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Madeleine Albright was more concerned about Ukraine war than her health – Clinton
In one of her last known conversations, former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright didn’t want to talk about her cancer but instead was more interested in the war in Ukraine. “She spent the entire conversation talking about how Ukraine had to be defended,” former President Bill Clinton said on CNN Wednesday night, hours after Ms. Albright’s death was announced. Mr.…
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OBITUARY: Madeleine Albright, first female US Secretary of State, dies aged 84
Born as Maria Jana Korbelova in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1937 – Madeleine Albright was known to her family first as Madla, then Madlenka. It wasn’t until the 1950s that she officially became, as she described it, a “thoroughly American Maddy” when she got US citizenship. Diplomacy was always in her family. When Albright was born her father, Josef Korbel, worked…
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Chinese plane carrying 132 people crashes in southern China
A China Eastern Airlines jetliner carrying 132 people crashed in the mountains in southern China’s Guangxi region on Monday afternoon, according to China’s Civil Aviation Administration. The Boeing-737 was en route from the southwestern city of Kunming to Guangzhou when it lost contact over the city of Wuzhou. On board were 123 passengers and nine crew members, CAAC said in…
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Your actions will take us back to 1917, Russia’s richest businessman warns Putin
Russia’s richest businessman has warned the Kremlin against confiscating assets of companies that have fled in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, saying such a step would set the country back more than 100 years. Vladimir Potanin, president of metals giant Norilsk Nickel (NILSY) and its biggest shareholder, said that Russia risked returning to the tumultuous days of the…
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US, EU, G7 to impose more sanctions on Russia – Joe Biden
Later today, together with the other nations of the G7 and the EU, we will jointly announce several new steps to squeeze Putin and to hold him accountable for his aggression against Ukraine. I want to speak to a few key points. First, each of our nations will take steps to deny Russia “Most-Favored Nation” status. It will make it…
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Russian troops to ceasefire for humanitarian corridor on Monday
Russia’s military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities on Monday, the Defence Ministry said, after fighting halted weekend evacuation efforts and civilian casualties from Russia’s invasion mounted. The corridors will opened at 10 a.m. Moscow time (0700 GMT) from the capital Kyiv as well as the cities of Kharkiv, Mariupol and Sumy and are being…
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Western Sanctions against Russia akin to declaration of war – Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described sanctions imposed by Western nations over his invasion of Ukraine as “akin to a declaration of war”. “But thank God it has not come to that,” he added. Mr Putin also warned that any attempt to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be seen as participation in the armed conflict. And he rejected…
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Russia’s second largest oil company, Lukoil, asks Putin to pull out of Ukraine invasion
Lukoil, which produces more than 2% of the world’s crude oil and employs over 100,000 people, has called for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The company’s board of directors said in a statement to shareholders, staff and customers that it was “calling for the soonest termination of the armed conflict.” “We express our sincere empathy for all victims,…
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