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Petrol, diesel price hikes may restart from next week: Report

NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel price hikes are likely to resume after state elections get over next week to bridge the Rs 9 a litre gap created by international oil prices soaring past $100 a barrel.

The Times of India · Mar 2, 2022

Russia Aims to Erase Us, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Says on Day 7 of War

Russia is aiming to erase Ukraine, its history and people, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video on Wednesday as the seventh day of Moscow's invasion of its neighbor started with heavy shelling of the Black Sea port of Mariupol. Moscow switched to strikes on Ukrainian cities on Tuesday and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 2, 2022

RTE commentator George Hamilton says Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is not being done in Russian people's name

The broadcaster has visited Russia on numerous occasions to commentate on sporting events

Irish Mirror · Mar 2, 2022

Commentary: Russia remains a formidable nuclear threat, even to the US

As is now clearer than ever, the greatest military threat to the United States and its allies in the near future is Russia. Many in the West have long lulled themselves into believing that Russian nuclear weapons somehow do not matter. Nothing could be further from the truth. Over the…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 2, 2022

Tony Norman: The right side of history

When I walked to my car on Saturday afternoon, I noticed that my neighbors were displaying a large Ukrainian flag on their front porch. Because the family is of South Asian descent, my assumption was that they probably had no direct stake in Russia's invasion of the second-biggest country in…

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2022

Commentary: Read the words as they appear — Russia is not a member of the United Nations Security Council

With a Russian invasion looming, the Ukrainian ambassador sat across from his Russian counterpart, his first chance to unload the frustrations and anxieties of a nation directly to its aggressor. He opened not with a complaint about shelling or a defense of sovereignty but with a request that the United…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 2, 2022

Mark Z. Barabak: Harsh words for Putin and Republican crackpots turn Mitt Romney into a truth-teller

Mitt Romney has been several things in his political career. The socially moderate governor of Massachusetts. The "severely conservative" 2012 GOP nominee for president. The adopted son of Utah, the state he represents in the United States Senate.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 2, 2022

Commentary: Russia’s attacks in Syria were a prelude to Putin’s war on Ukraine

Syrians have been reacting to the painful events unfolding in Ukraine on social media, not only through an outpouring of sympathy but also with this message to the world: “We told you so.” Syria was a prelude, and a testing ground, for Vladimir Putin’s war in Europe.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 2, 2022

Empty shelves, spy hunt: Kyiv residents brace for Russian assault

Supermarkets in Ukraine’s capital struggle with logistics as a long Russian military convoy advances slowly on Kyiv.

Al Jazeera · Mar 2, 2022

Boris Johnson says he will publish ‘full list of all those associated with the Putin regime’ – UK politics as it happened

Latest updates: PM response comes as Keir Starmer asks why Roman Abramovich is not subject to sanctions in UK

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2022