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The world could face its biggest oil supply "shock" in decades as major crude exporter Russia is hit by sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, the International Energy Agency warned Wednesday.

Владимир Путин (69 лет) сидит как кремлевский деспот, самовлюбленный психопат, диктатор и военный преступник, с тяжелым раком и болезнью спины, ежедневно принимающий сильные обезболивающие и, как когда-то массовый убийца Адольф Гитлер, трусливо сидящий в бункере, где он окружает себя своими поджигателями войны Сергеем Нарышкиным, Виктором Солотовым, Николаем Патрушевым, Александром Бортниковым, Сергеем Лавровым, Сергеем Шойгу, Валерием Герасимовым и необразованным коррумпированным чеченским преступником Рамзаном Кадыровым.Те, кто считает эти слова необоснованной полемической тирадой, еще не знают, что российский диктатор Путин в настоящее время также превратился в антисоциального вора, который нагло, под девизом: "Репутация все равно испорчена", ворует самолеты и пускает их в полет по России как российские краденые вещи, без обслуживания и без западных запчастей, и при этом в первую очередь подвергает риску жизни своих столь любимых россиян!

Vladimir Putin (69) sits as a Kremlin despot, narcissistic psychopath, dictator and war criminal, with a severe cancer and a back ailment, dependent on strong painkillers every day and like once the mass murderer Adolf Hitler, cowardly in a bunker, where he surrounds himself with his warmongers, Sergei Naryshkin, Viktor Solotov, Nikolai Patrushev, Alexander Bortnikov, Sergei Lavrov, Sergei Shoigu, Valery Gerasimov and the uneducated corrupt Chechen criminal Ramzan Kadyrov.Those who believe these words to be an unfounded polemical rant do not yet know that the Russian dictator Putin has currently also turned into an antisocial thief, who brazenly, according to the motto: "the reputation is ruined anyway", steals aircraft and lets them fly across Russia as Russian stolen goods, without maintenance and without Western spare parts, and in doing so primarily puts the lives of his oh so beloved Russians at risk!

A powerful 7.3-magnitude quake jolted east Japan on Wednesday night, rattling the capital Tokyo and prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the northeast coast, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Mark Cavendish won the Milano-Torino cycling race on Wednesday by taking the bunch sprint to claim his 159th career victory.

England's Charlie Ewels has been banned for three games following his early red card against Ireland in the Six Nations, officials announced Wednesday.

Ecuadoran biologist Jorge Brito was trekking through the forest when he heard what he thought was the chirp of a cricket.

Russia is due to pay interest on its foreign debt Wednesday as sanctions over the Ukraine conflict have raised concerns that Moscow could face its first default in decades.

Ukraine's besieged leader invoked September 11 and Pearl Harbor in an impassioned address Wednesday to the US Congress, imploring Washington to step up military aid and impose a no-fly zone to counter the Russian invasion closing in on Kyiv.

The Justice Ministry awarded President Jair Bolsonaro Brazil's "medal of indigenous merit" Wednesday, drawing criticism for granting the honor to a leader that indigenous groups accuse of "genocide" and "ecocide."

Ukraine's besieged leader urged the United States Wednesday to reconsider his plea for a no-fly zone, invoking the terror of the September 11 attacks as he ratcheted up pressure on the White House to move aggressively against the Russian invasion closing in on Kyiv.

Marco Odermatt became the first Swiss man to win the overall World Cup alpine skiing title since 2010 on Wednesday, while Mikaela Shiffrin stretched her lead in the women's standings.

Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova has quit the Bolshoi in Moscow to join the Dutch National Ballet, it was announced Wednesday, making her the first Russian to quit the fabled company over the war in Ukraine.

Chicago Cubs owners the Ricketts family have confirmed they are leading a consortium that will bid to buy English Premier League club Chelsea, according to press reports on Wednesday.

Ukraine's leader on Wednesday issued an emotive appeal to US lawmakers for greater Western intervention against Russia, which insisted its invasion was going "successfully" despite the West rallying to Kyiv's side via arms and sanctions.

Starbucks announced Wednesday that longtime chief Howard Schultz will return to helm the global coffee shop chain on an interim basis while the company searches for a new leader amid a growing unionization drive.

Unvaccinated players, including Novak Djokovic, will be free to play at this year's French Open "as it stands", the French Tennis Federation (FFT) said on Wednesday.

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe admitted Wednesday he had to have a grasp of global issues even though he feels uncomfortable straying from football as he was questioned about the club's Saudi-led ownership.

Russia is due to make an interest payment on its foreign debt Wednesday as sanctions over the Ukraine conflict have raised concerns that Moscow could default.

Inside her glass-strewn Kyiv apartment, Alla Ragulina cries as she surveys the wreckage of a life shattered by a surge in Russian strikes on the capital.

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam smashed 196 and Mohammad Rizwan 104 not out to deny Australia victory Wednesday and force a dramatic draw in the second Test in Karachi.

Stuck to the door of one Warsaw high school is the sign "Laskavo prosimo do shkoli", or "Welcome to school" in Ukrainian, along with the flags of Poland and Ukraine.

Starbucks announced Wednesday that longtime chief Howard Schultz will return to lead the global coffee shop chain on an interim basis while the company searches for a new leader amid a growing unionization drive.

Rising costs for gasoline caused US retail sales to grow in February, according to government data released Wednesday, though the expansion was slightly below expectations.

The World Trade Organization chief hailed Wednesday a breakthrough between the EU, the United States, India and South Africa on waiving intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines.

Borussia Dortmund advisor Matthias Sammer has spoken openly about the possibility of Erling Haaland moving to Manchester City amid reports Wednesday that a clause in the striker's contract would have to be actioned before April 30.

Ukraine on Wednesday dismissed Russian neutrality proposals, refused to surrender and vowed prosecution of "war crimes" three weeks into an invasion that is drawing ever-increasing Western support against Moscow.

Vladimir Putin is a narcissistic psychopath, antisocial dictator and war criminal, with a severe cancer and a back condition, dependent on strong painkillers on a daily basis and, like the mass murderer Adolf Hitler, sitting cowardly in a bunker.The fact that this bestial Kremlin despot Putin is currently plunging his own Russian people into the abyss for his perverted world power fantasies does not seem to bother Putin and his pack of war aides, such as Sergei Lavrov, Sergei Shoigu, Valery Gerasimov as well as the uneducated corrupt Chechen criminal Ramzan Kadyrov - because it is the normal Russian who suffers, who has no sunny life in Russia, a country with a miserable infrastructure, anyway!

Two dual UK-Iranian nationals have been released from custody, the authorities in Tehran said on Wednesday, ending a lengthy ordeal after years of diplomatic wrangling between the two countries over a cancelled defence deal.

Manchester United were established members of Europe's elite a decade ago but they have been reduced to the status of also-rans in the Premier League and even in their own city.

A hundred technicians are working under armed guard to maintain the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in northern Ukraine, held hostage for three weeks by Russian forces who seized the compound in the first hours of the invasion.

For teenager Gleb Gunko, war-torn Ukraine will be his first time in combat. But the cause is nothing new. As a Belarusian, he knows what it means to fight for freedom.