An uncertain fate for the Ukrainian post at Mariupol
Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol who have stood the last against Russian forces are now in the Kremlin’s custody and have been transported to Russian-held territory after the Ukrainian military ordered surrender. Russian officials have raised the prospect that at least some could be considered war criminals. Follow the latest updates from the war.
News of Ukraine’s order to surrender its warplanes, seen by many in the country as heroes who fought deprivation and doom, was greeted with trepidation in the country, where antipathy towards Russia has only deepened since the war. Many expressed concern that Mariupol’s last defenders would suffer as prisoners of Russia.
The surrender at Mariupol, a once thriving southeastern port now mostly in ruins, was one of the few significant Russian territorial achievements during its nearly three-month invasion of Ukraine. . Both sides acknowledge that The negotiations have basically collapsed.
First Person: “I am waiting for news and prayers,” said Natalia Zarytska, a member of the delegation of wives and mothers of men who have arrived in Azovstal.
Analysis: Russia has spent years overhauling its military. Invasion shows How the attempt failed?.
In other news from the invasion:
An economic disaster fueled by inflation and debt
Billion people in poorer countries face a major economic crisis as the aftermath of Russia’s attack on Ukraine comes with other challenges, including a pandemic, a tightening of global credit, and a recession in China, the second-largest economy after the United States.
The most direct effects can be seen in rising prices of cooking fuels, fertilizers and staple foods like wheat. “It’s like wildfire in every direction,” said Jayati Ghosh, an economist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. “This number is much larger than it was after the global financial crisis. Everything is against low and middle income countries”.
Sanctions imposed on Russia, a major oil and gas exporter, have constrained energy supplies, sent prices skyrocketing and limited global economic growth, currently estimated at 3, 6% this year compared to 6.1% last year. Poorer countries must choose between increasing spending to support their populations while adding to their debt, or imposing budget austerity and defuse social conflict.
Food shortage: According to the International Rescue Committee, more than 14 million people are on the brink of starvation in the Horn of Africa – the result of a drought combined with the pandemic and grain shortages from Russia and Ukraine.
Epidemic: Covid-19 continues to hit health systems, draining government resources and prompting central banks to raise interest rates to reduce inflation. That is driving investors away from lower-income countries, moving money into less risky assets in richer economies.
The move to abandon the Northern Ireland protocol
You can remove some of the rules governing trade with Northern Ireland, a move that would put it on a collision course with the EU, 18 months after a trade deal meant to quell the final flames of Brexit. Liz Truss, British Foreign Secretary, said the protocol had disrupted trade between the British mainland and Northern Ireland.
The announcement was met with stiff resistance from the EU, which said that if Britain went ahead with its plans, it would respond “with all means at its disposal” – potentially including impose tariffs on British goods shipped through the English Channel. Maros Sefcovic, Vice-President of the European Commission, said: “Unilateral actions contrary to an international agreement are unacceptable.
The Northern Ireland Protocol is fiercely opposed by mass parties that favor keeping Northern Ireland part of the UK and who complain that the rules have created a wedge between the North and the British mainland. . The UK government accuses the EU of being too rigid in its application of border checks.
Details: Under legislation laid out by Truss yesterday, the UK government could waive regulations including border checks on goods moving from mainland Britain to Northern Ireland. She suggested that negotiations with the EU could help address the desire for change.
Catch up: What is protocol, why don’t you like it, and what is at stake? Here’s what you need to know.
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Get Your Jacket: The Dress Code is Back
At Les Trois Chevaux, a French restaurant in Manhattan’s West Village, jeans, shorts and sneakers were all gone. And don’t even think about wearing flip-flops. “At Les Trois Chevaux, we respect style and craftsmanship that can only be attributed to New York swagger,” reads a pre-dinner message sent to the restaurant’s diners.
During a pandemic in which many Americans trade “hard pants” for recreational wear, dress codes are making a surprise return to the dining room. Some new restaurants now require a certain standard of dress, either in a strict (“highly enforced dress code”, one restaurant warns) or vague ( “casual or better,” advised another).
Whatever the specifics, the calculation is the same: a belief that makes many diners eager to wear again. And if it seems exclusive, well, that’s a problem. Richard Thompson Ford, a dress code expert at Stanford Law School, said: “Apparel represents a lot of controversial issues: gender identity and gender roles, race, class, status.
Besides, in the words of Jack Donaghya fictional executive on the sitcom “30 Rock,” you don’t have to plan on wearing a tuxedo: “It’s after 6. What am I, a farmer?”
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