Category: World News

Ukrainians in Romania help new refugee arrivals

BUCHAREST, Romania — Elena Trofimchuk fled Ukraine to Romania more than a month ago. She now sees Bucharest’s North Railway Station as a second home. She doesn’t live there, but it’s where she spends most of her day welcoming fellow Ukrainian refugees escaping from Russia’s war and helping them sort out tickets, […]

U.S. Speaker Pelosi visits Kyiv, Russia says it hit foreign weapons

Summary Pelosi says U.S. stands with Ukraine against ‘diabolic invasion’ Russia says it destroyed weapons supplied by Western nations Moscow steps up assault in Ukraine’s south, eastern Donbas Kharkiv residents warned to stay in bomb shelters on Sunday Civilians evacuated from Mariupol steel plant KYIV, May 1 – […]

Some evacuated from Mariupol; US lawmaker Pelosi visits Kyiv

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — The United Nations labored Sunday to get civilians out of the bombed-out ruins of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, while U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed she visited Ukraine’s president to show American support for the country’s defense against Russian aggression. Russia’s high-stakes offensive in coastal southern Ukraine […]

Serbia displays Chinese missiles amid concerns in Balkans

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia on Saturday publicly displayed a recently delivered Chinese anti-aircraft missile system, raising concerns in the West and among some of Serbia’s neighbors that an arms buildup in the Balkans could threaten fragile peace in the region. The sophisticated HQ-22 surface-to-air system was delivered last […]

Ukrainians plead for Mariupol rescue; Russian advance crawls

KHARKIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces fought Saturday to hold off a Russian advance aimed at capturing an eastern industrial region along with Ukraine’s last holdout in the southern city of Mairupol, where fighters and civilians hiding under a heavily damaged steel mill endure agonizing conditions. The United Nations continued trying […]

Valediction Ceremony of the 74th Batch of Indian Revenue Service in NADT, Nagpur

DELHI, APRIL 29: The Valediction Ceremony of the Induction Training of 74th batch of Indian Revenue Service Officers (Income Tax) was conducted on 29th April, 2022 at the National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT), Nagpur. Shri. M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India, was the Chief Guest on […]

Ukraine says Russia taking ‘colossal losses’ in eastern battle

Summary Ukraine admits taking heavy losses but says Russia’s worse Russian missile attack kills Radio Liberty journalist in Kyiv Moscow says missiles destroyed Kyiv rocket production plant Missiles hit Ukrainian capital during U.N. chief’s visit Biden eyes $33 billion in military, other aid to Ukraine KYIV, April 29 […]

New gas pipeline boosts Europe’s bid to ease Russian supply

ATHENS, Greece — Mountainous and remote, the Greek-Bulgaria border once formed the southern corner of the Iron Curtain. Today, it’s where the European Union is redrawing the region’s energy map to ease its heavy reliance on Russian natural gas. A new pipeline — built during the COVID-19 pandemic, tested […]

Ukraine slams Kyiv attack amid new Mariupol rescue effort

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s leader accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit by Secretary-General António Guterres, an attack that shattered the capital’s tentative return to normality as the focus of the war moved east. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s […]

Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 5 years for corruption

BANGKOK — A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison Wednesday in the first of several corruption cases against her. Suu Kyi, who was ousted by an army takeover last year, had […]

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