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Ukraine says missiles hit Russian flagship, crew evacuates

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces said they hit and badly damaged the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, and Russia said its crew was forced to evacuate as a result of a fire without acknowledging an attack, as the battle shifts east and around the battered city of […]

Yellen says China faces consequences if it fails to help stop Russia’s war in Ukraine

WASHINGTON, April 13 – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday appealed to China to take action to help end Russia’s war in Ukraine, warning in a landmark speech that Beijing’s standing in the world would suffer if it fails to do so. In remarks prepared for delivery […]

Kremlin says Biden’s ‘genocide’ comments are wrong and unacceptable

April 13 – The Kremlin said on Wednesday it categorically disagreed with U.S. President Joe Biden’s description of Russia’s actions in Ukraine as “genocide”, and it accused Washington of hypocrisy. Biden said on Tuesday that Russia’s behaviour in Ukraine amounted to genocide in his view, using that word […]

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy mocks Putin for saying war is going to plan

April 13 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday mocked Moscow’s insistence that the war against his nation was going well, asking how President Vladimir Putin could have approved a plan that involved so many Russians dying. Putin, speaking on Tuesday, said Russia would achieve all of its […]

Search and rescue efforts bolstered in Philippine disaster

MANILA, Philippines — As search and rescue efforts increased with the arrival of equipment, the death toll has risen to at least 56, with 28 others missing, after a summer tropical depression that unleashed days of pounding rain caused landslides and floods in the central and southern Philippines, […]

Biden: Russia war a ‘genocide,’ trying to ‘wipe out’ Ukraine

DES MOINES, Iowa — President Joe Biden has now said Russia’s war in Ukraine amounts to “genocide,” accusing President Vladimir Putin of trying to “wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian.” “Yes, I called it genocide,” he told reporters in Iowa on Tuesday shortly before boarding Air Force […]

Putin defends ‘noble’ war amid allegations of rape, brutality and chemical weapons

Summary Ukraine and allies check reports of chemical weapons use Battle for Mariupol reaches decisive stage Russian troops mass for eastern offensive U.N. official cites growing reports of rape LVIV, Ukraine, April 12 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday defended the war in Ukraine as a […]

Russian war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies

KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya — Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her 10 acres of land outside Nairobi isn’t bad weather, pests or blight — the traditional agricultural curses — but fertilizer: It costs too much. Despite thousands of miles […]

Ukraine probes claim poisonous substance dropped in Mariupol

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine investigated a claim that a poisonous substance was dropped on besieged Mariupol, as Western officials warned Tuesday that any use of chemical weapons by Russia would be a serious escalation of the already devastating war. Thwarted in his apparent ambition to overrun the Ukrainian capital, […]

Russia says it hits Ukraine air defenses before eastern push

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia claimed Monday that it destroyed several Ukrainian air-defense systems in what appeared to be a renewed push to gain air superiority and take out weapons Kyiv has described as crucial ahead of an expected broad new offensive in the east. In one strike, Moscow said it […]

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