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Menendez: Need to expel Kremlin from international community is in ‘sharp focus’
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Menendez: Need to expel Kremlin from international community is in ‘sharp focus’

Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Bob MenendezRobert (Bob) MenendezSenate passes resolution supporting Ukraine amid invasion fears Senators urge Biden to 'impose significant costs' if Russia invades Ukraine Senators eye Plan B amid Russia sanctions stalemate MORE (D-N.J.) said in a statement late Wednesday night that Russia’s military operation in Ukraine brings the “need to expel the current” leadership in Moscow “into sharp focus.”The statement was issued soon after Russian President Vladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich PutinAustralia, Canada, Japan impose sanctions on Russia over Ukraine crisis Cheney: Trump's 'adulation' of Putin 'aids our enemies' Defense & National Security: US, allies hit Russia with sanctions MORE ordered a military operation in Ukraine, following weeks o...
Rouble up from record low, sell-off hits stocks as Russia invades Ukraine
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Rouble up from record low, sell-off hits stocks as Russia invades Ukraine

Russian 1000-rouble banknotes, 50 and 10 kopeck coins are seen on a table at a private company's office in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia November 6, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya NaymushinRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterRussia starts military offensive in Ukraine, as fearedSweeping sell-off hits Russian marketRussian cenbank says will help rouble with FX interventionsMarket awaits new Western sanctionsMOSCOW, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The rouble bounced off all-time lows on Thursday as the central bank announced FX interventions after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces to invade Ukraine, a move expected to trigger new harsh sanctions against Moscow.Russian forces fired missiles at several Ukrainian cities and landed troops on its south coast on Thursday, officials and med...
Stocks React to Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Live Business News
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Stocks React to Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Live Business News

Roger Ng, right, a former Goldman Sachs executive who is charged with bribery and money-laundering, arriving at US District Court in Brooklyn on Tuesday.Credit...Eduardo Munoz/ReutersThe bribery and money-laundering trial of a former Goldman Sachs executive was thrown into turmoil after federal prosecutors — for the second time in a little over a week — said the government had failed to promptly turn over thousands of pages of emails and other personal documents belonging to a key witness for the prosecution.The federal judge presiding over the trial of Roger Ng in Brooklyn said Wednesday that the government's failure to produce documents was “particularly troublesome” and would result in a delay in the proceedings so that defense lawyers had time to review the additional materials.“I a...
Disinformation and cyber attacks: Russia activates its war machine in cyberspace
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Disinformation and cyber attacks: Russia activates its war machine in cyberspace

After months of tension and bellicose rhetoric on Europe's eastern border, Russia has finally launched this Thursday a large-scale "special military operation" against Ukrainethe biggest invasion that Europe has seen since the Second World War and that amplifies the latent armed conflict in the east of the country since 2014. Although the operation includes traditional methods such as the launch of missiles and the deployment of tanks, Moscow has spent years with its machinery of computer warfare activated. And it is that the hybrid wars of the 21st century are also being fought on a digital front that is less noisy but crucial in destabilizing the enemy. On January 14, Kiev suffered a cyber attack paralyzed for hours up to 70 websites of the Ukrainian Government, including thos...
Demystifying 5G Edge Computing
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Demystifying 5G Edge Computing

Telecommunications companies today are deploying edge computing resources across their networks, with a volume and speed that reflects the urgency of an industry that wants every piece of a big, luscious pie. The revenue generated by the 5G network in 2021 will increase by 39% at $19.1 billion on their way to the estimated release of some $12.3 trillions in economic returns by 2035. It is a race to launch these networks and the prize is considerable. 5G networks can be up to a 500% faster than 4G network and support 100x increase in traffic capacity. These are massive upgrades that require fundamental changes to network architectures. Edge computing is critical to delivering on this proposition, offering the compute and storage that elimi...
Live Twitter updates from Russia’s massive Ukraine invasion
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Live Twitter updates from Russia’s massive Ukraine invasion

As Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday night a “special military operation” and reportedly launched a major attack on neighboring Ukraine, President Joe Biden responded that the Russian government would be held accountable for “catastrophic loss of life and human suffering.”RELATEDWith reports surfacing from sources on the ground, Twitter is abuzz with live updates. Military Times will continue to update this report with the latest accounts from the social media platform.11:25 a.m. ESTA senior U.S. defense official gave a background briefing on the invasion, the Washington Post reported. “They’re making a move on Kyiv,” the defense official said. “What they’re doing with Kyiv is hard to say.”The official went on to further say that U.S. estimates suggest that around 75 ...
Russia attacks Ukraine as defiant Putin warns US, NATO
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Russia attacks Ukraine as defiant Putin warns US, NATO

Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions.Here's the latest on the Ukraine-Russia conflict: Ukraine's president has declared martial law and urged citizens to stay home and not to panic as Russia launches its military strike.The Russian military says it has targeted Ukrainian air bases and other military assets, but hasn’t targeted populated areas.Big explosions were heard in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and other areas of Ukraine. Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to "consequences they have never seen."Big explosions were heard before dawn in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa as world...
Vladimir Putin’s views of Ukraine with Xi Jinping’s views of Taiwan are linked by a fallacy
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Vladimir Putin’s views of Ukraine with Xi Jinping’s views of Taiwan are linked by a fallacy

“Taiwan is not Ukraine,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing on Wednesday. “Taiwan has always been an inalienable part of China. This is an indisputable legal and historical fact.”And while Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month restated that Russia supports Beijing's “one-China principle” and stood opposed to an independent Taiwan, he has been coy about the prospect of conflict — even as his own nation's edges closer to one with Ukraine.Story continues below advertisement“I think China does not need to use force,” Putin told reporters in Moscow in October, downplaying the threat of a Chinese military invasion of Taiwan and suggesting that shared interests would compel the island and the mainland together.For all the debate in Wash...
Scorpio: managing your money and living your life Don’t be fooled by what others say or do
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Scorpio: managing your money and living your life Don’t be fooled by what others say or do

Eugenia Last CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: O’Shea Jackson Jr., 31; Billy Zane, 56; Helen Shaver, 71; Edward James Olmos, 75.Happy Birthday: Take your time. Go over every detail. It’s better to be safe than sorry. Take a secretive approach to what you plan to achieve this year. Once you have a doable plan mapped out, you can connect the dots and work toward your goal. Leave no room for discrepancies or mistakes. Have a good backup plan in place, and feel confident moving forward. Your numbers are 5, 11, 16, 27, 31, 39, 44.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Bite into something that you feel passionate about and turn it into a project that makes you feel good about what you accomplish. Stop waiting for something to come along. Concentrate on what you want, and take responsibility for your hap...
Lawmakers condemn Putin, call for crippling sanctions on Russia amid military operation
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Lawmakers condemn Putin, call for crippling sanctions on Russia amid military operation

Lawmakers condemned Russian President Vladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich PutinUkrainian state border service says troops attacked from Belarus Menendez: Need to expel Kremlin from international community is in 'sharp focus' Lawmakers to receive briefing from Biden administration on Thursday MORE’s announcement of a military operation in Ukraine late Wednesday night, calling for more severe consequences to be imposed on Russia.  "As Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I am committed to ensuring that the United States upholds our responsibility to exact maximum costs on Putin, the Russian economy, and those who enabled and facilitated this trampling of Ukraine's sovereignty."“Putin’s decision to invade is an evil, panicked move of weakness and will be his defining mistak...