Category: crisis

Is Your Family Prepared for a Crisis? The Survival Mom Wants to Help

For Lisa Bedford, getting prepared is about worrying less, not more. The suburban mom of two knows well the panic of facing an uncertain future—and realizing the extent of one’s unpreparedness. Following the 2008 recession, she surfaced from her own fear-fueled, first-time deep-dive into the world of survival and preparedness determined to help others like…


Ukrainian Officials Report Russian Missile Attack on Kyiv

KYIV, Ukraine—A series of explosions rocked Kyiv on Saturday morning and minutes later air raid sirens started to wail as an apparent missile attack on the Ukrainian capital was underway. Critical infrastructure in Kyiv was targeted, the deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said on Telegram. An unidentified infrastructure object was hit in…


US to Begin Training Ukrainian Troops to Use Patriot Missile System in Oklahoma

Around 100 Ukrainian troops are set to arrive in the United States as soon as next week to begin training on how to use the Patriot surface-to-air guided-missile defense system. “I can confirm that training for Ukrainian forces on the Patriot air defense system will begin as soon as next week at Fort Sill, Oklahoma,”…


Kremlin Says It Hasn’t Seen Cases of Oil Price Caps

MOSCOW—The Kremlin said on Wednesday it had not yet seen any cases of price caps on Russian oil imposed by the West last month, in comments about possible losses from such measures. Some analysts have previously said that the caps will have little immediate impact on the oil revenues that Moscow is currently earning. Currently,…


Russia’s Lavrov: Either Ukraine Fulfills Moscow’s Proposals or Our Army Will Decide

Moscow’s proposals for settlement in Ukraine are well known to Kyiv and either Ukraine fulfils them for their own good or the Russian army will decide the issue, TASS agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying. “Our proposals for the demilitarization and denazification of the territories controlled by the regime, the elimination of…


LIVE NOW: Market Falls Mirror Great Depression; Unemployment Numbers Doctored

The United States is seeing economic trends not witnessed since the Great Depression, including with its falling GDP. While there are various estimates on the crisis, it’s projected to last for years before real improvements are seen, and early estimates didn’t take into account unforeseen events such as ongoing lockdowns in China or Russia’s war…


Market Falls Mirror Great Depression; Unemployment Numbers Doctored

The United States is seeing economic trends not witnessed since the Great Depression, including with its falling GDP. While there are various estimates on the crisis, it’s projected to last for years before real improvements are seen, and early estimates didn’t take into account unforeseen events such as ongoing lockdowns in China or Russia’s war…


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: Market Falls Mirror Great Depression; Unemployment Numbers Doctored

The United States is seeing economic trends not witnessed since the Great Depression, including with its falling GDP. While there are various estimates on the crisis, it’s projected to last for years before real improvements are seen, and early estimates didn’t take into account unforeseen events such as ongoing lockdowns in China or Russia’s war…


Kremlin Says No Chance of Ukraine Talks as Zelenskyy Travels to Washington

MOSCOW—The Kremlin said that nothing good would come from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip to Washington on Wednesday and that Russia saw no chance of peace talks with Kyiv. In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that continued Western arms supplies to Ukraine would lead to a “deepening” of the conflict—something which…


Russia Says Oil Price Cap Won’t Stop It From Financing Ukraine War Effort

LONDON—Russia said on Monday that a Western price cap on its oil would destabilize global energy markets but would not affect its ability to sustain what it calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was preparing its response to Friday’s move by the G7 and allies, which was aimed…