Tag: Ukraine conflict

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  UK further supports Ukraine through armed conflict with Russia

  

  Weeks into a military conflict with the Russian Federation, the Parliament of Ukraine has announced it would up its defense spending following a £ 1.7 billion loan from the United Kingdom, it was reported.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  US will sponsor home production of fertilizers to cut dependence from imports

  

  United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is planning to invest an initial sum of US$250 million for the production of fertilizers in the country. USDA said the goal is the reduction of input costs, which have been strongly affected by the sanctions imposed on Russia, (a leading global supplier) and stimulate competition in the US.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 20:14 UTC

  Ukraine: ICRC warns “nuclear explosion would cause insurmountable challenges”

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)'s Director of Law and Policy, Helen Durham, Monday issued a statement saying the body was 'alarmed' by the threats the world is facing amid escalating violence in Ukraine involving the Russian Federation's military forces, which could lead to a nuclear confrontation with western powers.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Mercosur and associate members want fertilizers off Russia's sanctions list

  

  Mercosur country members plus associate Chile and Bolivia (in the process of joining the block) want fertilizers excluded from the list of sanctions on Russia, according to Brazilian Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina da Costa Dias.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Ecuadorian banana producers seek declaration of emergency

  

  Ecuadorian banana producers in the coastal provinces of Guayas, Los Rios, and El Oro, have staged road blockades demanding the government to step in and purchase the surplus resulting from Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  PM Johnson hosted a roundtable of leaders in the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosted on Monday a roundtable of leaders in the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry today to discuss domestic energy security. This is part of a series of engagements by the Government across the UK’s energy sectors, including with renewable and nuclear companies in the coming days and weeks.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 20:42 UTC

  Fuel at Argentine pumps goes up for the second time this year

  

  Argentina's state-run oil company YPF has increased its prices at pumps between 9.5% and 11.5%. It was the second rise this year. Other brands such as Shell have followed suit. The last increase had been in February.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine fisheries industry exports hit by the Russia/Ukraine war

  

  Sanctions on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine are intensifying and biting, with consequences for the Argentine fishing industry, mainly because Russian importers are rejecting shipments as the Rubble, last week, had devalued almost 75%.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  EU Parliament votes to end “golden passports”, allowing rich individuals to buy EU citizenship

  

  The European Parliament voted last week an end to the so called “golden passports”, extended by some members of the EU to rich individuals, in this case mainly Russian oligarchs.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Russians blamed for the killing of US reporter in Ukraine

  

  US film reporter Brent Renaud was killed Sunday in Ukraine when his vehicle was hit at a checkpoint just outside Kyiv, specifically in Irpin.