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
BEIJING, March 24 (Reuters) – China’s defense ministry said on Friday it was once again under surveillance of the US Navy destroyer USS Milius entering its territorial waters in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands and expel. “We strongly demand from the US to immediately stop such provocative actions, otherwise it will bear … 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
SEOUL, March 24 (Reuters) – North Korea has tested a new nuclear-capable underwater attack drone capable of generating a radioactive tsunami, state media reported on Friday. region. During the exercise, the new North Korean drone sailed underwater for more than 59 hours at depths of 80 to 150 meters (260-500 feet) and exploded in waters … Read more
GENEVA, March 23 (Reuters) – Ethiopia has dropped a draft motion seeking an early end to a UN-mandated investigative inquiry into the Tigray war, diplomats and observers told Reuters, under pressure from Western countries. The International Commission for Ethiopia, the only independent investigation into the two-year conflict between Ethiopia’s military and troops in the northern … 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
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) – US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers on Wednesday that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is not considering offering “general insurance” for post-collapse bank deposits from two prominent US banks this month. Some banking groups have urged Congress to temporarily guarantee all U.S. bank deposits, a move they say … Read more
TAIPEI, March 22 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s defense ministry has contingency plans for any actions by China during Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s overseas visit, Deputy Defense Minister Po Horng-huei said on Wednesday before Tsai left for the United States and Central America goes. next week. China, which claims Taiwan is democratically governed as its own territory, … 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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