Ukraine invasion crumbling fast as Russia is forced to defend supply lines and loses air control despite heavy Lviv bombing March 18, 2022 Russia is being forced to divert “large numbers” of troops to defend its supply lines rather than continuing its attacks in Ukraine, British defence intelligence analysts believe. The latest intelligence assessment published by the Ministry of Defence said: “Logistical problems continue to beset Russia’s faltering invasion of Ukraine.” “Reluctance to manoeuvre cross-country, lack of control [...]
Business of Space: Sharing satellite imagery or an act of war? March 18, 2022 This week: Canadian firm enjoys revenue jump after snagging NASA contract To share or not to share? Ukraine asks Japan for satellite imagery over Russia OneWeb’s US proxy lines board with former US national security officials Canada’s MDA Space technology firm MDA has swung from its losses in the final three months of 2021, after [...]
GlaxoSmithKline will not begin any new clinical trials in Russia March 18, 2022 Britain’s second-biggest drug maker, GlaxoSmithKline, won’t begin any new clinical trials in Russia because of the war against Ukraine. It made the announcement following similar moves by major US pharmaceutical giants Pfizer, Merck and Eli Lilly. The UK’s biggest company in the industry, AstraZeneca, is still conducting trials – but is considering ending them, according [...]
M&S franchises remaining open in Russia is ‘buttressing Putin’s brutality’, Tory MP says March 18, 2022 Marks and Spencer has been urged to close its stores in Russia by a Conservative MP. Marks and Spencer has been urged to close its stores in Russia by a Conservative MP. The representative for Rutland and Melton, Alicia Kearns, made her comments while hosting four Ukrainian politicians on Thursday. This comes as major international [...]
US says 7,000 Russians killed in war as Zelensky lashes out at Germany March 17, 2022 The US believes more than 7,000 Russian troops have been killed during their invasion of Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelensky today lashed out at Germany for not giving his country enough support. US officials told the New York Times its latest estimate today, which would be more than the amount of American troops killed in the [...]
Johnson and Sunak announce as large a tax hike in two years as Blair and Brown did in a decade March 17, 2022 In just two years, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have announced the same amount of tax hikes as Tony Blair and Gordon Brown did in a decade, reveals fresh research published today. The Conservative duo will swell the UK’s tax burden by around two per cent of GDP after national insurance and [...]
Trevelyan says UK wants trade deal with Saudi Arabia, despite human rights record March 17, 2022 International trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has said the UK will stand firm on its desire to strike investment and trade deals with Saudi Arabia, despite its poor record on human rights. Trevelyan told City A.M. at an event today that “trade deals will be done with those who wish to trade” amid furore this week [...]
Furious Putin lashes out at ‘scum and traitors’ as Ukraine invasion stalls and yet another Russian general is killed March 17, 2022 Russia’s president Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian state television late last night to excoriate Russians who do not back him, even as both sides expressed optimism over efforts to negotiate an end to the fighting. Russians “will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and will simply spit them out like [...]
Inbound boss of Cummings’ brainchild ARIA withdraws March 17, 2022 The boss appointed to lead the scientific research agency cooked up by Dominic Cummings has withdrawn from the role just six weeks after being appointed to lead the organisation, according to reports.
Medicine market in Russia ‘stable’ as GSK commits to keeping up supply March 17, 2022 GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) will halt clinical trials in Russia but maintain the supply of essential medicines, following the Kremlin-backed invasion of Ukraine. The London-headquartered group has no manufacturing operations in Russia or Ukraine, while its supply chain and raw material access will be minimally impacted, according to Reuters. GSK follows Pfizer, who has pledged all its [...]