World
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New Massive Sanctions: German Foreign Minister Says, "This will Ruin Russia"
2022-02-25 18:54:46 UTC
BERLIN/ Brussels — German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is warning that the world would "not forget this days of shame." "Germany is stunned, but not helpless," she said, EU to announce a package of new "massive sanctions."
It’s about economic sanctions, but also sanctions “against those who are responsible for this terrible t...
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European Union to Freeze Assets of Putin, Sergey Lavrov
2022-02-25 19:43:23 UTC
BRUSSELS — Latvia’s foreign minister says the European Union has agreed to freeze the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov along with other sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine. The US follows the European Union plans to target Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with sanctions as...
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Ukrainians Wake to Attack, Russian Rockets Hit Kyiv
2022-02-25 05:01:44 UTC
KYIV, Ukraine — Explosions are being heard before dawn in Kyiv as Western leaders scheduled an emergency meeting and Ukraine’s president pleads for international help.
The nature of the explosions was not immediately clear, but the blasts came amid signs that the capital and largest Ukrainian city was increasingly threatened followi...
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Ukraine Enters Second Day Under Russian Attack
2022-02-25 01:59:23 UTC
Kyiv — Russian forces continue a full-scale assault on Ukraine, as its military attacks the country from the north, east and south. People in the capital, Kyiv, are spending the night in underground shelters amid air-raid warnings.
Thousands have been trying to flee and seek safety in neighboring countries.
Ukrainian President V...
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Bloodthirsty Putin Hunts Ukrainian President Zelensky as Target No.1
2022-02-25 01:33:37 UTC
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he believes that Russian sabotage groups have entered the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
In a video statement late Thursday, Zelensky said: "According to our information, the enemy marked me as target No. 1, my family, as target No. 2. They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destro...
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Putin, Enemy Number One of Europe Invades Ukraine on Many Fronts
2022-02-24 23:41:44 UTC
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides in an attack that could rewrite the global post-Cold War security order. Ukraine’s government pleaded for help as civilians piled into trains and cars to ...
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Biden Unveils New Sanctions Against Russia
2022-02-24 19:32:21 UTC
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a new round of sanctions targeting Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, charging that Russian leader Vladimir Putin “chose this war” and that his country will bear the consequences of his action.
The sanctions target Russian banks, oligarchs and high-tech sectors, Biden sa...
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Germany: Putin Has Exposed Himself as A Lier
2022-02-24 12:02:20 UTC
BERLIN — German Finance Minister Christian Lindner described the Russian attack as one “nightmare.” “Putin has exposed himself as a liar. Together with our partners from the EU, NATO and G7, we stand in solidarity with Ukraine” Lindner wrote on Twitter on Thursday. The Kremlin will experience tough sanctions.
“Hope is gone this morn...
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EU Calls Putin's Military Action, a “Barbaric Attack”
2022-02-24 11:23:34 UTC
BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders expressed a raw outrage shrouded by an impotence to immediately come to the aid of Ukraine to avoid a major war in Europe, condemning Russia’s attack on its neighbor as the European Union and others promised unprecedented sanctions to hit the Kremlin.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen c...
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Putin's Barbarity Prompts Calls For World to Act
2022-02-24 08:00:01 UTC
TOKYO (AP) — As Russian troops attacked Ukraine, world leaders reacted Thursday with outrage — one called it “an unjustified barbarian act” — and vowed to both tighten sanctions and hold the Kremlin accountable.
The turmoil from the beginning of a long-feared act of aggression rippled from Europe to Asia. Stock markets plunged, oil ...
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Russia Launches Missile Strikes on Ukrainian Airports
2022-02-24 05:58:31 UTC
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions, warning other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to “consequences you have never seen.”
Big explosions were heard before dawn in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Ode...
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Russia Invades Ukraine, Powerful Explosions Rock Kyiv
2022-02-24 04:48:47 UTC
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to “consequences they have never seen.”
He said the attack was needed to protect civilians in eastern Ukraine – a claim the U.S. had predicte...
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California's Economy Is Twice as Big as Russia's
2022-02-24 00:01:37 UTC
Washington — On Tuesday afternoon, U.S. President Joe Biden gave a brief speech announcing the first round of sanctions since Russia’s most recent invasion of Ukraine, and promising there would be more to come if the aggression does not cease and deescalate.
