January 18, 2023
Via: Washington's Top NewsRussia is preparing for an extended war so NATO must get ready “for the long haul” and support Ukraine for as long as it takes, the alliance’s deputy secretary general told top military chiefs from across Europe Wednesday. Speaking at […]
January 17, 2023
Via: Washington's Top NewsPresident Joe Biden is set to host Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for talks as the U.S. administration looks to persuade the Netherlands to further limit China’s access to advanced semiconductors with export restrictions. Tuesday’s wide-ranging talks are also expected […]
December 29, 2022
Via: Federal News NetworkMultiple regions of Ukraine, including its capital, faced a massive Russian missile attack Thursday, the biggest wave of strikes in weeks targeting power stations and other critical infrastructure during freezing weather. Air raid sirens rang out across the country. Ukraine’s […]
November 21, 2022
Via: Washington's Top NewsDiplomats are drumming up money and other support Monday for Europe’s poorest country, Moldova, which is suffering massive blackouts, heavy refugee flows and potential security threats from the war in neighboring Ukraine. Monday’s international aid conference in Paris is aimed […]
November 9, 2022
Via: Washington's Top NewsThe European Union on Wednesday unveiled a plan to provide Ukraine with around 18 billion euros (dollars) in financial aid next year in regular payments to help the war-ravaged country keep its energy and health care facilities running as well […]
November 9, 2022
Via: Washington's Top NewsRussia’s announced retreat from Kherson, a regional capital in southern Ukraine that it seized early in the war, and a potential stalemate in fighting over the winter could provide both countries an opportunity to negotiate peace, Army Gen. Mark Milley, […]
November 4, 2022
Via: Natalie DunnWhile the COVID-19 pandemic is at least to some extent a concern of the past, Americans seem to be heading toward more turmoil this fall. The domino effect of the healthcare crisis made other crises either emerge or grow in […]
October 17, 2022
Via: Washington's Top NewsWaves of explosives-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital Monday, setting buildings ablaze and tearing a hole in one of them. People scurried for shelter or tried to shoot down the kamikazes. The concentrated use of the drones was the second […]
October 14, 2022
Via: Washington's Top NewsWhat keeps driving inflation so high? The answer, it seems, is nearly everything. Supply chain snarls and parts shortages inflated the cost of factory goods when the economy rocketed out of the pandemic recession two years ago. Then it was […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
October 11, 2022
Via: Washington's Top NewsSenate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez called Monday for freezing all U.S. cooperation with Saudi Arabia, delivering one of the strongest expressions yet of U.S. anger over Saudi oil-production cuts that serve to boost Russia in its war in […]
October 11, 2022
Via: Washington's Top NewsA majority of U.S. adults expect America’s relations with foreign adversaries like Russia and North Korea to grow more hostile, according to a new poll, a major shift in public opinion from four years ago under President Donald Trump. Two […]
October 6, 2022
Via: CIOUS Army CIO Dr. Raj Iyer is virtually on the front lines of the Russian-Ukrainian war — and it is not an exercise. As part of NATO’s commitment to support Ukraine, a democracy Russia invaded in February, Iyer and his […]
September 21, 2022
Via: Washington's Top NewsPresident Joe Biden said Wednesday that Russia has “shamelessly violated the core tenets” of the United Nations charter with its “brutal, needless war” in Ukraine. Delivering a forceful condemnation of Russia’s invasion to the international body, Biden said reports of […]
September 8, 2022
Via: Federal News NetworkThe head of Ukraine’s atomic energy operator accused Russia on Thursday of trying to “steal” Europe’s largest nuclear plant by cutting it off from the Ukrainian electricity grid and leaving it on the brink of a radiation disaster. The Zaporizhzhia […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
September 6, 2022
Via: Federal News NetworkRussia sent significantly more oil and coal to India and China over the summer compared with the start of the year, while European countries that long relied on Russian energy have cut back sharply in response to the war in […]
August 31, 2022
Via: Natalie DunnVladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and the pandemic changed the world’s definition of normal. Not only is this new conflict in Europe destabilizing the entire region, but it is also impacting the global economy and provoking a massive increase in […]
August 22, 2022
Via: Federal News NetworkRussia’s invasion of Ukraine, which hits the half-year mark this week, has already killed some 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers, a general said, and the fighting Monday showed no signs that the war is abating. At a veteran’s event, Ukraine’s military chief, […]
August 22, 2022
Via: Washington's Top NewsThe U.S. State Department on Monday issued a security alert warning that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and government facilities in the coming days. The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv urged U.S. citizens still […]
July 29, 2022
Via: Natalie DunnPolicymakers in the US and abroad are struggling to contain the ripple effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while also fighting against what remains of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences, i.e. inflation and supply chain issues. With environmental […]
July 27, 2022
Via: Washington's Top NewsShipping companies are not rushing to export millions of tons of grain trapped in Ukraine, despite a breakthrough deal to provide safe corridors through the Black Sea. That is because explosive mines are drifting in the waters, ship owners are […]