Month: February 2022

London/Moscow CNN Business —   Russia was scrambling to prevent financial meltdown Monday as its economy was slammed by a broadside of crushing Western sanctions imposed over the weekend in … Read More

The ruble has plunged against the U.S. dollar after Western nations moved to tighten sanctions against Russia, blocking some of its banks from the SWIFT global payments system By YURI … Read More

Tube strikes will cause chaos for commuters tomorrow and Thursday as 10,000 TfL workers across the entire network walk out in row over jobs, pensions and conditions Members of the … Read More

Zelensky reveals prisoners with combat experience will be RELEASED to help defend Ukraine as he calls on the EU to grant the country ‘immediate’ membership The Ukrainian President said prisoners … Read More

I got pregnant while I was already pregnant! Mother gives birth to two baby girls who were conceived five days apart – and they’re NOT twins Odalis Martinez, from California, … Read More

Brother and sister, three and four, were killed when a van smashed into their car on the hard shoulder of the M4 as their mother drove them home from a … Read More

The U.N. refugee agency says more than 500,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded the country last week ByThe Associated Press February 28, 2022, 11:15 AM • 1 min … Read More

The latest on the Russia-Ukraine war: GENEVA — The head of the United Nations refugee agency says more than a half a million people had fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion … Read More

The ruble lost more than 30% of its value to trade at 109 to the dollar at 2.30 a.m. ET after earlier plummeting as much as 40%. The start of … Read More

Ordinary Russians are facing the prospect of higher prices as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, DAVID McHUGH and KEN SWEET Associated … Read More