Some two-thirds of the world could starve to death in the event of a nuclear war between Russia and the US, according to a Rutgers University-led study published Monday. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/…
Russia has “no need” to use nuclear weapons to achieve its objectives in Ukraine, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday. cnn.com/europe/live-ne…
The Russian Ministry of Defense signed state contracts for the manufacturing and supply of ballistic missiles and air defense systems for Russian troops on Tuesday worth more than $8 billion cnn.com/europe/live-ne…
Deeply reported piece on the intelligence and diplomacy in the lead-up to the war
“The U.S. intelligence community had penetrated multiple points of Russia’s political leadership, spying apparatus and military, from senior levels to the front lines.” washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Zelensky deliberately didn’t prepare his people for possible invasion afraid of cratering the economy and believing “the decision to keep people in the country, where they could fight to defend their homes, was the key to repelling any invasion.”
“U.S. intelligence showed that the Kremlin’s war plans were not making their way down to the battlefield commanders who would have to carry them out. Officers didn’t know their orders. Troops were showing up at the border not understanding they were heading into war.”
Several major Wall Street banks have begun offering to facilitate trades in Russian debt in recent days, according to bank documents seen by Reuters, giving investors another chance to dispose of assets widely seen in the West as toxic. reuters.com/markets/europe…
Russia has vowed to "expand [its] comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations" with North Korea, said its Putin
In a letter sent to his counterpart Kim Jong un on Pyongyang's liberation day, Putin said the move would be in both countries' interests bbc.com/news/world-asi…
Brittney Griner's legal team has filed an appeal against a Russian court's verdict sentencing the WNBA star to nine years in prison for smuggling drugs into Russia, Griner's lawyer Maria Blagovolina said cnn.com/2022/08/15/us/…
Many of the global prices for food, fuel and fertilizer that spiked when Russia invaded Ukraine have returned to their prewar levels, defying the most dire forecasts even as policymakers warn of the continued risk of famine and financial crisis washingtonpost.com/business/2022/…
The Brave Commander, a Lebanese-flagged freighter, was scheduled to depart later in the day from Pivdennyi, one of Ukraine’s largest ports on the Black Sea, near Odesa.
Ukraine’s president has said his forces will target Russian soldiers who shoot at Europe’s largest nuclear power station or use it as a base from which to launch attacks, as G7 nations called on Moscow to withdraw its forces from the plant theguardian.com/world/2022/aug…
U.S. and Taliban officials have exchanged proposals for the release of billions of dollars from Afghan central bank reserves held abroad into a trust fund, offering a hint of progress in efforts to ease Afghanistan's economic crisis. reuters.com/world/exclusiv…
More than 70 economists and experts, including Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, called for Washington and other nations to release Afghanistan's central bank assets in a letter sent to Biden on Wednesday. reuters.com/world/internat…
One year on from the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, a group of 32 Afghan and international NGOs are urging the international community not to abandon the country’s people, but instead address the root causes of the its economic crisis theguardian.com/world/2022/aug…
A wing of a 12-story beachfront apartment building collapsed outside Miami early Thursday morning, killing at least one person while trapping residents. Scores of rescuers pulled survivors from the debris
The 12-story condo building that partially collapsed near Miami early Thursday morning was about to undergo extensive repairs for rusted steel and damaged concrete, an attorney involved in the project said Thursday. nytimes.com/2021/06/24/us/…