Reuters: Aug 10 – Russian shelling killed 11 people in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, governor Valentyn Reznychenko said on Wednesday, as Britain said Russia had “almost certainly” established a major new ground force to support its war. The new Russian force, called the 3rd Army Corps, is based in the city of Mulino, east […]
Reuters: TOKYO, Aug 10 – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, removing some ministers with links to the Unification Church after a growing backlash over the ruling party’s ties to the controversial group triggered a slump in public support. Kishida announced his new government team in a shake-up that came earlier […]
BBC News: The war in Ukraine began with Crimea and must end with its liberation, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Ukraine’s president was speaking after a string of explosions hit a Russian airbase there, killing one person. Mr Zelensky did not mention Tuesday’s blasts but said: “Crimea is Ukrainian and we will never give it […]
India Today: The US drug regulator on Tuesday (August 9) authorized Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos vaccine for emergency use through intradermal injection in individuals aged 18 years and older who are determined to be at high risk of monkeypox infection. The authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will increase the total number of doses […]
NDTV News: The recent India-specific CAATSA sanctions waiver by the US House of Representatives is the most consequential vote since the civilian nuclear deal, an influential Indian-American Democratic Congressman has said, asserting that US President Joe Biden will expedite the waiver because he has the “political mileage” and the backing of 300 members of the […]
NDTV News: India on Tuesday reported a total of 12,751 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 4,41,74,650, according to the Union Health Ministry. With 42 new fatalities due to Covid in the last 24 hours, taking the Covid-related death count to 5,26,772. India’s active caseload currently stands at 1,31,807 and accounts […]
ABC News: BEIJING — The top South Korean and Chinese diplomats pledged Tuesday to develop closer relations and maintain stable industrial supply chains at a time of deepening rivalry between Beijing and Washington. South Korea, a longtime U.S. ally, is struggling to strike a balance between Washington and the increasingly assertive foreign policy of Chinese […]
BBC News: As 22-year-old Muhammad Aslam combs through the ruins of his home, he finds rubble where there were once walls, and piles of straw he’s used as a thatch roof for his mud home. His village Sadori – in the Pakistani province of Balochistan – was devastated by flash floods that began in June […]
BBC News: One person has been killed after blasts rocked a military base in Crimea, the head of the Russia-appointed regional administration there said. Sergei Aksyonov wrote on social media that the blasts had taken place at the Saky military base near Novofedorivka on the peninsula’s western coast. Footage circulating on social media appeared to […]
ALJAZEERA: Tehran, Iran – A high-resolution Iranian-owned satellite has been launched into space from a base in Kazakhstan on board a Russian rocket, amid speculation about its uses. The remote-sensing Khayyam satellite, which Iran has said it wants to use for non-military purposes, was successfully launched on Tuesday, according to footage aired live by Iranian […]
