SERHIIVKA, Ukraine—Russia rained missiles near Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on Friday, hitting an apartment building and a resort that killed at least 19 people, Ukrainian officials said. One section of a nine-storey apartment block was completely destroyed by a missile that struck at 1:00 a.m. The walls and windows of a neighboring, 14-storey…
US Power Companies Face Supply-Chain Crisis This Summer
U.S. power companies are facing supply crunches that may hamper their ability to keep the lights on as the nation heads into the heat of summer and the peak hurricane season. Extreme weather events such as storms, wildfires, and drought are becoming more common in the United States. Consumer power use is expected to hit…
Russian Missiles Rain Down on Ukraine as West Pledges Enduring Support
KYIV—Russian forces struck targets in the Mykolaiv region of southern Ukraine on Wednesday and intensified attacks on fronts across the country as NATO members met in Madrid to plan a course of action against the challenge from Moscow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the NATO leaders his country needed more weapons and money to defend…
Biden Raises US Tariff Rate on Certain Russian Imports to 35 Percent
June 29, 2022
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WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden on Monday raised the tariff rate on certain Russian imports to 35 percent as a result of suspending Russia’s “most favored nation” trading status over its war in Ukraine, according to a proclamation issued by the White House. The higher 35 percent duty applies to imports of “certain other products of the…
Ukraine: Dozens Still Missing After Russian Missile Strike on Mall Kills 18
KREMENCHUK, Ukraine—Firefighters searched on Tuesday for survivors in the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall, where authorities said 36 people were still missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18. The attack, in the central city of Kremenchuk far from any frontline, drew a wave of global condemnation. Ukraine claimed Moscow had…
Russia, Rejecting Default, Tells Investors to Go to Western Financial Agents
June 27, 2022
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Russia rejected claims on Monday that it had defaulted on its external debt for the first time in more than a century, telling investors to go to Western financial agents for the cash which was sent but bondholders did not receive. The White House said on Monday that Russia has defaulted on its international bonds…
Ukraine Pleads for Air Defence as Russia Turns Sights on Lysychansk
KYIV—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday urged Western leaders to supply anti-aircraft defense systems to his embattled nation as Russian forces assaulted Lysychansk, the last big city still held by Ukrainian troops in eastern Luhansk Province. As the leaders met, Russian forces were bombarding Lysychansk, the Kremlin’s immediate battlefield target following the fall of neighboring…
The Crisis at Disney: Part 2—An Evaporation of Originality?
This is part two of the four-part series “The Crisis at Disney.” In looking through the list of films being released in 2022 by the Walt Disney Co., it is difficult not to experience an acute sense of déjà vu. No other Hollywood studio can rival Disney when it comes to churning out surplus amounts…
Sievierodonetsk Falls to Russia After One of War’s Bloodiest Fights
KYIV/POKROVSK, Ukraine—Russian forces have fully occupied Sievierodonetsk, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city said on Saturday, confirming Kyiv’s biggest battlefield setback for more than a month, after weeks of some of the war’s bloodiest fighting. Ukraine called its retreat from the city a “tactical withdrawal” to fight from higher ground in Lysychansk on the…
Russian Missiles Strike Across Ukraine, Says Kyiv
KYIV—Russian missiles rained down across Ukraine on Saturday, hitting military facilities in the west and the north as well as a southern city. Russian artillery and air strikes pounded the twin cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk in the eastern Luhansk region on Friday, smashing into a chemical plant where hundreds of civilians were said to…
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