Oil rises as uncertainty around supply persists

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April 5 (Reuters) – Oil futures rose in early trading on Tuesday as the potential for more sanctions following alleged war crimes by Russian troops in Ukraine added to concerns about supply disruptions, while Iran nuclear talks stalled. Brent crude … Read More

White House: US to Take In 100,000 Ukrainian Refugees

The White House announced Thursday plans for the United States to welcome as many as 100,000 Ukrainians and others fleeing the Russian invasion of the eastern European nation. In a statement on its website, the White House said the plan … Read More

Israel’s ‘Clean Break’ From US Gathering Momentum – OpEd

When the Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey last week and reached an initial understanding regarding a list of countries that could serve as security guarantors for Kyiv should a final agreement be struck, Israel appeared on the list. … Read More

Germany reports rise in attacks against Russian, Ukrainian migrants

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BERLIN, April 5 (Reuters) – Attacks against Russian and Ukrainian migrants in Germany have risen since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in remarks made available on Tuesday. Faeser told the Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung … Read More

Russia is finished as a major energy power

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WASHINGTON/KYIV — Russia looms large in world energy markets. It supplies 40 per cent of the gas consumed in the European Union, and this is a particularly important economic issue for Germany, Italy, and Austria. But Russia’s global energy footprint … Read More

NATO sees no signs of Russian troop withdrawal in Ukraine

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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Russian military forces are not pulling back from Kyiv and other cities, as announced by the Kremlin, Reuters reported. “According to our intelligence, Russian units are not withdrawing but repositioning. Russia is trying to regroup, … Read More

Open border with Ukraine is crime threat, France warns

Foreign mobsters, illicit weapons, and drugs could enter the EU on the back of the Ukraine war posing a threat to law and order in the bloc. “The heads of criminal organisations could take advantage of the situation to enter … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 1 April 2022

Greetings from Tyler, It’s starting to look a lot like sabotage.  If the goal was to ruin our way of life, dismantle everything that made America great, and drag us all into a gay, trans-sexual whirlwind, the government media and … Read More

‘Russia hopes the Ukrainian refugees will disrupt Europe’

Russia would like to undermine the EU by the massive arrival of Ukrainian refugees, creating additional problems in EU countries’ economies and societies writes Roman Rukomeda. Roman Rukomeda is a Ukrainian political analyst. This is his 28th account of Russia’s … Read More

Ukraine war: Putin being misled by fearful advisers, US says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misled by advisers who are too scared to tell him how badly the war in Ukraine is going, the White House says. Meanwhile British intelligence says Russian troops in Ukraine are demoralized, short of … Read More

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