Conscripts train as Finland awaits NATO membership
With the shadow of neighbouring Russia's war in Ukraine looming large, Finland's conscripts conduct military drills, keeping the rust off their mortars and rifles as the Nordic nation prepares for the worst. Breaking with a long-standing non-alignment in military matters, Finland officially applied to become a member of NATO in response to Russia's invasion.
news.yahoo.comSplits open at NATO about how to boost presence in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe wants big new deployments of NATO troops to defend against Russia, but some other alliance members are skeptical of then need for shifting major forces east, particulalry after seeing Russian forces struggle in Ukraine.
washingtonpost.comFor residents of Kyiv, Eurovision win offers little 'ray of happiness'
Kyiv residents get an unexpected boost after Ukraine swept to victory at the Eurovision Song Contest with an infectious hip-hop folk melody. The win has raised spirits in the embattled nation which fighting off a Russian invasion that has killed thousands and displaced millions of people.
news.yahoo.comPompeo holds briefing to raise concerns over Trump-backed Senate candidate in Pennsylvania
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo raised concerns about the ties Mehmet Oz, former President Trump’s endorsed candidate in the Pennsylvania Senate race, has to Turkey in a press briefing arranged by Oz’s chief opponent in the race. Pompeo, who’s supporting Oz’s rival, Dave McCormick, in the Keystone State, held the briefing the same day…
news.yahoo.comUkraine war stokes concerns over Turkey's nuclear plant
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot activists say uncertainty over the safety of war-wracked Ukraine’s nuclear power plants has reignited concerns over a Russian-owned nuclear power station being built in a quake-prone area on Turkey’s southern coast.
U.S. confirms Ukraine missile sunk warship, as Russia ramps up attacks
Ukrainian satisfaction at the successful attack was tempered by a Russian warning that it would step up strikes on Ukraine’s capital in retaliation for what it claimed were attempted Ukrainian assaults on border towns. Ukraine's president has asked Biden to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism.
washingtonpost.comSanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's $600 million superyacht is cruising off Turkey's coast after 8 days' sailing without a destination
Roman Abramovich's luxury yacht Solaris is "scenic cruising" off the coast of Turkey, Marine Traffic data shows, after the billionaire was sanctioned.
news.yahoo.comThe sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was spotted in a VIP lounge at an airport in Israel before a jet linked to him flew to Turkey, a report says
Abramovich is one of seven Russian oligarchs sanctioned by the UK on Thursday in response to Moscow's decision to invade Ukraine.
news.yahoo.comUS intelligence officials believe a $700 million superyacht that's docked in Italy could belong to Russian President Vladimir Putin, reports say
US officials have not yet concluded who owns the superyacht but said they found initial indications that it was associated with Putin, per The NYT.
news.yahoo.comRussia-Ukraine live updates Russia lays siege to another Ukrainian city, raising fears of yet another humanitarian disaster
The Kremlin's forces appear to have isolated Chernihiv, according to the Pentagon, as satellite images show the lumbering Russian military convoy near Kyiv dispersing and redeploying.
washingtonpost.comUkrainian reservists stand by to fight
Two weeks into its war in Ukraine, Russia has achieved less and struggled more than anticipated at the outset of the biggest land conflict in Europe since World War II. As Russian forces continue to press on the capital, Kyiv residents called on the reservists units of the Territorial Defence Forces to train and stand ready to fight. (Mar. 10)
news.yahoo.comRussia's invasion of Ukraine leaves global trade in tatters
Sanctions on Russia are starting to wreak havoc on global trade, with potentially devastating consequences for energy and grain importers while also generating ripple effects across a world still struggling to overcome pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions.
UK man hands Cyprus Church icon taken by his officer father
An 18th century icon that a British officer spirited out of war-wracked Cyprus in 1974 has been returned to the island’s Orthodox Church by the officer’s son to reunite it with those “who really appreciate what it stands for.”
washingtonpost.comEU official: Turkey will gain by curbing migration to Cyprus
A top European Union official says Turkey “has much to gain” if it works with the 27-member bloc to stem migrant arrivals from its airports and shores to the ethnically divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Vice President Margaritis Schinas said Sunday he’s hopeful Turkish authorities will show the same degree of cooperation on curbing migrant arrivals to Cyprus as they did on helping the EU deal with a Belarussian “hybrid attack” of pushing migrants across its border into Poland. “Look, Turkey, as all other of our neighbors, must understand a very simple thing: that on the migration issue, they have much to gain if they work with Europe instead of working against Europe,” Schinas said.
news.yahoo.comEx-pope Benedict XVI's letter asks for forgiveness over abuse scandal
The German Canon Georg Ganswein reads out a letter written by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in which he apologises after a report on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church for clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch. The former pontiff, who stepped down in 2013, is accused of knowingly failing to stop four priests accused of child sex abuse in the 1980s when he was archbishop of Munich.
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