Global News
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Ukraine-Russia first talks show no progress
The first talks aimed at halting the Russian invasion were eclipsed by a deadly Russian rocket assault on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, and may have included internationally banned cluster munitions, killing nine civilians and wounding dozens
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Shell to dump Gazprom as BP says will sell Rosneft stake
The announcement came after UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said more than three million Russian companies, including Gazprom, would be unable to access funding from London-based financial institutions because of new sanctions
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Meta says it shut down influence, hacking campaigns targeting Ukraine
The hacking campaigns were tied to people in Russia and Ukraine, as well as to a hacking group affiliated with Belarus, executives of Facebook's parent company said
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Ukraine agrees to talks with Russia but fighting still rages
Even as Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, agreed to send a delegation to meet with Russian officials near the border with Belarus, he made it clear that he expected little to come of it
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Putin orders nuclear alert as Ukraine fiercely resists Russian invasion
Putin ordered Sunday Russia's nuclear forces onto high alert in response to what he called "unfriendly" steps by the West. Russia has the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weapons and a huge cache of ballistic missiles
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1889 Russian flu that could hold they the key to Covid-19's future
In May 1889, people living in Bukhara, a city that was then part of the Russian Empire, began sickening and dying. Some of the infected described an odd symptom: a loss of smell and taste. Those who recovered reported lingering exhaustion
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Comedian to wartime president: Volodymyr Zelenskyy steps into a role few expected
As the threat of war lurked on February 24, 2022, he first addressed 44 million citizens of Ukraine, and then turned his attention to 144 million Russians next door. An impassioned bid to save his country didn't work, and in hours, the former comedian and actor was a wartime president
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Cut 'all links' between Russia and global financial system: EU
European Union leaders spoke about isolating Russia financially and dry up its financing in further sanctions; removing the Kremlin from SWIFT system 'on the table' too
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Missing in US, EU sanctions: A reprisal that could hurt Russia the most
The European Union is Russia's largest trading partner, with 70 percent Russian gas exports and half of its oil exports going to Europe. Now, EU leaders are caught between wanting to punish Russia for its aggression and protecting its own economy
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Russia enters Ukraine capital Kyiv; West condemns invasion
More than 100 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed by Russian forces invading its neighbouring country, while explosions were heard in Kyiv, the capital city
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Did Elon Musk violate insider trading rules? US probes
The Securities and Exchange Commission reportedly launched its probe after Musk's brother Kimbal sold $108 million in Tesla stock last year, just a day before a significant drop in the electric car maker's share price, which was catalysed by Tesla CEO's now infamous tweet