Guterres said the Paris climate accord’s goal was “on life support” because countries aren’t doing enough to drive down emissions. Countries scrambling to replace Russian oil, gas and coal supplies with any available alternative may fuel the world’s “mutually assured destruction” through climate change, the head of the United Nations warned Monday. UN Secretary-General Antonio … Read more
It’s 11:30 a.m. at Krakow Main Station and Ruslana Shtuka is desperate for some fresh air. She and her friend, Anya Pariy, are Ukrainian refugees who’ve spent the last hour sorting through cardboard boxes full of children’s clothing in a dim tent just outside the train terminal of Poland’s second city. As Shtuka, 30, and … Read more
It is not clear what makes Valentyna Katkova cry more: illness and old age, or the fact that she now lives in a Kyiv subway car, fleeing Russian bombing. The 77-year-old is one of some 200 Kyivans who have found shelter in a metro station in the northwest of the city as Moscow’s forces slowly … Read more
The invasion of Ukraine has placed Russia on the verge of bankruptcy. Interest rates have doubled, the stock market has closed, and the rouble has fallen to its lowest level ever. The military costs of war have been exacerbated by an unprecedented level of international sanctions, sustained by a large coalition of countries. Russian citizens, … Read more
While the WHO did not provide specifics about the kinds of pathogens housed in the laboratories, it also did not reveal if the recommendations were being followed. The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised Ukraine to destroy all high-threat pathogens housed in public health laboratories to prevent potential spills that could spread disease. Biosecurity experts have … Read more
Air India flights have not been affected as it still continues to use the Russian airspace for its flights, from the western hemisphere. With the closure of Russian airspace for Canadian, US-based and European airlines, flights of some major destinations in these areas and India have become longer. The Russian airspace closure has caused passengers … Read more
India’s macroeconomic indicators and corporate earnings may come under pressure amid the deepening conflict in Ukraine and its effect on international energy prices. India imports nearly 85% of its crude oil requirements and costlier crude will widen the current account deficit. The ET Intelligence group reports: MACRO Impact Bigger oil bill – Apr-Jan crude imports … Read more
Taiwan’s semiconductor companies are complying with government export controls to Russia, put in place as part of sanctions on Moscow for invading Ukraine, the Economy Ministry said on Sunday. Taiwan, which announced it was joining international sanctions against Russia on Friday, is a major chip manufacturer, home to the world’s largest contract chip maker and … Read more
In a series of top-secret meetings in October, President Joe Biden’s national security team presented grim intelligence that would soon trigger a fierce effort to prevent what could become the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II. Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, was preparing to invade Ukraine, top intelligence and military officials told … Read more