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Russia says it is fighting off a “terrorist attack” in the southern Bryansk region bordering Ukraine, where the local governor said a Ukrainian sabotage group had killed one person and news agencies said hostages had been taken. Ukraine accused Russia of staging a false “provocation”. Amid reports of shelling and sporadic sabotage, Russia’s border regions […]
The United State has shot down a suspected Chinese Spy Balloon on Saturday after it drifted off the East Coast near the Carolinas and its debris expected to be taken to the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia for analysis, Pentagon confirms. Its arrival had gone unnoticed by the public as it floated eastward over Alaska, where […]
China’s Foreign Ministry has continued to blame the United States for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, claiming Washington created the conditions that led to the war. Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, told reporters on Monday, claiming the US triggered and is fueling the crisis. She also condemned the weapons deliveries for inflaming the […]
Brittney Griner, the American basketball star imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, has been released on Thursday after nearly 10 months of captivity in a prisoner swap between the US and Russia for Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death.” President Biden announced her release in a brief statement […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on “G19” world leaders to end the Russian invasion, with deliberate intent to snub Moscow at the G20 summit. Zelensky appeared in a video speech made to leaders gathered for the summit in Bali, Indonesia. Russia a G20 member had Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov standing in for the President who […]
A new British Prime Minister has emerged, she is Mary Elizabeth Truss, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom. A British politician and leader of the Conservative Party, and will be appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by the Queen in due course. It’s been an interesting political […]
The last leader of the Union of Social Soviet Republics, USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev is dead. He died at the age of 91 after a long illness in the Russian capital, Moscow. Gorbachev, who took over in 1985, is best known for opening up the Soviet Union and for his friendly disposition towards the West. The […]
As part of efforts toward mitigating the effects of climate change on the Member States, Lawmakers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have been charged to facilitate the establishment of sustainable governance mechanisms for climate change in their various countries. The ECOWAS Commission’s Project Coordinator, Climate Change Environmental Directorate, Department of Agriculture, […]
Ukraine and Russia on Friday signed a landmark deal aimed at relieving a global food crisis caused by blocked Black Sea grain deliveries, ending months of negotiations and sending wheat prices tumbling to levels last seen before Moscow’s invasion. This is the first major deal both countries will be agreeing on since the February invasion […]
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