Category: World

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pictured with UK troops stationed in Estonia, says the UK is offering to increase its deployment amid rising ‘Russian hostility’ (Twitter) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sun 30 January 2022: Kyiv has encouraged the West to be “vigilant and firm” in its negotiations with Moscow, a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy implored his Western […]

Sat 29 January 2022: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticized the U.S., saying it was damaging his country’s economy by unduly stoking panic that Russia may be planning an invasion. Russia has massed over 100,000 troops, along with tanks and heavy weaponry, along the border, while denying any plans for an invasion. Zelenskiy said Friday that […]

Fri 28 January 2022: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s popularity has plummeted as New Zealand battles the ongoing pandemic, falling to its lowest point since 2017. Her popularity has slipped four percentage points to 35%. She is, however, the country’s preferred Prime Minister by a large margin. Christopher Luxon, the National Party’s leader, has also made […]

Fri 28 January 2022: Global rights group Amnesty International warns any escalation of the existing conflict in eastern Ukraine, where Kyiv has been fighting Russian-backed separatists since 2014, will have “devastating consequences for human rights in the region”. An uptick in violence would threaten “civilian lives, livelihoods and infrastructure”, Amnesty warned in a statement, and […]