Organization has confirmed “several” attacks on health care centres in Ukraine and is investigating others, the agency’s chief said on Sunday.
The attacks caused multiple deaths ...
Global banks face costly, arduous process to exit Russia
Global banks face an arduous and costly process if they decide to close businesses in Russia, banking sources and experts say, complicating decisions over whether they should withdraw.
Sanctions placed ...
Commodity supplies at risk after Russia invades Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of new Western sanctions against Russia have fuelled fears about supplies of key commodities produced and exported by Russian companies.
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