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The United States and Germany have slapped sanctions on the Hydra marketplace, said to be among the largest darknet platforms in the world, with Berlin shutting down servers belonging to the Russia-based site while seizing millions of dollars in proceeds.  The US Treasury Department announced the move on Tuesday, declaring …

Czechia has provided Ukraine with tanks for use in its ongoing conflict with Russia, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, on Tuesday.  The Central European nation has also reportedly supplied Kiev with howitzer artillery pieces and Soviet-made BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, according to the newspaper. The supplies have been funded by …

A pair of lookalikes for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky won’t be fighting each other in MMA, a Polish organization has announced after receiving “thousands” of angry messages after they teased a bout between the two doppelgangers. Speculation was raised that the pair would face one another …

German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock has ruled out an import ban on Russian gas because the Berlin government does not believe that an energy embargo will make Russia end its military offensive in Ukraine. “If imposing a full embargo tomorrow could stop this war then we would do it immediately. Such a …

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has commended the Russian ruble on its resilience in the face of international sanctions, imposed in light of the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine. “The ruble has shown a strong resistance capacity. Putin now insists that they pay him for gas in rubles …

The Finnish government will provide the country’s parliament with a review of possible NATO accession by the middle of this month, the country’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said. Moscow’s attack on Ukraine has prompted Finland, which has a common border with Russia, to intensify the discussions on potential benefits of …

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has announced that introducing a total ban on Russian gas imports has been ruled out because the bloc would not be able to pass a unanimous vote due to Hungary’s position. “A unanimous decision cannot be taken because there is one country, Hungary, which has …

The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, has become the world’s richest person, according to Forbes magazine’s latest billionaires list, published on Tuesday. Musk is atop the World’s Billionaires list for the first time ever. As of March 11, the businessman was worth an estimated $219 billion, after his …

Qatari state news outlet Al Jazeera has published previously unseen, and heavily redacted documents, on Tuesday, which paint a troubling picture of the closed-door conversations that preceded the implementation of Australia’s Assistance and Access Act. It comes after the broadcaster grappled with the Canberra government for nearly five years over a Freedom of Information …

A gruesome clip emerged on social media on Tuesday, purportedly showing the execution of Russian prisoners of war by Ukrainian troops.  The video starts with the apparent murder of a severely wounded Russian serviceman, who was lying on a road. “Look, he’s still alive. He’s wheezing,” a voice said off …