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President JOE BIDEN is billed to meet with Chief Executive Officers and labour union leaders as part of his administration’s latest push for legislation to boost the U.S. semiconductor industry. The White House, which announced the virtual meeting in an update to Biden’s public schedule, did not identify meeting participants. However, the presidential media team […]
Poland and Bulgaria have accused Moscow of “blackmail” after the Russian energy giant Gazprom said it had cut off gas exports to the countries. Poland’s deputy foreign minister, MARCIN PRZYDACZ, told reporters that Russia was seeking to “foster divisions” between Western allies. European Union Commission President URSULA VON DER LEYEN said the move showed Russia’s […]
Russia has launched the long-awaited all-out assault on east Ukraine. The troops seized Kreminna, a frontline town of eighteen thousand people in Luhansk, seizing its first town after unleashing thousands of troops in what Ukraine has described as the Battle of the Donbas. Ukraine also described the campaign as an assault which the Russian forces […]
Twitter has limited content from more than 300 official Russian government accounts, including that of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The accounts will no longer be recommended in timelines, notifications or elsewhere on the site, Twitter said.The accounts have previously been criticised for spreading misinformation during the Ukraine war, but unlike tweets from Russian state-affiliated media […]
Foreign ministers from the world’s largest economies have condemned Russia’s “brutal war” in Ukraine after meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart. In a statement, the G7 ministers said “massacres” carried out in Bucha and other parts of Ukraine were severe violations of international law. Ukraine is asking for new supplies of weapons to hold back a […]
There are reports that Czech Republic is sending armoured tanks to war-torn Ukraine. The Czech Defence Minister, JANA CERNOCHOVA, appeared to have confirmed this in a series of post on Twitter. This was after a social media post showed T-72 tanks and armoured vehicles loaded on flatbed railway wagons, apparently in the Czech Republic. However, […]
Tesla Chief Executive Officer, ELON MUSK has acquired a 9.2 per cent stake in social media platform, Twitter, making him its largest shareholder. This was revealed in the US Securities and Exchange Commission 13G filing released by MUSK which indicates that the stake is worth 2.89 billion dollars, based on Twitter’s closing price last Friday. […]
Russian President VLADIMIR PUTIN has signed a decree introducing visa restrictions for citizens of countries that Moscow deems “unfriendly” in response to sanctions over Ukraine. The decree, which comes into force on Monday, suspends Russia’s simplified visa issuance regime with some European Union countries as well as Norway, Switzerland, Denmark and Iceland. It also ordered […]
Ukraine’s government is sending dozens of buses to Mariupol, in a fresh effort to evacuate people and deliver humanitarian aid.Russia has declared a one-day ceasefire in the heavily-bombed port city, but there is skepticism if it will hold since up to 170,000 people remain trapped.Meanwhile, the head of defence alliance NATO said Russian units are […]
The Kremlin has played down hopes of a breakthrough following talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegates in Istanbul yesterday. Spokesman DMITRY PESKOV said there was nothing very promising said or any breakthroughs achieved.Russia also said it would pull back forces from Kyiv and another city, Chernihiv, but the country’s chief negotiator revealed the position on […]
