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(Reuters) – Two of the Big Four accounting firms KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) on Sunday said they will no longer have a member firm in Russia due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The auditing and consultancy giant KPMG said its Russia…

LONDON (Reuters) – JPMorgan, which runs the most widely used emerging market bond indexes, is polling investors over the potential exclusion of Russia’s local and hard currency debt from its benchmarks. In a “Survey Monkey” poll seen by Reuters, the Wa…

By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Diplomats were working to ensure the release of seven-time WNBA All-Star player Brittney Griner after Russia said it had detained the player last month for possession of vape cartridges containing hash oil, U….

By Carlos Barria and Mehmet Emin Caliskan IRPIN, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainians fleeing the town of Irpin just outside Kyiv were caught in shelling by Russian forces on Sunday and forced to dive for cover, Reuters witnesses said. Irpin, some 25 km (16 m…

LONDON (Reuters) -Police detained more than 4,300 people on Sunday at Russia-wide protests against President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to an independent protest monitoring group. Thousands of protesters chanted “No to war!” and “S…

By Parisa Hafezi VIENNA (Reuters) – Talks to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers were mired in uncertainty on Sunday following Russia’s demands for a U.S. guarantee that the sanctions it faces over the Ukraine conflict will not hurt its t…

By Julio-Cesar Chavez WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hundreds of trucks, recreational vehicles and cars circled the outskirts of Washington on Sunday, aiming to slow traffic around the capital as part of a protest against pandemic restrictions. The so-called “P…

By Shariq Khan and Stephanie Kelly BENGALURU (Reuters) -Oil prices jumped on Monday to their highest levels since 2008 as the United States and European allies considered banning Russian oil imports while it looked less likely that Iranian crude would …

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will continue trying to mediate between Russia and Ukraine even if success seems unlikely, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday after returning from surprise talks with Russian President Vladimir Put…

By Andrew R.C. Marshall LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – More than 200 children evacuated from an orphanage in Ukraine’s conflict zone arrived in the western city of Lviv on Saturday after a 24-hour train journey with their carers. The 215 children, ranging f…