EXPLAINED: The Latest US Weapons Package for Ukraine
3 March, 2023 Comments Off on EXPLAINED: The Latest US Weapons Package for Ukraine
Today’s announcement will come with the situation in Bakhmut remaining “critical” as Kyiv’s military say there are “more Russians here than we have ammunition to destroy them”. Photo:Ukrinform The US will today announce a new military aid package for Kyiv, as Ukrainian military officials called for “as much ammunition as possible” to help repel Russian attacks in the east of the country. […]
Continue reading …210 civilians killed in 24 days of Somaliland clashes
2 March, 2023 Comments Off on 210 civilians killed in 24 days of Somaliland clashes
More than 200 people lost their lives over 24 days of clashes between security forces and clans in a disputed part of Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region, an official said on Thursday “210 civilians were killed and 680 others were wounded in the fighting, which broke out between Somaliland forces and the local community in Las […]
Continue reading …Blinken Meets Lavrov at G20 Riven by Ukraine Divisions .Confrontation and deadlock at G20 summit in New Delhl over Russia’s war against Ukraine.
2 March, 2023 Comments Off on Blinken Meets Lavrov at G20 Riven by Ukraine Divisions .Confrontation and deadlock at G20 summit in New Delhl over Russia’s war against Ukraine.
The United States and Russia met in their highest face-to-face contact since the invasion of Ukraine last year on the sidelines of a G20 meeting that ended in disarray due to divisions over the conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gives a press conference during the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi on March […]
Continue reading …‘War Has a Cost’: The Journalists Tallying Russia’s Dead Soldiers
28 February, 2023 Comments Off on ‘War Has a Cost’: The Journalists Tallying Russia’s Dead Soldiers
The lists of Russia’s war dead may be hundreds and thousands of names long but some casualties stand out to the journalists who painstakingly compile them. Alexander Koryakov / Kommersant Olga Ivshina, a senior reporter at the BBC Russian Service, can instantly recall Mikhail Shuvalov, a retired power plant worker who volunteered to fight in […]
Continue reading …Nigeria’s opposition leaders reject early results showing ruling party lead
28 February, 2023 Comments Off on Nigeria’s opposition leaders reject early results showing ruling party lead
Tensions rose Monday during the counting of Nigeria’s hotly contested presidential election when representatives from the parties of the two main opposition candidates walked out in anger from the center where state-by-state results were being announced. A vendor walks past electoral campaign posters of presidential candidates. © Esa Alexander, Reuters With 11 of Nigeria‘s 36 states having […]
Continue reading …War update: Over 60 enemy attacks repelled in eastern Ukraine
28 February, 2023 Comments Off on War update: Over 60 enemy attacks repelled in eastern Ukraine
Russian troops are focusing efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtarsk directions. The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Over the past day, our defenders have repelled over 60 enemy attacks in these directions. Meanwhile, the […]
Continue reading …Migrant boat breaks apart off Italy; dozens dead, 80 survive
26 February, 2023 Comments Off on Migrant boat breaks apart off Italy; dozens dead, 80 survive
ROME (AP) — At least 45 migrants died when their wooden boat smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart off southern Italy before dawn Sunday, the Italian coast guard and U.N. agencies said. Survivors indicated that dozens more could be missing from the boat that had set out from Turkey. 1of27Rescued migrants sit covered in […]
Continue reading …Daniel Craig aka James Bond raises $120M for quake victims
26 February, 2023 Comments Off on Daniel Craig aka James Bond raises $120M for quake victims
British actor Daniel Craig helped raise over 100 million pounds ($119 million) in donations to support those affected by the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, which claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people. Daniel Craig speaks on stage during the National Board Of Review 2023 Awards Gala, New York, U.S., Jan. 8, 2023. (Getty […]
Continue reading …Ukraine war latest: Poland delivers Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Zelensky reflects on first year of all-out war
26 February, 2023 Comments Off on Ukraine war latest: Poland delivers Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Zelensky reflects on first year of all-out war
Key developments on Feb. 24: Shmyhal: Poland delivers 4 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine Polish PM visits Kyiv, meets Zelensky, Shmyhal Germany says it will provide 4 more Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine Ukrainian intelligence: Spring-summer campaign expected to be very difficult on the battlefield Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he gives a press […]
Continue reading …Somaliland clashes kill nearly 100 in two weeks
23 February, 2023 Comments Off on Somaliland clashes kill nearly 100 in two weeks
At least 96 people have been killed in more than two weeks of clashes between security forces and clan members in the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland, a hospital director said Thursday. A view of the city of Hargeisa, Somaliland, on September 16, 2021. © Eduardo Soteras, AFP “We have 96 dead and 560 wounded,” Ahmed […]
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