Posts tagged famine
WORLD BRIEFING: July 3, 2024

Democrats’ panic over Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance is turning to anger at the president’s family and close circle of advisers for concealing his condition and their unwillingness to countenance his exit from the White House race. French voters are waiting to see the full line-up for the second round of parliamentary elections, as scores of candidates stood aside in order to help defeat the far-right National Rally (RN)

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WORLD BRIEFING: June 2, 2024

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to win a third consecutive term in office, exit polls suggest. At least seven Russian, Belarusian, Latvian, and Israeli journalists and activists have been targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware within the EU

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WORLD BRIEFING: May 31, 2024

A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money criminal trialEurope has only a fraction of the air defence capabilities needed to protect its eastern flank, according to Nato’s own internal calculations, laying bare the scale of the continent’s vulnerabilities

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WORLD BRIEFING: March 19, 2024

The UN warns that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with northern Gaza facing imminent famine and the rest of the Strip at risk as well. Vladimir Putin said he is open to French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to propose a ceasefire during this summer's Paris Olympics

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 20, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin was shown on state TV visiting the occupied city of Mariupol in the early, pre-dawn hours of Sunday.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 17, 2023

Russian troops launched several waves of attacks on Ukrainian positions in and around Bakhmut over the past day, Ukraine's military said on March 16, as the monthslong battle for the city in the eastern region of Donetsk continued at high intensity.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: February 14, 2023

The NATO Secretary General urged members of the bloc to expedite their sending of military hardware to Ukraine, saying it will ‘save lives.’ The true extent of challenges faced by the agricultural sector in Ukraine is revealed 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: January 25, 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, and allow other countries to do the same, reports in Germany say. Now, after international pressure, Mr Scholz has decided to send at least 14 Leopard 2s, German outlets say

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WAR IN UKRAINE: January 2, 2023

Air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv on Sunday night as the latest wave of drone and missile strikes from Russia continued. An attack which began shortly before midnight targeted critical infrastructure,

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 18, 2022

Heavy fighting has continued around the town of Bakhmut in the eastern Donbas region on Saturday. Ukraine is criticizing FIFA for refusing to show a video message from President Volodymyr Zelensky in Qatar’s Lusail Stadium ahead of the World Cup final on Sunday.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 14, 2022

There’s been another wave of Russian drone attacks in Kyiv. The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine that could be announced as soon as this week, according to two US officials and a senior administration official, according to CNN

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 22, 2022

More than 8,300 civilians have been killed so far in Russia's war against Ukraine, investigators in Kyiv said. There’s growing concern over safety at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 10, 2022

The Ukrainian army says it has made major gains over the last day around Kherson, after Russia said it was withdrawing from the southern city. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky warns that Russian intentions with Kherson may be a trap

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 1, 2022

A massive Russian missile attack Monday hit Kyiv and other major cities, impacting power and water supplies. An official said resettlement of some Kyiv residents might be possible this winter

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 30, 2022

Russia has abruptly pulled out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative - a deal brokered by the UN and Turkey to unblock Ukrainian grain and alleviate hunger among millions in dozens of countries. Russia said it was in response to a drone attack on its Black Sea fleet. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 27, 2022

The IMF chief says that Ukraine’s external financing needs in 2023 will be around $3 billion to $4 billion a month in a best-case scenario but could reach $5 billion as Russia targets the country’s critical infrastructure.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 20, 2022

Outages of up to four hours at a time will affect the whole of Ukraine on Thursday, grid operator Ukrenergo said. The Ukrainian leadership is preparing for "a number of different scenarios" of further serious damage to the energy infrastructure of Ukraine after over a week of Russian strikes on electricity facilities across the country

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 3, 2022

Russian forces used nearly a dozen S-300 missiles, targeting Zaporyzhzhia and two villages in the region early on Oct. 3, Ukraine says. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says his three sons, aged 14,15 and 16, will soon travel to the Ukraine front line to fight with Russian forces.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: September 26, 2022

Russia and Ukraine have traded accusations of shelling in southern Ukraine as four Ukrainian territories partially occupied by Russian forces continued to vote in so-called referendums on joining the Russian Federation. Moscow continued to use Iranian-made kamikaze drones to strike Ukraine 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 17, 2022

The UN Secretary General will meet with the presidents of Turkey and Ukraine in Lviv on Thursday. Fresh blasts have rocked Russian-occupied Crimea, raising speculation pro-Ukrainian entities are activists in the illegally-annexed peninsula. 

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