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Efforts by Ukraine and its Western backers to convince, shame, and sanction companies into leaving the Russian market have backfired, placing lucrative enterprises in Russian hands at discount prices and pumping more than a billion dollars worth of exit taxes into Moscow’s coffers, the New York Times reported on Monday. …

French luxury cosmetics brand L’Occitane has decided to close its stores and online shops in Russia due to Moscow’s ongoing military operation in Ukraine, the company said in a press release on Friday evening. “Over the past few weeks, we have significantly curtailed our business operations in Russia in response …

“It’s time for me to pass the baton to the next generation so I can focus on my health and well-being,” DeFazio, 74, said in a statement on Wednesday.  “This was a tough decision at a challenging time for our republic with the very pillars of our democracy under threat, …

Two of the top executives involved in vaccine research and testing at the Food and Drug Administration are leaving the agency, according to a Tuesday letter from Peter Marks, chief of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. Marion Gruber and Phil Krause were director and deputy director, respectively, …

In the event of a Taliban offensive that threatens the capital, Kabul, the US military is weighing the possibility of responding with warplanes or drones, the New York Times reported, citing senior officials.  President Joe Biden has pledged to end US military engagement in the country, including airstrikes, by September, …

Australia is mulling legislation that would require Google and Facebook to pay domestic media outlets for using their content on their platforms, a move that the two tech giants strenuously oppose. Google has claimed that the licensing fees would make their services financially unviable, warning last month that the company …

Police blocked the street Grushevskogo. Protesters gathered near the Parliament blocked the exits from the Parliament building and the side exit for MPs. In particular, representatives of the party of national body completely blocked the side fence on the Grushevsky street and blocked the car from leaving the inner courtyard …