BBC News: When Vladimir Putin sent up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine on 24 February, he thought he could sweep into the capital Kyiv in a matter of days and depose the government. Russian forces quickly captured big stretches of territory but failed to encircle Kyiv. Yet in the coming months they were forced into […]
BBC News: US President Joe Biden has said it is “unlikely” that a missile that killed two people in Poland on Tuesday was fired from Russia. Russia has denied it was to blame for the missile that landed in Przewodow, on the Ukrainian border. Poland said it was Russian-made, but US officials said initial findings […]
Reuters: STOCKHOLM, Nov 16 – Sweden will deliver new military aid worth 3 billion crowns ($287 million) to Ukraine, its biggest package of defence material to date which included an air defence system, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said. Previous arms contribution by Sweden, which has applied to join NATO along with neighbouring Finland, has ranged […]
Reuters: Nov 16 – U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak affirmed their strong support for Ukraine on Wednesday as they met for talks that included the blast that took place in Poland and challenges posed by China, the White House said. The two leaders, who met on the sidelines of a […]
BBC News: Former US President Donald Trump has launched his third bid for the White House, declaring: “America’s comeback starts right now.” At his Florida estate, he said: “We have to save our country.” Mr Trump’s announcement comes as some fellow Republicans blame him for the party’s lacklustre performance in last week’s midterm elections. President […]
ABC News: BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Over 100 Rohingya Muslims traveling in a wooden boat have landed on an Indonesian beach, the second group in as many days to arrive in the island nation’s northernmost province of Aceh. The group of 61 men, 36 women and 22 children that landed Wednesday morning in North Aceh […]
NDTV News: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has given the go-ahead for 3,000 visas for young professionals from India to work in the UK each year. The British government said India is the first visa-national country to benefit from such a scheme, highlighting the strength of the UK-India Migration and Mobility Partnership agreed last year. […]
NUSA DUA, Indonesia — With all the big issues dominating this week’s meeting of leaders of the world’s biggest economies — war, famine, poverty, to name just a few — there’s been little public discussion of North Korea and its pursuit of nuclear-armed missiles. That’s been the pattern for much of this year, despite North […]
ABNC News: SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol asked China to play a more active, constructive role in curbing the nuclear threat from North Korea when he met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday at the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia, officials said. Xi told Yoon that he hopes South […]
BBC News: Russia has launched one of its biggest barrages of missiles yet against Ukraine, days after its troops were forced to withdraw from Kherson. The capital Kyiv was among the cities hit, with officials saying at least one person was found dead. There were strikes across the country, from Lviv in the west to […]
