Category: World News

Possible mass graves near Mariupol as Russia attacks in east

KYIV, Ukraine — Mounds of dirt seen in satellite imagery that Ukrainian officials say indicate new mass graves highlighted the savagery of a war that showed no signs of abating Friday, as Russia pounded targets in eastern Ukraine in a new offensive to take the country’s industrial heartland. Cities […]

Musk secures $46.5 bln in funding for Twitter bid

April 21 – Elon Musk on Thursday said he has lined up $46.5 billion in debt and equity financing to buy social network company Twitter Inc and is considering taking his offer directly to shareholders, a filing with U.S. regulators showed. Musk himself has committed to put up […]

Putin claims Mariupol win but won’t storm Ukrainian holdout

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the battle for Mariupol on Thursday, even as he ordered his troops not to risk more losses by storming the giant steel plant containing the last pocket of Ukrainian holdouts in the city. Instead, he directed his forces […]

Michelle Yeoh shows Asian immigrant women are ‘Everything’

Michelle Yeoh was adamant about one script change before committing to “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” The main character’s name had to go. She was named Michelle as a love letter to her from the directors. “I’m like ‘No, no, no’ because I believe this person, this character that […]

Russia’s Chernobyl seizure seen as nuclear risk ‘nightmare’

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — Here in the dirt of one of the world’s most radioactive places, Russian soldiers dug trenches. Ukrainian officials worry they were, in effect, digging their own graves. Thousands of tanks and troops rumbled into the forested Chernobyl exclusion zone in the earliest hours of Russia’s […]

Musk tweets cryptic phrase days after Twitter takeover offer

April 19 – Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted a series of dashes for a missing word followed by “is the Night”, days after he offered to buy Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) for $43 billion. The offer from Musk, who has hinted at the possibility of a hostile bid, has prompted the […]

Russia pressures Mariupol as it focuses on Ukraine’s east

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces pressured a stubborn pocket of resistance in Mariupol amid renewed hopes Wednesday for an evacuation of thousands of civilians from the shattered port city that is a key battleground in Moscow’s new onslaught to take control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland. In addition to […]

Johnson says sorry for partygate as critics prep censure bid

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday offered what he said was a ”wholehearted” apology for attending an illegal party during lockdown — but insisted he didn’t knowingly break rules or mislead Parliament, and brushed off calls to resign. Johnson told lawmakers in the House of […]

EXCLUSIVE Crisis-hit Sri Lanka, India revive talks to link electric grids

COLOMBO, April 19 – India and Sri Lanka have resumed talks on linking their electricity grids, officials told Reuters on Tuesday, a step that could aid New Delhi’s goal of reducing China’s influence on the island nation, now grappling with a severe economic crisis. There was no immediate […]

Russia unleashes ‘Battle of Donbas’ in east Ukraine, seizes city

Summary Russian forces attack along most of frontline in east New Russian ultimatum to surrender or die in Mariupol President Biden to talk to allies about help for Ukraine KYIV/KHARKIV, April 19 (Reuters) – Russian troops seized a frontline Ukrainian city on Tuesday, hours after starting a long-anticipated […]

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