March 25 (Reuters) – Russian forces attacked the northern and southern parts of the front in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region on Friday, as Kiev said Moscow’s attack near the city of Bakhmut was weakening. WAR ZONE * Some 10,000 Ukrainian citizens, many elderly and disabled, are clinging to survival in squalid conditions in and around … Read more
Fighting along the Donbas front as Russia goes on the offensive Kiev says civilians have been killed in an attack on a shelter Civilians in Bakhmut are on the brink of survival, according to the Red Cross Biden and Trudeau reaffirm ‘steadfast’ support for Ukraine NEAR KREMINNA, Ukraine, March 24 (Reuters) – Russian forces attacked … Read more
OTTAWA, March 24 (Reuters) – US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented a united front against authoritarian regimes on Friday as Biden visited the Canadian capital, days after the leaders of China and Russia held a summit in Moscow. Images of Biden and Trudeau standing side by side in Ottawa announcing … Read more
COPENHAGEN, March 23 (Reuters) – Denmark on Thursday invited the Russian-controlled operator of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to help salvage an unidentified object found close to the only remaining intact gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea. Three explosions last September on the Nord Stream pipelines built to supply Russian gas to Germany have become … Read more
KYIV, March 23 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday urged Europe to increase and speed up the delivery of modern weaponry and impose tougher sanctions on Russia or the war could drag on for years. In a long and sharply worded video address to EU leaders, from a train, Zelenskiy said it was … Read more
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) – China is watching “very carefully” Washington and the world’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but has not yet crossed the line of providing deadly aid to Moscow, the US secretary of state said Affairs Antony Blinken Wednesday. . Speaking after a visit to Moscow by Chinese President Xi Jinping, … Read more
PESHAWAR/KABUL, March 22 (Reuters) – At least 13 people were killed and more than 90 injured in Pakistan and Afghanistan following a magnitude-6.5 earthquake on Tuesday, government officials said. At least nine people have been killed and 44 injured in northwest Pakistan, according to a Pakistani government official. A state of emergency has been declared … Read more
March 21 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday condemned Britain’s plans to send depleted uranium tank munitions to Ukraine, saying Moscow would be forced to respond accordingly. Defense Secretary Annabel Goldie said in London on Monday that some of the ammunition for the Challenger 2 main battle tanks that Britain is sending to … Read more
TOKYO/NEW DELHI, March 20 (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday announced a new plan to promote an open and free Indo-Pacific, pledging billions of dollars in investment to help economies across the region everything from industry to disaster prevention. The plan he announced in New Delhi is seen as an attempt by … Read more
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