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1st US ambassador to Ukraine: ‘I think we handled it wrong from the get-go’
Ukraine’s first President, waiting to see America’s 41st, chatted with a White House press aide — in Ukrainian. George H.W. Bush’s deputy secretary of state didn’t need to hear more. “I know where I’m sending you,” Lawrence Eagleburger told the press aide, Roman Popadiuk. That’s how Popadiuk, born in Austria to displaced Ukrainians who then immigrated to America, in 1992…
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Pope appeals for Easter truce in Russia-Ukraine war
As the war wages on in Ukraine and the massacres continue, Pope Francis has appealed for a truce in the war-ravaged nation this Easter. During his remarks prior to the recitation of the Angelus prayer this Palm Sunday, the Pope exclaimed, “Let the weapons be put down! Let the Easter truce begin.” The Holy Father told the 65,000 pilgrims in St.…
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Angela Merkel’s reputation has taken a big hit in Germany in recent weeks
Former ministers who served under her have been lining up to repudiate her foreign policy since the invasion of Ukraine. “In my lifetime, I would never have thought it possible to enter into such a crisis with Russia,” said Wolfgang Schäuble, Merkel’s former finance minister. “I too thought that we should cooperate with Russia. Today, I know: I was wrong,…
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OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney stabs Nigerian boyfriend to death
An OnlyFans model allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death in their apartment — before racy content was posted on her social media page. Influencer Courtney Clenney, 25, known on her social media platforms as Courtney Tailor, was detained and later taken to a mental institution after killing 27-year-old Christian Obumseli, cops said. Police responded to a 911 call from Clenney…
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Nigeria abstains as UN suspends Russia from Human Rights Council over Ukraine war
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. A United States-initiated resolution that expressed “grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine” on Thursday received 93 votes in favour and 24 against, with 58 member states abstaining from the process. After the vote, Russia announced it was quitting the council.…
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Ghana bans unauthorised transactions in foreign currency
Ghana on Thursday banned transaction in any foreign currency without licence or approval from the Bank of Ghana. This was announced in a statement by the Bank of Ghana on Thursday. According to the statement, the only legal tender approved for transactions in the West African country is the Cedi. “Engaging in foreign exchange business without a licence issued by…
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Burkinabe court sentences ex-leader Compaoré to life imprisonment for Sankara’s murder
A Burkinabe court has sentenced former President Blaise Compaoré to life imprisonment for the murder of his predecessor, the revered Thomas Sankara. The long-awaited verdict on Wednesday brought to close a six-month trial about the murder of Sankara, who was assassinated during a coup led by his friend and comrade-in-arms Compaoré on October 15, 1987. Military prosecutors in Burkina Faso’s…
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Chelsea owner Abramovich begging friends to lend him $1m to pay staff
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has been begging his Hollywood and US power broker friends to each lend him $1 million to keep him afloat as his assets are frozen by worldwide authorities. Page Six has exclusively learned that the Chelsea Football Club owner, whose bank accounts are frozen in the US and the UK, is desperately asking for loans from…
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Ex Google CEO says virtual work can’t build great management, wants people back in office
After more than two years of remote work and multiple return-to-office delays, most Google employees are heading back to the office at least part-time — and ex-Google CEO and chairman Eric Schmidt couldn’t be happier about it. ″[I]t’s important that these people be at the office, in my view,” Schmidt, 66, tells CNBC Make It, arguing that for decades, the in-office style has been proven effective.…
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Russia imposes visa restrictions on citizens of ‘unfriendly countries’
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday introducing visa restrictions for citizens of countries that Moscow deems “unfriendly” in response to sanctions over Ukraine. The decree, which comes into force on Monday, suspends Russia’s simplified visa issuance regime with some European Union countries as well as Norway, Switzerland, Denmark and Iceland. It also ordered the Russian foreign ministry…
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