BBC News: Volodymyr Zelensky has accused some Arab leaders of “turning a blind eye” to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, ahead of his trip to the G7 in Japan. The Ukrainian president made the comments while attending an Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia on Friday. Of the Arab League nations, only Syria has openly supported […]
BBC News: The US says it will allow its Western allies to supply Ukraine with advanced fighter jets, including American-made F-16s, in a major boost for Kyiv. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said President Joe Biden “informed his G7 counterparts” of the decision at the bloc’s summit in Japan on Friday. US troops will also […]
BBC News: Volodymyr Zelensky is planning to join the G7 summit in Japan, reports say, in a bid to secure strengthened support ahead of a planned counteroffensive in the Ukraine war. The Ukrainian president is expected to arrive in Hiroshima on Sunday, although his office has not confirmed the visit. On Friday, Mr Zelensky flew […]
NDTV News: More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a study published on Thursday found. A team of international researchers reported that some of the world’s most important freshwater sources – […]
Reuters: LONDON, May 19- Russian military forces have been enhancing defensive positions in and around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine in recent weeks, four witnesses said, ahead of an expected counteroffensive in the region. New trenches have been dug around the city and more mines have been laid. Surveillance cameras at the […]
Reuters: BANGKOK, May 19 – Thailand’s progressive Move Forward party on Friday said potential coalition partners need not support its controversial stance on amending the royal insult law, as it seeks to win the backing of other parties to form a government. Move Forward, led by Pita Limjaroenrat, won the most seats in the lower […]
ABC News: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Who says you cannot reach for the moon? A proposed $5 billion real estate project wants to take skyscraper-studded Dubai to new heights — by bringing a symbol of the heavens down to Earth. Canadian entrepreneur Michael Henderson envisions building a 274-meter (900-foot) replica of the moon atop […]
ABC News: WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand police on Friday lowered the confirmed death toll from a Wellington hostel fire from six people to five, although they said they still haven’t finished searching the dangerous four-story building. And in another development, a man charged with two counts of arson in connection with the fire […]
ABC News: BEIJING — Chinese leader Xi Jinping promised to build more railway and other trade links with Central Asia and proposed jointly developing oil and gas sources at a meeting Friday with the region’s leaders that highlighted Beijing’s growing influence. The two-day China-Central Asia Summit in the western city of Xi’an came as President […]
ABC News: ABUJA, Nigeria — At least $396 million is urgently needed to prevent widespread hunger and malnutrition in northeastern Nigeria from turning into a “full-blown catastrophe,” the United Nations office in the West African nation said Thursday. “We are ringing the alarm bell that there are people close to or dying (of hunger) right […]