Sun 23 Apr 2023: Days after armed fighting erupted in Sudan, Dalia Mohamed and her mother were faced with an impossible choice: flee the capital of Khartoum or stay. With their house located in the heart of a civil war, the constant sounds of bullets, rockets and shelling soon became too much to bear. On Thursday, […]
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Monument Soviet pilot Valeriy Chkalov taken down. File Photo Sun 23 Apr 2023: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky approved legislation banning the renaming of Ukrainian geographic sites after Russian personalities or historical events associated with Russian aggression. The legislation, which was enacted on April 21, is part of a larger “de-Russification” drive in response to Russia’s […]
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Sun 23 Apr 2023: Pope Francis on Sunday repeated his calls for an end to hostilities in Sudan, which have already spilled into a second week, urging the flock to pray for the people of the northeast African nation. “Unfortunately, the situation in Sudan remains grave, and therefore I renew my appeal for an end […]
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Sun 23 Apr 2023: Russia will increase its pipeline gas supplies to China by “almost 50%” this year, according to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. Russia’s oil, gas and coal supplies to China increased last year, Novak told news channel Rossiya-1 in an interview aired on Sunday. “Last year’s gas supplies were at 15 billion […]
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Sun 23 Apr 2023: Human remains were discovered from more than a dozen alleged graves in Kenya’s east as part of an inquiry into members of a Christian cult who believed starving themselves to death would bring them into heaven. Kenyan Police began exhuming bodies on Friday, said Charles Kamau, a detective in the town […]
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A starboard side view of the Japanese passenger ship Montevideo Maru, which sank in 1942 after being torpedoed by a US Navy submarine while carrying more than 1,000 prisoners. Sat 22 Apr 2023: The wreck of Japanese ship Montevideo Maru, which carried over 1,000 prisoners of war and was torpedoed by the US during World […]
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Sat 22 Apr 2023: US President Joe Biden is looking forward to travelling to India in September, his administration’s point person for South and Central Asia has said, observing that 2023 is going to be a “big year” for the India-US relationship. India’s leadership in the G-20 further broadens its capacity to stand as a […]
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Sat 22 Apr 2023: A UN-convened meeting on Afghanistan next month will not focus on the possible international recognition of the Taliban administration, a UN spokesperson has stressed after comments by the deputy UN chief sparked concern and confusion. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set to host a closed-door gathering in Doha on May 1-2 […]
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Sat 22 Apr 2023: A Lebanese-Canadian university professor was found guilty in absentia Friday for a bomb attack on a Paris synagogue more than 40 years ago. Hassan Diab, 69, who was the only person accused in the attack, was given a life sentence and an arrest warrant was issued. Diab did not attend the […]
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Sat 22 Apr 2023: People of colour, including South Asians and Blacks, with darker skin in the UK were sometimes stigmatised by their parents, siblings and other relatives, a new research has found. The study by King’s College London revealed that within families children with lighter skin were often favoured, while those with darker tones […]
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