More than 2 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion less than two weeks ago, the United Nations refugee agency or UNHCR said. Poland alone has received nearly half of those Ukrainians seeking refuge. Tuesday’s figures show 1.2 million people have crossed into the country in the past 13 days. Hungary [&hel...
Poland on Tuesday said it is ready to hand over all of its MIG-29 jets to the U.S., as part of efforts to provide Ukraine with fighter aircraft to defend against Russian attacks. Poland called on other NATO allies that have MIG-29 jets to follow its example. The British government said it will back up […]
British MPs on Tuesday gave a standing ovation for Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky before he gave a historic virtual address to the House of Commons. Speaking via video, the embattled president spoke to MPs as part of his diplomatic push for more Western action against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky said Ukrainians “...
Rising crude oil prices are expected to lower oil-rich Gulf nations’ need to sell Islamic bonds, according to Moody’s Investors Service. Higher oil prices will lead to lower sukuk issuance in 2022. Sukuk is the name for interst free bonds. That’s driven largely by lower financing needs among Gulf Cooperation Council countries, according to a...
U.S. biotechnology company Moderna plans to invest more than $500 million in a vaccine and drug manufacturing facility in Kenya. Leaders of the African nation signed a memorandum of understanding with Moderna on Monday in the capital Nairobi. The new facility will help address the problem of vaccine inequity experienced across Africa. Kenyan P...
Spain’s Supreme Court on Tuesday backed Twitter’s decision to temporarily block the account of the Vox party for hate speech. The social media platform decided to block the far-right party from tweeting for eight days in early 2021 during its electoral run in Catalonia. As part of its “Stop Islamization” campaign, Vox tweeted inaccurate statis...
Iraq’s National Museum reopened Monday to visitors after being closed for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and political unrest. The museum features artifacts dating back 2,500 years to the neo-Assyrian empire alongside 9th century Islamic antiquities. Among the items back on display are two winged bulls from the Nimrud site in t...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree Tuesday providing for free menstrual supplies for low-income women and girls. The far-right leader signed the executive order at a ceremony for International Women’s Day. The new decree will be funded by a budget of $26 million reaching an estimated 3.6 million people, according to the h...
Several hundred feminist activists participated in a “die-in” on International Women’s Day in front of Paris’ Pere Lachaise Cemetery for victims of femicide. In Paris, several thousands marched against gender violence and for equal pay. They began the rally with reading a letter from Russian feminists urging activists to “take a st...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday that Russia is bombing Ukrainian cities like it did in Syria and Chechnya. Speaking to the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Borrell said the Russia-Ukraine war “will leave a mark on history.” He explained that the Russian leader...
