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As “revenge,” Russian soldiers murdered hospital patients who refused to be removed.

As many as 50 hospital patients in Mariupol, Ukraine, who resisted attempts to forcibly deport them were slain by Russian forces in what the city's mayor termed a "revenge attack" against non-sympathizers. A week before a 500-kilogram high explosive 'FAB-500' bomb was dropped over the critical care unit where scores...

Hundreds of websites were rendered inaccessible owing to a Cloudflare outage.

The outage affected websites such as the messaging service Discord and the e-commerce platform Shopify. The National Rail Enquiries website was also offline and could have been affected, although it was already seeing an influx of traffic due to today's rail strikes, which could have created connection problems. The National Rail...

According to a report, unaccompanied Ukrainian Children could be admitted to the UK

It has been suggested that unaccompanied Ukrainian children and adolescents escaping the war may be permitted to enter the United Kingdom under reforms scheduled to be unveiled by Priti Patel on Wednesday. According to The Daily Telegraph, the home secretary will declare that children and adolescents would be permitted to...

As Europe wilts under the sun, Spain’s temperature reaches 40 degrees Celsius due to a heat wave.

According to Vincent McAviney's report, an early heat wave has caused Europe to seek refuge in the shade, and experts have warned that such occurrences will increase as global warming continues. People flocked to parks and pools across Europe to escape the early heat wave that caused temperatures to exceed...

Ukraine: Area larger than the UK containing unexploded ordnance.

To put that into perspective, that region is larger than the UK. According to the Deputy Minister of the Interior, more than 300,000 square kilometers (116,000 square miles) of Ukraine's territory may be contaminated with unexploded ordnance as a result of the civil war. In Ukraine, however, there are only 300...

At least 62 fatalities in Bangladesh and India, with millions more displaced.

The death toll from massive flooding and mudslides in Bangladesh and India's Assam state has risen to 62, according to officials. The disaster management agency of Assam reported that 32 of the state's 35 districts were submerged after weeks of heavy rains causing the Brahmaputra, one of Asia's largest rivers,...

To compete at Wimbledon, Natela Dzalamidze changes her nationality from Russian to Georgian.

The 29-year-old Georgian doubles player Natela Dzalamidze is listed as being from Georgia in Wimbledon's entry for the women's doubles, where she will compete with the Serbian Aleksandra Krunic next week. A Russian tennis player changed her nationality to Georgian to circumvent Wimbledon's ban on all Russian competitors. Moscow is where...

Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance fails to win an outright majority in the French election.

The leader's Ensemble alliance wins the most seats, but Mr. Macron's plans for a reform agenda may be derailed by a period of political unpredictability. After national elections left France with a hung parliament, French President Emmanuel Macron was forced to scramble to salvage a governing majority. His centrist Ensemble alliance...

Leftist ex-rebel fighter Gustavo Petro wins Colombia’s presidential election.

Former guerrilla fighter Gustavo Petro has been elected as Colombia's first left-wing president. Former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement narrowly defeats real estate millionaire Rodolfo Hernandez, pledging to enact radical social and economic reform. Former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement narrowly defeated real estate millionaire Rodolfo Hernandez, pledging to...

In fashion’s “darkest secret,” models are “raped, groomed, and sold by agencies”.

In a new documentary titled Scouting For Girls: Fashion's Darkest Secret, four women discuss allegations of sexual abuse they allegedly endured while working as models. Carre Sutton was only 17 years old when she claims one of the industry's most powerful men repeatedly raped her. In 1986, when Gerald Marie's wife,...

Escape from Mariupol: “The Russians bombed me, after which I fled to Moscow.”

Mariupol has become a symbol of the war in Ukraine's brutality, resistance, and creeping Russian gains. The Ukrainian army held out in the Azovstal steelworks for weeks until Russian forces seized control of the city. Mariupol, a once-thriving port city of over 500,000 inhabitants, has been nearly reduced to...

As the “Russian Davos” adapts to the new reality, hackers crash the internet.

MOSCOW: Hackers delayed the start of President Vladimir Putin's speech at Russia's premier economic summit on Friday, as Russia adjusts to the "new reality" of living under Western sanctions in the absence of substantial Western engagement. At the 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which aimed to emulate the Davos...

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UK allocates £140m for aid to Yemen’s most desperate

According to Andrew Mitchell, the government will increase bilateral assistance to the war-torn nation by sixty percent. According to the deputy foreign secretary, the United Kingdom will spend £140 million the following year to aid Yemenis in need of food during one of the most "acute humanitarian crises in the world." Following nearly a decade of civil conflict, Andrew Mitchell highlighted the plight of the Yemeni people, who, according to him, were living "on the margins of subsistence."

Drivers abusing parent and child parking spaces is shocking

In a startling new survey, many drivers acknowledged violating one of the most significant parking lot regulations. More than a quarter (28 percent) of drivers utilize' parent and child' spaces when they do not have a child in the vehicle. This further elucidates why approximately 55% of parents need space when they visit crowded parking lots, such as retail centers and supermarkets.

After alleged jail release, Chinese citizen journalist worries

There is increasing apprehension regarding the welfare of a highly regarded citizen journalist in China who has been unable to establish communication with the international community since her scheduled release from prison. In May 2020, citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, a lawyer who turned 40, was apprehended following her expedition to Wuhan to document the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her social media posts and videos brought to light the severe lockdowns being enforced and the government's suppression of information regarding the disease's transmission.

New $2bn US aid for Ukraine as Russian soldiers advance

During a visit to Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken proclaimed an additional $2 billion in military aid for the conflict. Russia has claimed to have seized three more settlements and is advancing deeper into Ukrainian territory, both of which are critical developments in the conflict. Blinken stated on Wednesday, alongside Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, at a joint news conference in Kyiv that the additional $61 billion in US aid authorized by Congress last month would be invested in Ukraine's industrial base.