Category: World News

Ukraine retakes key Kyiv suburb; battle for Mariupol rages

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, as Russian forces squeezed other areas near the capital and pressed their attack on the embattled southern port of Mariupol. Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv, and black smoke rose from a spot in […]

Blinken says Myanmar army committed genocide in ‘widespread and systematic’ attacks on Rohingya

WASHINGTON, March 21 – The United States formally determined that Myanmar’s army committed genocide and crimes against humanity in its violence against the Rohingya minority, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, warning that as long as a military junta was in power nobody in the […]

Ukraine’s president says he will not accept Russian ultimatums to end war

LVIV, Ukraine, March 21 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday Ukraine would never bow to ultimatums from Russia and cities such as Kyiv, Mariupol or Kharkiv would not accept Russian occupation. “We have an ultimatum with points in it. ‘Follow it and then we will end the […]

Russia may not stop with Ukraine – NATO looks to its weakest link

Summary Companies NATO is back defending against its original nemesis, but this time it’s different Baltic region’s new NATO members vulnerable from land and sea Mines, container ship accident, could seal them off With China, Russia in concert, alliance is at turning point NATO “thought that there wouldn’t […]

Hearing opens for Jackson, 1st Black female high court pick

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday opened the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated for the nation’s highest court. Jackson, 51, is to give her opening statement later Monday and answer questions on Tuesday and Wednesday from the […]

Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down their arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the besieged port city. As Russia intensified its effort to pound Mariupol into submission, its ground offensive […]

U.S. envoy to U.N. decries ‘disturbing’ claims of Ukrainians deported to Russia

WASHINGTON, March 20 – Accounts that thousands of residents of Ukraine’s besieged port city of Mariupol have been forcibly deported to Russia are “disturbing” and “unconscionable” if true, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Sunday. Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Thomas-Greenfield said […]

Pakistan PM Khan faces toughest test as no-confidence move looms

ISLAMABAD, March 20 – Pakistan’s parliament will convene on Friday to take up a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the lower house speaker’s office said on Sunday, in what is shaping up to be his toughest test since coming to power in 2018. An alliance of […]

Turkey says Russia and Ukraine nearing agreement on ‘critical’ issues

ISTANBUL, March 20 – Turkey’s foreign minister said in an interview published on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine were nearing agreement on “critical” issues and he was hopeful for a ceasefire if the two sides did not backtrack from progress achieved so far. Russian forces invaded Ukraine on […]

Ukraine war is backdrop in US push for hypersonic weapons

PORTLAND, Maine — Lagging behind Russia in developing hypersonic weapons, the U.S. Navy is rushing to field its first, with installation on a warship starting as soon as late next year. The United States is in a race with Russia and China to develop these weapons, which travel […]

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