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UN General Assembly adopts resolution on humanitarian situation in Ukraine

The resolution, drafted by Ukraine and allies, received 140 votes in favour and 5 votes against, while 38 countries abstained on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported

Ukraine says Moscow is forcibly taking civilians to Russia as hostages

Ukraine has accused Moscow of forcibly taking hundreds of thousands of civilians from shattered Ukrainian cities to Russia, where some may be used as hostages to pressure Kyiv to give up

US sanctions blunt Russian bank's ability to deploy international reserves

In its latest action to impose severe costs on the Russians, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating key enablers of the invasion.

'We would respond': Biden on Russia's possible use of chemical weapons

US President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will respond if Russia uses chemical weapons in Ukraine

Putin's demand for payments in ruble can't be met, say EU nations

I don't think anybody in Europe really know how rubles look like, said Slovene Prime Minister Janez Jansa

'Do not delay': Zelensky asks EU leaders for quick membership

He appealed to the EU leaders, who had gathered on Thursday in Brussels, to move quickly on Ukraine's application to join the bloc

Ukraine war: US President Joe Biden says he wants Russia out of the G20

President Joe Biden says that he wants Russia out of the G-20. Biden made the comments during a press conference Thursday in Brussels following a series of urgent NATO meetings on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The G-20, or Group of Twenty, is an intergovernmental forum of 19 countries and the European Union that works on major global issues. He said he raised the issue Thursday with other world leaders. Biden said that he would prefer Russia is removed from the group, but should Indonesia or other nations disagree, he would ask that Ukraine leaders be allowed in for conversations. Biden and Western allies on Thursday pledged new sanctions and humanitarian aid in response to the continued assault in Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Sitting at G20 summit with Putin is a 'step too far': Scott Morrison

Earlier this week, Russia's envoy to Indonesia, Lyudmila Vorobieva, had told a news conference that the Russian President 'wants to' go to the summit, adding the country 'has been invited'

China to face economic consequences if it aids Russia in Ukraine: Biden

On the possibility of China providing assistance to Russia, Biden said he had a 'very straightforward conversation' with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week on the topic

Russian tycoons now $8.3-billion richer as stock trading resumes

Scores of Russian billionaires got sanctioned by the EU and the UK after the Kremlin started its war against Ukraine

Civilian casualties to economic loss: One month of Russia-Ukraine war

Tens of thousands have lost their lives while millions have been displaced

UN General Assembly again overwhelmingly isolates Russia over Ukraine

The resolution adopted on Thursday, which was drafted by Ukraine and allies, received 140 votes in favor and five votes against while 38 countries, including China, abstained

Russian stock market, crushed by war, opens with big limits

Outside Russia, the reopening of stock trading on the Moscow Exchange has little impact, including on the vast majority of US investors' portfolios, said Leanna Devinney with Fidelity Investments

European Union agrees on Russia sanctions so far, but energy divides

Unlike the US, they have so far spared Russian fossil fuels, highlighting the EU's reliance on the country's oil, natural gas and coal to keep homes warm and the wheels of industry turning

After Russia's cultural boycott

Russia's Ukraine invasion has triggered some interesting boycotts though

UNGA blames Russia for Ukraine's humanitarian crisis, urges ceasefire

Thomas-Greenfield countered that Russia was attempting to use this council to provide cover for its brutal actions

Fund led by Biden's son involved in financing biolabs in Ukraine: Russia

At the same time, the scientific curator is the US nuclear center at Los Alamos

UK finance minister Rishi Sunak questioned over Infosys' presence in Moscow

The Indian-origin finance minister who is the son-in-law of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy was asked on air if his advice to businesses was not being followed within his own home

UK sanctions Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's stepdaughter

The most prominent target of the sanctions is Imperial College graduate Polina Kovaleva, a glamorous 26-year-old who lives in a 4 million piund home in Kensington

G-7 nations restrict Russian Central Bank's use of gold in transactions

Russia holds roughly $130 billion in gold reserves, and the Bank of Russia announced Feb 28 that it would resume the purchase of gold on the domestic precious metals market