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Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Date: March 31, 2022
(Reuters) – Russian President Putin threatened to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of its gas unless they are paid in Russian currency. FIGHTING * Ukrainian forces are preparing for new Russian attacks on the Donbas region in the southeast after they repelled Russia’s assault on the capital Kyiv, President Zelenskiy said. * He...
Mariupol a strategic prize for Russia, symbol of resistance for Ukraine
Date: March 31, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets (Reuters) – The southern Ukrainian port of Mariupol has been under heavy fire from Russian forces since soon after the war began on Feb. 24. Nearly 5,000 people have been killed and buildings across the city destroyed, according to the mayor. He said 290,000 people had fled by March...
China decries UK judges quitting HK court, London says democracy at stake
Date: March 31, 2022
By Farah Master and Kirsty Needham HONG KONG/SYDNEY (Reuters) -China on Thursday blamed the resignation of two senior British judges from Hong Kong’s highest court on “British pressure” against a sweeping national security law which makes dissent in the former British colony a crime punishable by jail. But British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, in a...
Ryanair goads Boeing as jetmaker meets rival easyJet
Date: March 31, 2022
By Tim Hepher BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The boss of Irish budget carrier Ryanair raised the stakes in a feud with Boeing over jet prices by saying he could do without a long-stalled deal to buy the 737 MAX 10 – even as Boeing appeared to woo his arch-rival easyJet. The latest salvo in a dispute between...
Swiss watchmakers grapple with fallout of Russian crisis
Date: March 31, 2022
By Silke Koltrowitz GENEVA (Reuters) – Swiss watchmakers are gathering in Geneva this week for their first big industry event in three years, tackling the impact of sanctions on rich Russians arising from the war in Ukraine. Russia was only the 17th largest market for Swiss watch exports last year, but how to manage business...
Tension simmers as Norwegian criticises Qatari human rights record at FIFA congress
Date: March 31, 2022
By Ossian Shine and Simon Evans DOHA (Reuters) – Simmering tensions boiled to the surface at the FIFA congress on Thursday when Norway’s soccer chief Lise Klaveness hit out at the 2022 World Cup’s Qatari hosts over the country’s human rights record. The Norwegian Football Federation president, who became the body’s first female leader in...