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World Bank estimates Ukraine physical damage at roughly $60 billion so far
Date: April 21, 2022
By David Lawder and Chris Gallagher WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Physical damage to Ukraine’s buildings and infrastructure from Russia’s invasion has reached roughly $60 billion and will rise further as the war continues, World Bank President David Malpass said on Thursday. Malpass told a World Bank conference on Ukraine’s financial assistance needs that the early estimate of...
Queen Elizabeth’s 96th birthday marked with gun salutes
Date: April 21, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 96th birthday at her Sandringham estate on Thursday as gun salutes rang out across London and Windsor and military bands played “Happy Birthday”. Britain’s longest serving monarch, who celebrates a historic platinum jubilee this year, was pictured with two white ponies in a photo released for the occasion....
This year’s flights on last year’s fuel
Date: April 21, 2022
By Steve Witt, co-founder of travel giant Not Just Travel Holiday and business travel aren’t currently being affected by fuel prices as airline companies buy their fuel a year in advance and hedge their prices accordingly. This year’s flights are being fuelled by last year’s oil prices. With airlines confirming that they expect barrels of...
France’s Macron consolidates poll lead after TV clash
Date: April 21, 2022
By Elizabeth Pineau and Lucien Libert ARRAS, France (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron has maintained and possibly slightly extended his lead over far-right challenger Marine Le Pen following a prickly television head-to-head debate which he was judged to have won, polls showed on Thursday. With just three days to go before Sunday’s election run-off, the...
Kyiv Symphony’s European tour marks ‘cultural front’ in Ukraine crisis
Date: April 21, 2022
By Joanna Plucinska and Kuba Stezycki WARSAW (Reuters) – For Eleanora Tymoshenko, a music teacher from Balakliia, near Kharkhiv in Eastern Ukraine, and now a refugee in Warsaw, a night of Ukrainian music is food for her soul as she reflects on the conflict ravaging her home. “Music supports a person morally, supports their spirit,...
Putin claims victory in Mariupol, U.S. to send more guns and money
Date: April 21, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the war in Ukraine on Thursday, declaring the port city of Mariupol “liberated” after nearly two months of siege. However, hundreds of fighters and civilians in dozens of bunkers were still holed up inside a huge steel works....