World No injuries were reported in Sunday’s attack on the city of Irbil, which marked a significant escalation between the U.S. and Iran. Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in…Continue Reading
Russia-Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, said in a statement that Renaud “paid with his life for attempting to expose the insidiousness, cruelty, and ruthlessness of the aggressor.” Brent Renaud, a news videographer and reporter, at the 74th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony in 2015. He was killed covering the war in Ukraine,…Continue Reading
Sign up here to get Beyond the Back Page delivered to your inbox each weekday morning. Before Selection Sunday was nationally televised; before you were bombarded with ads every five minutes on TV and the radio and repeatedly on every website; before the NCAA Tournament was generating upwards of a billion dollars for the NCAA, and…Continue Reading
Stock futures rose in early morning trading Monday ahead of an important week as the Russia-Ukraine war continues to escalate and the Federal Reserve could hike rates for the first time since 2018.Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 380 points, or 1.2%. S&P 500 futures climbed 1.1%, and Nasdaq 100 futures traded 1.1%…Continue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with government members via a video link in Moscow, Russia March 10, 2022.Mikhail Klimentyev | Sputnik | ReutersThere are increasing concerns that Russia could be prepared to use chemical weapons to attack Ukraine, with Western officials and strategists warning the threat posed by Moscow and Russian President Vladimir…Continue Reading
China will consider its own interests when deciding whether it should help Russia cope with the impact of Western sanctions as a result of the Ukraine war, according to a former deputy sanctions coordinator for the U.S. State Department.”The U.S. government will see China as very important here,” Richard Nephew told CNBC Monday, in responding…Continue Reading
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves goodbye as she departs from the Chancellery for the last time.Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesWith Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked attack against Ukraine, political analysts are now reassessing the long and deeply complicated relationship the Russian leader had with ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and how Moscow came…Continue Reading
People wait in line for nucleic acid samples in Shanghai, China, March 12, 2022.Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Mainland China is facing its worst Covid-19 outbreak since the country clamped down on the pandemic in 2020, with major cities rushing to limit business activity.Shenzhen, the biggest city in the manufacturing hub…Continue Reading
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China banned most people from leaving a coronavirus-hit northeastern province and mobilized military reservists Monday as the fast-spreading “stealth omicron” variant fuels the country’s biggest outbreak since the start of the pandemic two years ago.The National Health Commission reported 1,337 locally transmitted cases in the latest 24-hour period, including 895 in…Continue Reading
BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed Monday while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index plunged 5% after the neighboring city of Shenzhen was ordered into a shutdown to combat China’s worst COVID-19 outbreak in two years. Benchmarks rose in Frankfurt, Paris and Tokyo and U.S. futures were higher. Oil prices retreated against the backdrop of…Continue Reading
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