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Despite Putin’s threats, the UK will deliver a ‘leading-edge’ rocket system to Ukraine, as Zelenskyy sees the front lines.

Mr Zelenskyy was taken near Severodonetsk, which is currently one of the principal battlegrounds in the Ukraine war. Britain is delivering a new rocket system, the M270, to assist offset the strength of Russia's artillery in the Donbas. In defiance of Vladimir Putin's ultimatum, the UK will send a "cutting...

Estonian Prime Minister Urmas Ilves urges the West to remain steadfast in the face of economic uncertainty

Kaja Kallas warns that the West should brace itself for a protracted struggle in Ukraine, with all the sacrifices that entails. For her tough stance toward Russia, Kaja Kallas has earned the moniker "Estonia's Iron Lady." She told London diplomatic correspondents: "It's always difficult to maintain unity. I'm glad we've been...

Sister of the missing British journalist in Brazil, Dom Phillips, demands action.

Dom Phillips, a freelancer who has written on Brazil for The Guardian, and Bruno Araujo Pereira, a local specialist whose job it was to defend Brazil's uncontacted tribes, are both missing. Dom Phillips, a freelance journalist who has written on Brazil for publications such as The Guardian, The Washington Post,...

US-backed committee recommends Syria use air defences against Turkey.

BEIRUT – The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces will work with Syrian government troops to fend off any Turkish invasion in the north, according to the SDF commander, who also stated that Damascus should deploy its air defence systems to counter Turkish planes. Ankara has promised a major onslaught against the...

In the most recent mass shootings in the United States, six people were killed.

WASHINGTON – At least six people were killed and more than 25 others were injured in mass shootings in Philadelphia and Chattanooga, Tennessee, authorities reported on Sunday, in the latest episodes of gun violence following atrocities in Texas, New York, and Oklahoma. Around midnight on Saturday, multiple shooters started fire...

Russian missile attacks wreak havoc on Kyiv.

Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, was hit with missiles for the first time in more than a month early Sunday, while Ukrainian officials reported a counter-attack on the key eastern battleground had retaken half of the city of Sievierodonetsk. After the attack on two outlying neighbourhoods of Kyiv, dark smoke could be...

In Nigeria, 50 worshippers were killed.

ABUJA: Gunmen assaulted a Catholic church in Nigeria's Ondo state during mass on Sunday, killing at least 50 people and injuring many more, according to a doctor and local media. A doctor at a hospital in Owo, a town in the state of southwest Nigeria, stated 50 bodies had been...

To combat inflation, the US is considering lifting some China tariffs.

WASHINGTON – US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Sunday that President Joe Biden has asked his team to consider lifting some tariffs on China imposed by former President Donald Trump in order to combat the current high inflation. "We're looking into it." In fact, the president has asked his...

Officials in Bangladesh have charged the operator of a depot with the deaths of at least 49 people.

Authorities in Bangladesh accused a container depot operator on Monday of failing to notify firefighters about a chemical stockpile before it exploded, killing at least 49 people, nine of whom were firefighters. The death toll from the massive explosion, which occurred after a fire at the BM Container Depot in...

On a Thai island, 59 Rohingyas were discovered abandoned.

Fifty-nine Rohingya refugees were discovered on a Thai island on Sunday, claiming they were abandoned by traffickers en route to Malaysia, according to a senior police officer. On Saturday, the group — which included five youngsters — was discovered on Koh Dong island in southern Satun province, according to lieutenant...

Ukraine war: Explosions rock Kyiv short-term as Ukrainian powers counter assault in Severodonetsk

Somewhere around one individual was hospitalized however no passings had been accounted for as of early Sunday, city chairman Vitali Klitschko said. Kyiv was shaken by various blasts for the time being after Russian warplanes terminated rockets from the Caspian Sea, as Vladimir Putin gave an admonition toward the West...

Ryanair blamed for separation for compelling Afrikaans test on South Africans

Zinhle Novazi, a South African in the UK, was made to step through the exam to get onto a departure from Ibiza and told the FT "it is very exclusionary… they didn't ponder the ramifications" of the test considering South Africa's set of experiences and the language's implemented use...

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A ‘foreign agent’ law is vetoed by the leader of Georgia

The president of Georgia's veto of a divisive "foreign agent" law has ignited weeks of widespread street demonstrations. On Tuesday, legislators endorsed the contentious bill mandating the registration of independent media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that obtain over 20% of their financial support from foreign donors as entities "beholden to the interests of a foreign power."

New ‘suction’ treatment might make IUDs nearly ‘pain-free’

A revolutionary cervical suction cup could soon render essentially painless the most excruciating method of contraception, which is utilized by millions of American women.  Women undertaking IUD insertion procedures have historically been subjected to the agony of having a metallic device resembling a pair of scissors stretched across their cervix.  Sharp hooks are used to stretch the cervix before inserting the T-shaped device, which prevents fertilization by blocking the sperm from reaching the egg.

Jeremy Hunt promises autumn national insurance cuts ‘if we can afford it’

Furthermore, if the government prevails in the upcoming election, the chancellor maintains that taxation will decrease; however, he cannot provide a "cast-iron guarantee" regarding the precise timeframe. "If we can afford it," Jeremy Hunt has pledged to reduce national insurance again in the autumn. Since entering Number 11, the chancellor has reduced the tax by two times, which the government estimates has saved individuals an average of £900 per year.

After Chelsea WSL title win, Emma Hayes ‘hasn’t got another drop to give’

Hayes expressed her team's league-winning goal difference triumph via a 6-0 victory at Manchester United, her final match before assuming leadership of the United States women's national team in preparation for the Olympics, with enthusiasm and emotion. She stated, "I would say it has taken its toll on me rather than altered me," regarding her twelve years at the institution. "I refuse to continue. Thus, I am departing precisely at the appropriate moment. "I am out of additional drops to offer it."