Several hours later, Biden held a virtual event entitled “Roundtable on Sec...
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Lies and Fabrications Behind Russian Invasion of Ukraine
2022-02-23 23:10:31 UTC
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin said rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine asked Russia for military assistance Wednesday to help fend off Ukrainian “aggression” while Ukraine declared a nationwide state of emergency amid growing fears of an all-out invasion by Russian troops.
The announcement from Moscow immediately fueled fears that t...
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Pressure on UEFA to Strip Russia of Champions League Final
2022-02-23 20:43:26 UTC
Pressure is building on Europe’s top soccer body, the UEFA, to renege on a deal with St. Petersburg to host the Champions League final in May in light of Russia’s slow-motion invasion of eastern Ukraine.
An estimated 400 million people tune in to watch the annual pinnacle of club competition in Europe, a good four times the number o...
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Ukraine Urges More Sanctions Against Putin: Hit Hard, Hit Now
2022-02-23 23:18:33 UTC
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s top diplomat wants to see tougher sanctions slapped on Russia over its aggressive posture toward his country.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Wednesday on Twitter: “To stop Putin from further aggression, we call on partners to impose more sanctions on Russia now.”
He expressed thanks for in...
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Germany Stops Nord Stream 2: Putin's Actions "Unjustified"
2022-02-22 13:06:56 UTC
Berlin — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz put the certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany on ice, a measure widely considered the toughest Europe is likely to take against Moscow at this stage.
"We must reassess the situation, in particular regarding Nord Stream 2," Scholz told a news conference with the ...
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US Representative: Putin's Goal Is to Take Over All of Ukraine
2022-02-22 01:55:05 UTC
Following Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to order Russian troops into two separatist pro-Moscow regions in eastern Ukraine, Rep. Ted Lieu said Putin's actions and words show "his goal and intent is to take over all of Ukraine."
"This action by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin further confirms that [GOP Sen.] Mitt Romn...
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Putin Orders Forces to Enter Eastern Ukraine
2022-02-21 22:59:15 UTC
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered forces Monday to “maintain peace” in separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, hours after the Kremlin recognized the area’s independence. The announcement raised fears that an invasion was imminent, if not already underway.
The Kremlin decree, spelled out in an order signed by Put...
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US, EU Announce Sanctions on Russia, Targeting Separatists in Ukraine
2022-02-21 23:09:25 UTC
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is ordering forces to maintain peace in eastern Ukraine. But it is not immediately clear whether or when troops would enter the country.
The announcement follows a day of fast-moving developments in which Putin announced the recognition of separatist regions in Ukraine....
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Russia Will Lose Its Future The Day it Invades Ukraine
2022-02-20 21:15:39 UTC
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia extended military drills near Ukraine’s northern borders Sunday amid increased fears that two days of sustained shelling along the contact line between soldiers and Russa-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine could spark an invasion. Ukraine’s president appealed for a cease-fire.
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Putin Announces Partial Withdrawal of Troops From Ukraine Border
2022-02-15 18:57:08 UTC
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday he welcomed a security dialogue with the West as his military reported pulling back some of its troops near Ukraine — signals that may indicate the Kremlin has opted for a diplomatic path for now despite Western fears of an imminent Russian invasion of its neighbor.
Putin s...
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Giant Slalom: Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Disqualified
2022-02-07 03:53:11 UTC
BEIJING (AP) — Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin’s first trip down the race hill at the Beijing Games lasted just five turns and mere seconds Monday, ending in a disqualification from the opening leg of the giant slalom that she called “a huge disappointment.”
The seventh racer on a course known as The Ice River at the...
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Culture of Sexual Abuse in US Women’s Prison, 'The Rape Club'
2022-02-07 03:36:37 UTC
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inside one of the only federal women’s prisons in the United States, inmates say they have been subjected to rampant sexual abuse by correctional officers and even the warden, and were often threatened or punished when they tried to speak up.
Prisoners and workers at the federal correctional institution in Dublin, ...
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Winter Olympics to Open Under Unprecedented Conditions
2022-02-04 16:25:38 UTC
BEIJING (AP) — China, which used its first Olympics to amplify its international aspirations, invited the world back Friday — sort of — for the pandemic era’s second Games, this time as an emboldened and more powerful nation whose government’s authoritarian turn provoked some countries’ leaders into staying home.
Chinese President X...