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Ukraine crisis: Edwin Poots warns of possible food shortages

"Ukraine is a supplier of cereals to Northern Ireland and consequently that has implications for the chicken, pork and diary industries in particular"

Belfast Live · Mar 1, 2022

'China's Warren Buffet' Places Orders For Over $5M Tencent's Shares

A mainland billionaire investor has placed heavy orders on Tencent Holdings Ltd (OTC:TCEHY), Bloomberg reports. Duan Yongping, a billionaire entrepreneur dubbed China's Warren Buffet by Chinese media, has placed orders for more than $5 million of Tencent's U.S. listed shares. The share prices rallied in Hong Kong, making up for some of the…

Benzinga · Mar 1, 2022

Elite fighting unit sent to assassinate Ukraine President Zelensky killed

Kyiv's Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, Oleksiy Danilov, said the unit was closely followed since dropping into Ukraine, and has been neutralised

Daily Mirror · Mar 1, 2022

Netflix won't carry Russian state programming

As Ukraine continues to defend itself against a Russian invasion, Netflix said it does not plan to comply with a regulation to carry Russian state programming in that country.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2022

Ukraine war: Boy and girl fight for life after Russian soldiers kill their 10 year-old sister and parents

Russian troops opened fire on the family as they were trying to escape Ukraine in a car

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

IEA countries agree to release 60 million barrels of oil after Russia's Ukraine invasion

Oil prices have recently surged to over $100 a barrel in response to the war.

Axios · Mar 1, 2022

Nations agree to release 60 million barrels of oil amid war

The International Energy Agency says all 31 member countries have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves “to send a strong message to oil markets” that there will be “no shortfall in supplies” as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Huge Russian convoy advances on Kyiv as missile hits heart of Kharkiv

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces continued to batter targets in Ukraine on Tuesday, striking the embattled nation’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, and assembling a 40-mile-long column of tanks, artillery and other military vehicles outside the capital, Kyiv, in what could be a sign of an imminent assault.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2022

Huge Russian convoy advances on Kyiv as missile hits heart of Kharkiv

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces continued to batter targets in Ukraine on Tuesday, striking government buildings, a television tower and the country’s main Holocaust memorial, and assembling a 40-mile-long column of tanks, artillery and other military vehicles outside the capital, Kyiv, in what could be a sign of an imminent…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2022

Colbert on Volodymyr Zelenskiy: ‘Is everyone in Ukraine that badass?’

Late-night hosts discuss the Ukrainian resistance to Russian invaders, Zelenskiy’s videos and Trump’s praise of Putin

The Guardian - US · Mar 1, 2022