BBC News: Ukraine and Russia have reported inflicting heavy losses as the battle for Bakhmut rages on. Moscow has been trying to take the eastern Ukrainian city for months in a grinding war of attrition. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces had suffered more than 1,100 deaths in the past few days, with many […]
BBC News: With fresh cracks appearing on the ground, the Himalayan town of Joshimath in northern India continues to make headlines. Why the town is sinking remains a subject of debate. But scientists say there is a bigger disturbing picture unfolding in the Himalayas. They say the pace at which China and India are building […]
BBC News: Finding people willing to speak to me from Mariupol was never going to be easy. After 10 months of Russian occupation, fear and distrust are the two most frequent responses I encountered when looking for someone who could tell me how things really are in Mariupol, in Ukraine’s south-east. “I think you are […]
Reuters: ROME, March 10 – The Italian coastguard launched multiple rescue operations on Friday to save hundreds of migrants packed aboard several boats off the toe of Italy, less than two weeks after at least 73 drowned in a shipwreck. “More than 1,000 people are in danger,” the coastguard said in a statement. The president […]
Reuters: KABUL, March 11 – A blast hit the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Saturday, police said, days after an explosion claimed by Islamic State killed the province’s governor. “A blast has taken placed in the second police district of Balkh,” said Mohamad Asif Waziri, Balkh’s police spokesperson. “We will share details later.” […]
BBC News: Anti-abortion activists won a historic victory at the Supreme Court last year, but the debate over one of America’s most divisive issues is far from over, with focus now shifting to over-the-counter abortion pills. Since 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved mifespristone as the first step in a two-drug process […]
BBC News: Major businesses including Amazon, Sainsbury’s, Airbus and Coca Cola have backed the Windsor Framework in an open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. They have also called for the Northern Ireland Executive to be restored. The new deal seeks to reduce the frictions on Great Britain-to-Northern Ireland trade The business leaders are from […]
Reuters: SYDNEY, March 11- Emergency services in Australia’s Queensland state evacuated residents to higher ground on Saturday, as record-breaking floods sparked by heavy rain lashed the region’s northwest. Fifty three residents of the isolated Gulf Country town of Burketown, about 2,115 km (1,314 miles) northwest of state capital Brisbane, had been evacuated since heavy rain […]
BBC News: A number of people have been killed in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting hall in the north German city of Hamburg. Police say the gunman acted alone and is thought to be dead. It is unclear if the attacker is among the six or seven fatalities reported by German media. As […]
BBC News: Far-right groups are increasingly talking about attacking the US power grid to cause chaos and advance their cause, terrorism experts say. The warnings come as the founder of a neo-Nazi group and a woman he met in prison are scheduled to appear at a plea hearing on Friday. They are charged with plotting […]