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Rishi Sunak's Wife Reportedly Receives A £12 Million Income From A Russia-Linked IT Firm

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Last night, Rishi Sunak was confronted with questions about his wife's fortune after accounts revealed that she earned millions of pounds in dividends from a company that is still active in Russia. Akshata Murthy owns a substantial share in Infosys, the IT and consulting firm founded by her rich father. Following the invasion of Ukraine, major consulting firms PwC, KPMG, and Accenture all left Russia, citing a desire to protest the Kremlin's war. Infosys, on the other hand, continues to operate in Moscow. According to a Daily Mail investigation, Infosys paid two dividends in the last year that would have garnered Ms Murthy roughly £11.7 million through her 0.93 percent stake in the company. The dividend is derived using Infosys' most recent financial figures, which were released in the United States. It includes a payment of 15 Indian rupees per share, or 15p, announced in April of last year, as well as a second payment of 15 rupees announced in October. A few months later,

Biden Visits Poland As The Country Grapples With An Inflow Of Ukrainian Refugees

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President Joe Biden visited southern Poland on Friday, where he spoke with US troops and charity workers supporting refugees in a country at the center of Ukraine's humanitarian and military conflict. "What you're working on is far more than determining whether or not you can help the people of Ukraine reduce their agony and suffering. "We're entering a new period, your generation, and we're at a crossroads," Biden addressed the troops. Biden spoke with US troops stationed in Rzeszow, who began arriving at the military installation there last month as part of the US deterrent operation against Russia. The president struck up a conversation with a group of service men, referring to them as the "finest fighting force in the history of the planet," and then sat down to share a slice of pizza with them in the mess hall. Biden stated, "You are the organizing principle around which the rest of the world, the free world, is going." "We&#