War in Ukraine
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Military
4/5/2022 10:28:01 AM
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the UN Security Council on Tuesday, where he is expected to demand tough new sanctions on Moscow over killings in the town of Bucha he has called "war crimes" and "genocide".
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
4/4/2022 7:27:28 PM
President Joe Biden on Monday called for a war crimes trial against Russian President Vladimir Putin and said he'd seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
4/4/2022 4:52:15 PM
The US government seized a mega yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with close ties to the Russian president on Monday, the first in the government's sanctions initiative to 'seize and freeze' giant boats and other pricey assets of Russian elites.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
4/4/2022 2:39:41 PM
EU officials said Monday they were weighing new sanctions targeting Moscow in response to alleged atrocities against Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces that sparked a wave of international outrage.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
4/4/2022 1:13:49 PM
Russia faced a fresh wave of condemnation on Monday after evidence emerged of what appeared to be deliberate killings of civilians in Ukraine. Some Western leaders called for further sanctions in response to the alleged atrocities, even as Moscow continued to press its offensive in the country's east.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
4/4/2022 11:53:16 AM
Eight people were killed and 34 wounded in Russian attacks on two towns in southern Ukraine on Sunday, prosecutors in Kiev said, as the West warns Moscow of more sanctions over civilian killings.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
4/4/2022 10:46:48 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he was in favour of new sanctions against Moscow after claims that Russian forces committed atrocities against Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
4/3/2022 3:22:10 PM
Germany on Sunday condemned the killings of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha as a "terrible war crime" and called for fresh EU sanctions against Russia.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
4/3/2022 2:52:57 PM
The Kremlin says that by imposing sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin the West has demonstrated it has abandoned its sense of reason.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
4/1/2022 5:12:35 PM
China on Friday renewed its criticism of Western sanctions against Russia, as top European Union officials sought assurances from Beijing that it would not help Moscow circumvent the economic measures imposed in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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World
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Region
3/30/2022 7:27:58 PM
The United States sanctioned Iranian defense companies Wednesday after a spate of ballistic missile attacks on targets in Iraq and the Gulf.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/25/2022 5:06:34 PM
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that sanctions against China are "not necessary or appropriate" since its support for Russia following the invasion of Ukraine was still unclear.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/25/2022 3:11:03 PM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday compared Europe's tactics to those of Nazi Germany, slamming historic sanctions against Moscow and saying the term "total war" has been borrowed from Hitler's playbook.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/24/2022 8:59:00 PM
President Joe Biden and Western allies pledged new sanctions and humanitarian aid on Thursday in response to Vladimir Putin's assault on Ukraine, but their offers fell short of the more robust military assistance that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded for in a pair of live-video appearances.
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World
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International
3/24/2022 8:39:00 PM
In an interview with Al-Ahram, Kenneth Rogoff, professor of economics at Harvard University, warns of a new iron curtain that Europe will witness and anticipates the dimensions of the economic crisis that has begun to afflict the world, the future of the dollar, and the impact of sanctions on Russia and the West.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/24/2022 5:19:40 PM
Group of Seven leaders have announced they are restricting the Russian Central Bank's use of gold in transactions, while the U.S. announced a new round of sanctions targeting more than 400 elites and members of the Russian State Duma.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/24/2022 3:30:23 PM
Britain slapped sanctions Thursday on 59 more Russian individuals and entities, as well as six Belarusian enterprises over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, targeting a shadowy mercenary firm and the world's largest diamond producer.
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Sports
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World
3/23/2022 10:16:46 PM
UEFA is exploring fresh sanctions to thwart Russia's attempt to host soccer's European Championship after the country launched a surprising bid on Wednesday, one month after invading its neighbor and seeing its teams suspended from international competitions over the war in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/23/2022 10:05:35 PM
A top US official said Wednesday that new sanctions will be announced against Russian "political figures" and wealthy elites close to President Vladimir Putin known as oligarchs.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/23/2022 9:39:22 PM
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was set to meet with US lawmakers Wednesday to discuss a possible freeze on Russian reserves of gold.
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