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Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 2' gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, northern Germany

The invasion in Ukraine could mean less reliance on energy from Russia, analyst says

Energy

Russia currently supplies about 40% of Europe’s natural gas. Gregory Brew, who studies energy policy at Yale University, says that the Russian invasion into Ukraine has triggered “a crisis in longterm European energy security.”

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, joined by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and Rep. Eric Swalwell, holds a news conference at the Capitol in Washington

How effective are sanctions against Russia?

Ukraine
A group of people hold up a large white sign with black letters and a yellow X through it.

Climate divestment activists draw inspiration from South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle

The Big Fix
Cubans hold a sign of unity in red lettering on May Day.

Cuban president fires back at Trump on Venezuela and sanctions

Global Politics
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Trump signs order to impose sanctions for US election meddling

Politics
An aerial view shows the Rusal Achinsk Alumina Refinery, near the Siberian town of Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia, April 29, 2018.

How a Russian aluminum giant escaped the noose of US sanctions

Business

Washington’s change of course says a lot about the leverage held by the supply chain of a widely used commodity such as aluminum.

A man walks past graffiti which reads "Yankees, go to hell" in Caracas March 10, 2015. President Nicolas Maduro was seeking special decree powers from Venezuela's parliament on Tuesday in response to new US sanctions, drawing opposition protests of a powe

The US imposed sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials, and President Nicolas Maduro couldn’t be happier

Global Politics

President Barack Obama levied sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials, which has given Venezuela’s embattled leader a way to take the focus off his country’s struggling economy.

A Brit makes her living helping individuals beat western sanctions

Business, Economics and Jobs

Western sanctions are taking a bite out of certain Russian wallets right now. But if those sanction targets think they’ve been unfairly targeted, there’s one woman they can turn to. Her name is Maya Lester, and she’d made a living helping Syrians, Egyptians and others beat western sanctions.

A Brit makes her living helping individuals beat western sanctions

Business, Economics and Jobs

Western sanctions are taking a bite out of certain Russian wallets right now. But if those sanction targets think they’ve been unfairly targeted, there’s one woman they can turn to. Her name is Maya Lester, and she’d made a living helping Syrians, Egyptians and others beat western sanctions.

Students Fight for Colleges to Drop Fossil Fuel Holdings

President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney hardly mentioned climate change in the 2012 presidential campaign, but college students across dozens of campuses have launched a campaign of their own.  Their goal is to divest university endowments of holdings in fossil fuel companies. The move against pollution and global warming is a conscious nod to the […]