The 2015 and 2022 refugee crises in Europe have at least one thing in common. Russian President Vladimir Putin played a major role in causing the first—by bombing Syria—and bears sole responsibility for the current crisis, with his unprovoked attack on Ukraine. But beyond that, the two humanitarian calamities are very different. Therein lies an […]
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Russian invasion of Ukraine, the dangers of cluster bombs
Human rights groups and observers say Russia is using cluster bombs in its invasion of Ukraine, a charge Moscow denies. If confirmed, the use of that weapon, especially in areas packed with civilians, would create new humanitarian concerns in the conflict, Europe’s biggest ground war in generations. Those who seek to ban cluster bombs say […]
Cyberwar: Ukrainian ICT sector becomes a weapon against Russia
Attacks on Russian websites, donations in cryptocurrencies, notifications with images of the war and information about the number of Russian soldiers who have died in it: Ukrainian technology companies and industry specialists have also become relevant players in the war with Russia. Reface, a Ukrainian meme creation startup, has sent two million users in Russia […]
US Intelligence redeemed itself with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The intelligence services of United States found redemption in war Ukrainewhich they very accurately predicted, having been vilified for not anticipating the lightning strike of Kabul or for imagining Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction in 2003. The US army already understood in October that the movements of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine, […]
Threats to the world economy from the war in Ukraine
the war in Ukraine and the rise in the price of raw materials threaten a World economy still not recovered from the crisis of the COVID-19 and represent a bucket of cold water at the beginning of 2022. A recovery at risk? “The war came at a time when Europe and the United States were […]
Europe burns more coal as natural gas declines
European utilities are increasingly relying on coal for power as the region tries to reduce its dependence on Russian natural gas. Even with rising prices for the dirtiest fossil fuel, along with most other commodities, it’s still much cheaper for power plants to burn coal than gas to produce power. Last week, power stations on […]
UN has credible reports of use of Russian cluster bombs in Ukraine
Updated on 03/11/2022 06:06 pm The human rights office UN announced that it received “reliable reports” of several cases in which armed forces Russian used cluster bombs in populated areas of Ukraineadding that the indiscriminate use of these could constitute a war crime. The UN agency has dozens of monitors in the country and more […]
Ukrainian farmers come to a standstill as fears of global food shortages surface
The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens millions of tiny spring shoots that should emerge from dormant winter wheat stalks in the coming weeks. If farmers fail to nurture these crops soon, far fewer tillers will sprout, jeopardizing a domestic wheat crop on which millions of people in the developing world depend. The wheat was sown […]
The US and its allies will strip Russia of “most favored nation” trade status
President Joe Biden announced Friday that the United States and its allies have decided to exclude Russia from the normal reciprocity regime that governs world trade, which opens the door for the imposition of punitive customs tariffs against Moscow in response to the invasion of Ukraine. “We take further steps to ban (trade with) flagship […]
Joe Biden: Let’s make sure Ukraine has the weapons to defend itself from the Russian invader
Updated on 03/11/2022 12:35 pm Russia “will pay a high price if it uses chemical weapons” in Ukrainewarned this Friday the president of the United States, Joe Bidenduring a speech at the White House. The president refused to discuss with the press any information that US intelligence has on the matter. The Americans suspect the […]