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Russia accuses U.S. of direct Ukraine war role, grain ship anchors off Turkish coast

Russia on Tuesday accused the United States of direct involvement in the Ukraine war while the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain to world markets since Moscow's invasion anchored safely off Turkey's coast after a problem-free journey.

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Russia wants 2 prisoners in swap for Americans Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan

Tribune News Service

As Russia and Ukraine trade blame for prisoner-of-war deaths, what becomes of the Geneva Convention?

The deaths of more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war last week is not only an apparent war crime, but also another sign the situation is becoming a race to the bottom when it comes to international law and conventions.

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Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 160 of the invasion

US announces more weapons for Ukraine as UN chief warns that nuclear annihilation just ‘one miscalculation’ away

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin demands schoolchildren learn 'patriotic values' from the age of seven

Russian children will be forced to sit through hours of "conversations about important things", according to Sergei Novikov, who heads up the Kremlin's social projects wing

Daily Mirror

UN chief warns world is one step from `nuclear annihilation'

The United Nations chief is warning that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.”

The Independent UK

Trump calls Griner "a spoiled person"

“It once again shows just what a terrible guy this is, what a heinous human being," Scarborough said of Trump

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SAF Special Steel preps for MAI listing

SAF Special Steel Plc, a distributor of premium steel in Thailand, is pushing ahead with its plan for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI), as the company aims to expand its business domestically.

Bangkok Post

Piers Morgan jokes 'Russia wasn't on his vacation list' after being blacklisted by country

The UK has been one of Kyiv's biggest supporters after Russian president Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine at the end of February.

Daily Mirror

Viktor Bout: Lawyer for convicted Russian arms dealer ‘confident’ of US prisoner swap with Brittney Griner

Notorious ‘Merchant of Death’ serving 25 years in US prison

The Independent UK

Russia wants 2 prisoners in swap for Americans Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan

Moscow is leaning toward rejecting a prisoner swap unless it gets two Russians in return for the two Americans the U.S. wants released, according to people familiar with the Kremlin’s thinking.

Tribune News Service

U.S. accuses Russia of using Ukraine power plant as 'nuclear shield'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called Russia's actions around Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant "the height of irresponsibility," accusing Moscow of using it as a "nuclear shield" in attacks on Ukrainian forces.

Reuters

NY Attorney For Russian Arms Dealer Viktor Bout Is Confident About Brittney Griner Prisoner Swap, Calls It A 'Fair Trade'

The lawyer for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said Monday he was “confident” the U.S.

Benzinga

Using a rupee route to get around a dominating dollar

India could take advantage of geopolitical developments to promote trade and gain better status for the rupee

The Hindu

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'You can't switch off death,' German crematorium boss warns as energy crisis looms

Germans more often than not choose to be cremated when they die - which would be a problem if Russia turns off the gas.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Says No One Can Win a Nuclear War

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday there could be no winners in a nuclear war and no such war should ever be started. The Kremlin leader made the comment in a letter to participants of a conference on the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT), more than five months into his…

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3 Fertilizer Stocks to Buy Before They Surge Higher

Despite dropping from the initial aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, fertilizer prices remain higher than the 2021 levels. Given the industry’s solid growth prospects, quality fertilizer stocks CF Industries (CF), The Mosaic Company (MOS), and ICL Group (ICL) might be ideal investments at their current price levels. Read on….

Benzinga

First Ukraine Grain Shipment Departs Port Of Odessa With 26,000 Metric Tons Of Corn

As concerns of a global food crisis heighten, Ukraine was granted access on Monday to ship its first container of grain, carrying 26,000 metric tons of corn from the port of Odessa to Tripoli, Lebanon, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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The Independent UK

Griner's trail resumes amid intensified diplomacy

Since Brittney Griner last appeared in her trial for cannabis possession, the question of her fate expanded from a tiny and cramped courtroom on Moscow’s outskirts to the highest level of Russia-US diplomacy

Sports Illustrated

Former President Trump Criticizes Potential Prisoner Swap for Brittney Griner

Trump criticized a potential prisoner exchange that would return WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan to the United States.

The Guardian - UK

Gazprom daily gas output in July lowest since 2008, analysis suggests

Output last month of Russian firm was down 14% on June, sharpening fears Moscow could provoke energy crisis in Europe

Daily Record

Green MSPs targeted for Moscow sanctions over their support of the Ukraine

Duo Greer and Slater are on the Kremlin blacklist

The Guardian - UK

Sanctions against Russia are not backfiring

Letters: Immoral behaviour must be challenged, says David Sutherland, while Scott Blau highlights the economic effects, and Bohdan Kisil says the moral effect on Ukrainians is incalculable

The Independent UK

Putin says there would be ‘no winners’ in a nuclear war and such a conflict should never be started

The remarks came in a letter to a conference on non-proliferation

WEKU

Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Aug. 1)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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