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More than 10,000 people have applied for the UK’s Ukraine Family Scheme since Friday. Under the scheme Ukrainian refugees who have family settled in the UK will be able to apply to come to Britain for three years. The numbers were announced by Home Secretary Priti Patel – on the same day France […]
The U.N. refugee agency has urged authorities in countries neighbouring Ukraine to open their borders to African citizens fleeing the conflict there amid reports that some were being denied access to safety, UNHCR said on Wednesday. Thousands of African and other foreign nationals, particularly students, have been scrambling to leave Ukraine since Russia’s invasion on […]
Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to supply gas from Nigerian offshore fields to the neighbouring Equatorial Guinea Gas Processing Facility at Punta Europa. While Nigeria has 206 trillion standard cubic feet of natural gas, infrastructure to turn the resource to economic benefit is elusive. The pact is expected to […]
FIFA and UEFA have suspended Russian national teams and clubs from all international soccer competitions “until further notice,” the organizations announced on Monday. The suspension, which comes after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, will likely leave the Russian team out of the upcoming World Cup in Qatar. FIFA oversees soccer worldwide while UEFA, one of six […]
French President Emmanuel Macron held separate phone calls with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts on Monday in a bid to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine. Macron spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “several” times and also had an hour-and-a-half-long phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who he urged to “end the Russian offensive against […]
In response to the decision by multiple countries to close their airspace to Russian aircraft, Russian aviation authority, Rosaviatsiya, on Monday announced that it was closing Russian airspace to 35 countries. Countries affected by the indefinite ban include all EU member states and Canada. The EU took the decision to ban Russian aircraft from […]
Kyiv — In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear deterrent forces put on alert Sunday in response to what he called “aggressive statements” by leading NATO powers. The move means Putin has ordered Russia’s nuclear weapons prepared for increased readiness to launch, raising the […]
European Union leaders have agreed to another set of sanctions, taking aim at Russia’s financial, transport and energy sectors, among other things. European Union leaders have agreed to a sweeping second set of sanctions against Russia at an emergency meeting of the bloc in Brussels Thursday evening. The EU statement said the sanctions cover: the […]
The prices of crude oil on Thursday surged above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014, after Russia launched military attacks on Ukraine. Brent crude hit a high of $102.48 a barrel, the highest since September 2014, and was at $102.06 a barrel at 0547 GMT, up by $5.22 or 5.4 per cent. U.S. West Texas […]
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