Wines of South Africa hosts wine tasting despite a ban on alcohol

Wines of South Africa on Friday launched the East Africa Virtual Theme Tastings kicking off with Chenin Blanc. cont'd

Ukraine asks Qatar, others to boost energy exports amid war

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Ukraine's president called Saturday on energy-rich nations to increase their production of oil and natural gas to counteract the loss of Russian supplies amid sanctions over Moscow's war on his country. cont'd

Investors expect U.S. earnings hit as war boosts inflation

Reuters NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) - Investors are bracing for a hit to U.S. earnings as oil and other commodity costs skyrocket and major U.S. companies including McDonald's begin to halt sales in Russia following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Zelensky draws line in negotiations: We're not giving land to Russia

Yahoo! News - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that neither he nor his people can accept some of Russia's reported demands for ending its increasingly brutal invasion, which is now entering its fourth week.

Sanctioning Russian Oligarchs May Not Stop Putin, But It’s Still a Huge Deal

Yahoo News - But even if the sanctions don’t change Putin’s mind, they are the culmination of a years-long push to get Western capitals to take the problem of Russian oligarchs — and the transnational flow of ill-gotten wealth — seriously.

Russia’s war hits Yandex, the ‘Google of Russia’

Sources say the company is seeking a media exit as top exec hit with sanctions over propaganda charge link Germany warns against using Kaspersky software, citing ‘considerable’ cyber risk after Russia’s invasion

Russia intensifies assault, warns U.S. weapons sent to Ukraine are 'legitimate targets'

Yahoo! - Russian forces kept up their bombardment of cities across Ukraine on Saturday, capturing the eastern outskirts of a key southern port and waging an increasingly violent campaign with an eye to encircling the capital even as they sought to bring a political veneer to their occupation in cities they have captured.

The Russian-born billionaire who founded Stolichnaya vodka is changing the brand's name

Stolichnaya vodka is rebranding to go by its nickname "Stoli." read more

Russian troops stranded in 40-mile convoy could freeze to death in ‘metal tank refrigerators’

Yahoo News - Russian soldiers who have been stranded in a 40-mile-long armoured military column of tanks and heavy weaponry near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for days, could soon face freezing conditions.

Defense seek leniency for US men in Italian officer slaying

MSN News ROME (AP) — The defense for two young men from California, convicted last year in Rome of murdering an Italian policeman and given life sentences, pleaded for leniency at their appeals trial Thursday.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90725128/4-counterintuitive-strategies-to-finally-tackle-those-nagging-projects

Fast Company - Do you have projects you’ve sidelined? Perhaps you’ve tried to implement time management strategies to tackle those to-do items—yet they still never get done.

Scroll back up to restore default view. Yahoo News Congresswoman born in Ukraine blasts Putin's invasion: 'This is not a war. This is genocide.'

A Republican congresswoman who was born in Ukraine harshly condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for his increasingly brutal invasion of her home country.