Al Jazeera: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected out of hand a Russian order for a truce over the Orthodox Christmas period, saying the proposed ceasefire is a trick to halt the Ukraine army’s progress in the eastern Donbas region and allow Moscow to bring in more troops. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 36-hour […]
Reuters: SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan 5 – A massive Pacific storm unleashed high winds, torrential rains and heavy snow across California for a second day on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and disrupting road travel with flash floods, rock slides and toppled trees. At least two fatalities have been reported since […]
NDTV News: A man shot and killed his family of seven, including five children, then turned the gun on himself after his wife filed for divorce, US officials said Thursday. Police in the small Utah settlement of Enoch City found eight bodies — one of them that of a four-year-old — after being called by […]
NDTV News: India reported 188 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 4,46,79,319. The country also recorded three deaths on Thursday, bringing the total number of Covid-related fatalities to 5,30,710. While the active cases declined to 2,554, according to Union health ministry. There has been a decrease of […]
Reuters: WASHINGTON, Jan 5 – A new U.S. weapons package for Ukraine will include about 50 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, with one of the officials saying the package will be worth roughly $2.8 billion. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden said that sending the Bradleys, a U.S. Army staple, to Ukraine […]
Reuters: LONDON, Jan 4 – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised on Wednesday to tackle Britain’s most serious problems, from cutting inflation to reducing illegal migration, in a speech aimed at convincing his restive lawmakers he can lead them into the next election. In a speech that was high on ambition but low on detail, Sunak […]
Reuters: KYIV, Jan 5 – Ukraine’s military estimated on Thursday that 800 Russian soldiers were killed in the past day, mostly in fighting in the eastern Donetsk region, while Western allies pledged supplies of armoured battle vehicles but not the tanks Ukraine wants. Giving its regular morning roundup of the fighting, Ukraine’s military said Russian […]
BBC News: The rebel group M23 has announced its withdrawal from a strategic military base that it captured in October 2022 in the Rumangabo area in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In a statement, the group said it would hand over the camp on Thursday to the East African regional force. It follows their announcement […]
Reuters: KABUL, Jan 5 – Eight people were killed and seven arrested following raids on hideouts of the Islamic State militant group in Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesperson said on Thursday. “These members had a main role in the attack on the Chinese hotel and paved the way for foreign ISKP members to come to Afghanistan,” […]
BBC News: Family members of Anjali Singh, the 20-year-old whose death in a horrific hit-and-run case has sparked protests in India, remember her as a cheerful person who loved making Instagram Reels and playing with children. BBC Hindi’s Dilnawaz Pasha pieces together a portrait of the woman whose dreams came to a violent end on […]
