Republican Senate hopeful J.D. Vance, a venture capitalist and author, faced off against Rep. Tim Ryan, who has represented northeast Ohioans in Congress since 2003, Monday night in their first Read more
Tag: Ukraine
Wheat rallies to 3-month high as Russia’s attacks on Ukraine raise risks to Black Sea exports
Wheat rallied Monday, with futures prices for the commodity trading at their highest since late June, as Russia’s fresh barrage of attacks in Ukraine threatened exports of the grain through Read more
Putin says military strikes against Ukraine were retaliation for bridge attack
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a series of strikes Monday across Ukraine came in retaliation against the Ukrainian attack on a bridge to Crimea and other attacks Read more
Musk’s purported peace plan for Ukraine draws condemnation from diplomat, statesmen and chess champion
Elon Musk at the 2022 Met gala. Getty Images/The Met Museum/Vogue Elon Musk’s foray into geopolitics this week quickly became an international social-media incident when, predictably, the Ukrainian ambassador to Read more
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
OSLO, Norway (AP) — This year’s Nobel Peace Prize is going to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties, Read more
Yellen: Important to recognize there are international spillovers from central bank tightening in advanced countries
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday said that central banks must continue the task of fighting inflation but have to recognize that their tightening efforts can ripple through the Read more
IMF chief says central banks must keep tightening despite recession risks
Global central bankers need to continue to raise interest rates despite a fragile global economic outlook, the head of a key global financial institution said Thursday. Speaking ahead of meetings Read more
Elon Musk sparks outrage in Ukraine over Russia tweets
Elon Musk’s tweets saying that Crimea rightfully belongs to Russia and proposing a referendum in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine have provoked a firestorm of criticism from Ukraine and its supporters — and Read more
Russia opens border draft offices as exodus continues in response to military call-ups
Russian authorities are opening more military enlistment offices near Russia’s borders in an apparent effort to intercept some of the Russian men of fighting age who are trying to flee Read more
Ukraine, disaster aid poised to pass Congress in stopgap funding bill
The Senate is set to pass a stopgap government funding bill and act to avert a government shutdown as the fiscal year ends on Friday. With Senate Minority Leader Mitch Read more