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Climate Groups Urge Major Banks and Asset Managers to Cut Ties With Russian Energy Companies

A coalition of more than 75 climate change-focused nonprofits want the biggest names in banking and fund management to “stop propping up Putin’s illegal war on Ukraine” by severing all financial ties with Russian energy companies. The organizations, which include

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Russian soldiers are trapped in a ‘morale-destroying excursion’ in Ukraine: military expert

During an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” former Naval College professor and current Atlantic contributor Tom Nichols claimed that Vladimir Putin’s invading military in Ukraine is rife with dissent and full of soldiers who have no idea why they are

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Suicide bombing attack kills at least 56 in Shiite mosque in Pakistan

No militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Both the Islamic State group and the Pakistani Taliban — a militant group separate from the Taliban in Afghanistan — have carried out similar attacks in the past in the area,

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Putin’s destruction of Ukraine is driven by religious fervor — not lunacy: columnist

In a column for the Daily Beast, former Wall Street Journal Moscow correspondent A. Craig Copetas said that although there have been some suggestions that Vladimir Putin is suffering some type of mental illness, his invasion of Ukraine is also

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Thousands of Russians move to flee country as Putin threatens to impose martial law: report

On Friday, Axios reported that Russians are moving to flee the country in droves, as the country threatens to plunge into chaos and martial law as a result of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. “Thousands of Russians are rushing to

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The International Space Station isn’t above global politics

Russia is distancing itself from NASA and the International Space Station. | Roscosmos Press Service/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Russia’s war against Ukraine has ramifications for space. As the war in Ukraine goes on, there’s a looming threat that Russia

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Russian Lawmakers Take Aim at Independent Coverage of Ukraine Invasion

A bill expected to be considered Friday would punish anyone who publishes what is deemed to be false information about Russian operations.

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Fire extinguished, no radiation was released from Ukraine nuclear plant

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s director-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said Friday the building hit by a Russian “projectile” at the Zaporizhzhia plant was “not part of the reactor” but instead a training center at the plant.

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Body of Israeli man killed in Ukraine returning to Israel for burial

Roman Brodsky’s body is flown from Ukraine to Moldova, and then Romania, before arriving in Tel Aviv ahead of funeral scheduled for Sunday

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Russia’s Shelling of Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant Sparks Alarm

Russian shelling in southern Ukraine caused a fire at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant before Russian troops moved into the facility, highlighting the increasingly indiscriminate nature of Moscow’s war while raising fears that it could lead to a global environmental

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