Amount of frozen Russian assets revealed

A multinational task force has frozen $30 billion in funds belonging to sanctioned Russian individuals and $300 billion in Russian Central Bank assets, the US Treasury Department announced on Wednesday.

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EU warned to curb gas consumption

Countries should be ready to cut energy usage by 30% if Russian supplies stop, the IEA says Europe will need to cut as much as 30% of its gas use by mid-February if flows from Russia are halted, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) chief executive, Fatih Birol told Bloomberg on Tuesday.

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US pharmacies put limit on contraception purchases

Some pharmacy chains have placed limits on morning-after pills following the Roe v Wade reversal Multiple major US pharmacy chains, including Rite Aid and CVS, have temporarily limited orders of morning-after emergency birth control pills after a spike in demand in response to the Supreme Court’s repeal of federal abortion protections.

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