Australian Workers at Three Energy Plants Halt Work
The labor action at liquefied natural gas plants, responsible for about 6 percent of the world’s supply of the fuel, came as talks over pay and work conditions stalled.
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South African Inquiry Rebuts U.S. Charge on Russian Arms
A government investigation about a Russian ship contradicts U.S. accusations that South Africa provided arms to fight Ukraine, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. But a government report won’t be released, he added.
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How More Sanctions on Russian Diamonds Could Affect the Global Market
The Group of 7 and the European Union are expected to issue new rules in an effort to slow the flow of revenue into the Kremlin’s war chest.
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Western Banks Help Fund Blacklisted Oligarch’s Charity
Konstantin Malofeyev’s foundation funds orphanages in occupied Ukraine. He denies that a child-removal program there is a war crime: “All of this is fake.”