Potanin reportedly has close ties with Vladimir Putin. Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images Vladimir Potanin is the richest man in Russia, worth an estimated $25 billion. He's been known to vacation on yachts and play ice hockey with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Potanin has not been named on US or EuropeanContinue Reading
Former President Donald Trump was heard calling South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham a "progressive" at a dinner event at Mar-a-Lago. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty; Mario Tama/Getty Images Former president Donald Trump appeared to mock Sen. Lindsey Graham at an event at Mar-a-Lago. Trump called Graham a "progressive senator from South Carolina" inContinue Reading
Ukrainian soldiers search for bodies in the debris at the military school hit by Russian rockets the day before, in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, on March 19, 2022. Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images A Russian strike hit a barracks for young officers in the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, witnesses said. AContinue Reading
Mariana Vishegirskaya stands outside a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Vishegirskaya survived the shelling and later gave birth to a girl in another hospital in Mariupol. Mstyslav Chernov/AP Photo A Ukrainian official said thousands of Mariupol residents are starving. Mariupol facedContinue Reading
Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin arriving in London for a Russian trade fair in 1961. Douglas Miller/Getty Images Yuri Gagarin has had his name removed from the US-based Space Foundation's fundraising event. The Soviet cosmonaut was the first person to fly to space, on April 12, 1961. The nonprofit organization decidedContinue Reading
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to talk about the Ukraine conflict. Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images US futures slipped Thursday as Joe Biden and Xi Jinping prepared to talk about the Ukraine conflict. Oil prices remained elevated after rising sharply Thursday asContinue Reading
A worker adjusts a valve of an oil pipe. Azad Lashkari/Reuters Oil headed back towards $110 a barrel on Friday as Russian troops continued to bomb Ukrainian cities. Faltering peace talks and no signs the war is ending sent oil on an upward march, one analyst said. The UK financeContinue Reading
World Central Kitchen team in Poland feeding refugees who fled the war in Ukraine. World Central Kitchen Since the war began, 3 million Ukrainians have fled their country, according to the UN. World Central Kitchen, a US-based nonprofit, is feeding people in Ukraine and refugees in nearby countries. The groupContinue Reading
Industrial Container Cargo freight ship with working crane bridge in shipyard at Iron Ore Mine Factory Plant in Narvik Norway. vichie81/iStock/Getty Images Plus A yacht owned by Russian oligarch Vladimir Strzhalkovsky is stranded in Norway, as local oil suppliers have refused to refuel it. Russian oligarchs who have been sanctionedContinue Reading
In a world with ever-changing and advancing technology, our habits and schedules regularly shift. The way we utilize that technology changes regularly, and often for the better. But, as technology shifts, so do various fraud and scam operations. Thanks to generational gaps, fraud and scam techniques can affect anyone inContinue Reading
