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Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered a flurry of credit rating moves on Friday, with S&P lowering Russia's rating to 'junk' status, Moody's putting it on review for a downgrade to junk, and S&P and Fitch swiftly cutting Ukraine on default worries. Both countries' financial markets have unsurprisingly been thrown into…

China is the only friend that might help Russia blunt the impact of economic sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, but President Xi Jinping’s government is giving no sign it might be willing to risk its own access to US and European markets by doing too much. Even if Beijing…

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China is the only friend that might help Russia blunt the impact of economic sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, but President Xi Jinping’s government is giving no sign it might be willing to risk its own access to U.S. and European markets by doing too much

Record View says we must open our arms and our borders to Ukrainians and help to ­mitigate what will become a humanitarian catastrophe in Europe.

The authorities here have less than a fortnight to prepare for the Serb Ultras, notorious for launching fireworks in stadiums, rampant racism and full-on fighting.

Canada, the United States, Britain and the European Union on Friday said they could act to exclude Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payments system in a further round of sanctions aimed at halting Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine puts a rocket underneath already high global energy costs, Australian households and businesses could be hit by a bump in the costs of heating, cooking, power and transport.

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops closed in on this besieged capital Friday as missiles streaked through the night, sirens wailed, the president stood defiant and civilians took up arms amid Europe’s most extensive fighting since World War II.