Mon 25 April 2022: The US has announced new military aid for Ukraine and promised that its diplomats will return to Lviv in the coming week, as its top diplomat and defence chief completed a secretive trip to the Ukrainian capital. Blinken and Austin told Zelenskyy and his advisers that the US would provide more […]
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Sun 24 April 2022: The Moscow Patriarchate stated on Sunday that Pope Francis urged Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to unite as “true peacemakers” for Ukraine and to pray for one another. “May the Holy Spirit transform our hearts and make us true peacemakers, especially for war-torn Ukraine, so that as soon as […]
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Sun 24 April 2022: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will press India over its neutral stance on the Ukraine war after arriving in the country on Sunday for trade, security and climate talks. New Delhi has long walked a tightrope in its relations with the West and Moscow — which supplies most of India’s arms — […]
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Sun 24 April 2022: Lebanese authorities have rescued 47 people following the sinking of a boat off the coast of Lebanon’s northern port city of Tripoli, according to the military on Sunday. A boat carrying illegal migrants sank on Saturday after leaving the Qalamoun area, south of Tripoli. A military statement said that naval forces […]
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Sun 24 April 2022: According to the World Health Organisation(WHO), one child has died due to acute hepatitis after cases were detected in at least 12 countries. Children in the US, UK and Europe had earlier reported cases of inflammation of the liver, however, the health authorities have been unable to understand the exact cause […]
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Sun 24 April 2022: As violent clashes raged in the south and east of the country, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskky said that the US’ top diplomat and defense chief will pay their first visit to Kyiv since Russia’s incursion two months ago. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will discuss […]
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Sun 24 April 2022: In the presidential runoff, French voters will pick between incumbent centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. According to polls, Macron, 44, has a comfortable lead, but observers warn that poor turnout might shift the outcome in either direction. A total of 48.7 million people are eligible to vote […]
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The Sarmat can carry up to 15 nuclear warheads, each with its own limited manoeuvrability [Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via Reuters] Sun 24 April 2022: The Sarmat missile can carry up to 15 nuclear warheads and has a range of 35,000km (22,000 miles). Russia plans to deploy its newly tested Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, which is capable […]
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Sat 23 April 2022: Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying a general from Iran‘s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) in the country’s southeast with a bodyguard killed in the ensuing gun battle. Brigadier-General Hossein Almassi, an IRGC commander in Sistan-Baluchistan province, survived the ambush on Saturday without injury, the IRNA state news agency reported. The report […]
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Sat 23 April 2022: Over 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria’s Rivers state, according to a local government official and the NGO Youths and Environmental Advocacy Center (YEAC). “The fire outbreak occurred at an illegal bunkering site and it affected over 100 people who were […]
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