Thu 14 April 2022: On Thursday, the United Kingdom announced a deal with Rwanda to send some asylum seekers thousands of miles to the East African country, claiming that the plan will prevent people smugglers from sending desperate refugees on dangerous journeys across the English Channel. Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled the new approach, claiming […]
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Thu 14 April 2022: Russia has appointed the former commander of its Syria campaign to lead the military invasion of Ukraine, as it pulls back from its offensive on the capital Kyiv. According to Western security officials and diplomats, General Alexander Dvornikov has been appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to lead Moscow’s strategy for carrying out […]
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Thu 14 April 2022: Russia has warned NATO that, if Sweden and Finland join the military alliance, it will have to bolster its defences and there could be no more talk of a “nuclear free” Baltic. “There can be no more talk of any nuclear–free status for the Baltic – the balance must be restored,” Dmitry […]
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Thu 14 April 2022: The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has expressed concern over the potential exploitation of Ukrainian women in relation to a UK scheme that allows British residents to house Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. The agency said it was aware of an increasing number of reports of Ukrainian women feeling at risk from […]
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Thu 14 April 2022: A teacher was awarded £850,000 ($1.1 million) in compensation following a serious assault by a pupil, a union has revealed. Ahead of its annual conference in Birmingham over the Easter weekend, the NASUWT teaching union released figures for compensation awarded to its members. One case involved a member who was unlikely ever to be able to return to teaching after […]
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Thu 14 April 2022: Ukraine said on Thursday (April 14) that it had fired Neptune missiles at the Russian Navy’s Black Sea flagship, causing damage to the ship. In a social media post, Odesa state regional administrator Maxim Marchenko reported that the Russian ship was damaged by two missiles. He did not, however, provide any […]
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Thu 14 April 2022: Elon Musk, the billionaire, has made a bid to buy Twitter for $41 billion, just days after declining a seat on the social media company’s board of directors. Musk’s offer price of $54.20 per share, revealed in a regulatory filing on Thursday, is a 38 percent premium to Twitter’s April 1 […]
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Thu 14 April 2022: Moscow has called US President Joe Biden’s use of the term “genocide” to characterize Russia’s activities in Ukraine “unacceptable,” and has accused the US of hypocrisy over its own misdeeds. “We categorically disagree and consider unacceptable any attempt to distort the situation in this way,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters […]
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Wed 13 April 2022: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has called on China to pressure Russia to end its military offensive in Ukraine, saying Beijing risked losing its standing in the world if it does help end the “heinous war”. Speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington on Wednesday, Yellen said she “fervently” hoped that […]
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Wed 13 April 2022: Russia on Wednesday condemned a Ukrainian official for saying that it was necessary to beat information out of Ukrainian opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk before putting him on the list of war prisoners to be exchanged with Russia. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the comment by Vadim Denisenko, an adviser […]
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