Posts tagged aviation
WORLD BRIEFING: May 30, 2024

Police carried out raids on Wednesday in connection to “Russian interference” in the European Parliament. A Hong Kong court has found 14 democracy activists guilty of subversion and acquitted two in the biggest national security case

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WORLD BRIEFING: April 10, 2024

Europe must prepare for potential war, as a full-scale conflict on the continent beyond Ukraine is “no longer a fantasy”, the EU’s chief diplomat has warned. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza is a “mistake,” said US president Joe Biden

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WORLD BRIEFING: January 8, 2024

Another massive Russian missile & rocket attack early this morning in Ukraine: 59 different types of missiles and drones aimed to points nationwide. Israel says its forces carried out new attacks against Hamas militants in central and southern Gaza, as well as airstrikes against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 16, 2023

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has denied reports of a ceasefire to allow "foreigners out" of south Gaza and "humanitarian aid in.” UN officials say the Gaza Strip is being “strangled” by Israel’s siege. The governing Law and Justice Party wins in exit polls in Poland but could lose power if it’s unable to find a coalition partner in parliament

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 18, 2022

Ten million Ukrainians are enduring emergency power cuts after more Russian missile attacks, just as temperatures fall to freezing and below, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Of the four men charged in the downing of MH17, one was acquitted; the three others are unlikely to show-up to serve their life sentences.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 15, 2022

With a new push from Poland, Russian citizens may soon find it much more difficult to travel to the European Union. A Bellingcat investigation confirms the participants in one of the most heinous Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 17, 2022

Today marks the 8th anniversary of the tragic strike in Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which was downed by a Russian BUK missile over eastern Ukraine in 2014. Four suspects are being tried in the Netherlands over the mass murder of 298 innocent civilians

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Wealthy Ukraine Oligarchs Skirt Covid-19 Rules at Home and Abroad

There are two sets of rules in Ukraine: one for its fabulously wealthy oligarchs -and the other for everybody else. That became clear recently during the country’s strict Covid-19 lockdown, when several oligarchs managed to skirt the rules and rule the skies with their private jets.

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