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Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save A co-founder of Yandex, Russia’s biggest tech company, has become the second major Russian businessman under Western sanctions to publicly denounce President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine, even as other Russian billionaires remain silent. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is barbaric, and I am categorically against it,” Arkady Volozh said in a statement on Thursday. “I am horrified about the fate of people in Ukraine,… Source link

Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Offensive line has few problems with Packers. O’Neill calls it ‘a violent group’ Right tackle Brian O’Neill, the first-time team captain, was asked moments after the Vikings’ 23-7 victory on Sunday over the Packers how rookie Ed Ingram, the new right guard, fared in his NFL debut. “If you average over [four] yards a carry and over 350 yards of total offense, you had to have done a good job,” O’Neill said. “Just the way he bounced back from new looks, different… Source link

A man walks outside the headquarters of Yandex company, Russia’s internet search engine, in Moscow. … [+] The company’s shares were halted in New York and its cheif executive is sanctioned. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Russia is closer to Europe than China in every conceivable way, but not for long. The people look the same. They share the same Christian religious beliefs and holidays. Their economies – up until… Source link

When Terence Crawford speaks, young fighters would be wise to listen. And Crawford, the WBO welterweight champion and the No. 2 pound-for-pound boxer in the world on the Yahoo Sports pound-for-pound list, was giving heavyweight prospect Jared Anderson some pointers before a recent fight. Anderson was scheduled to fight Kingsley Ibeh on Feb. 13 in Las Vegas. Crawford spoke with him during training camp about the fight. “Terence and I had a little bet going before my fight with Kingsley… Source link

Best Life These Popular Products Are About to Disappear From Shelves, Experts Warn For almost a week, the 1,300-foot Ever Given container ship blocked the Suez Canal, one of the world’s most important trade routes, after it was knocked off course by strong winds and reduced visibility due to a sandstorm. The boat became lodged in the sandy clay canal bed at an angle that blocked the waterway in both directions. Thankfully, attempts to move the Ever Given using tug boats, diggers, and high… Source link

TipRanks Shift Into Hydrogen Could Lift These 3 Stocks Higher In a report on the alternative fuel market, analyst Rupert Merer, of National Bank of Canada, looks at the possibilities and potentialities of the hydrogen as both an energy resource and a commodity. At the heart of the matter, he writes, “Stakeholders across energy markets have reached the consensus that climate change is a problem and decarbonization of our energy supply mix will require a multifaceted approach which includes… Source link

Craig Harker is the landlord of The George Pub and Grill in Stockton-on-Tees. (Reach) A pub landlord has defended describing a competitive eating contest that took place during lockdown as an “elite sport”. The George Pub and Grill in Stockton held an event that saw five “athletes” attempt to eat the world’s hottest chillies on Saturday – two days after national lockdown restrictions in England were imposed. Landlord Craig Harker was hit with a complaint that the event, that was… Source link

Elite sport will continue to be allowed behind closed doors despite a new month-long lockdown being imposed across England by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday. The strict series of measures reintroduced to try and curb rising coronavirus infection rates will begin from Thursday, November 5 and last until December 2. Pubs and restaurants will shut unless serving takeaway food, while all leisure and entertainment venues and non-essential shops will close. However, Culture Secretary… Source link