Category: World News
Ukraine live briefing: Fighting continues in and around Bakhmut, Ukrainian officials say
Washington Post Despite Russia’s claim to have seized Bakhmut, Ukraine said it was in control of some areas. Before-and-after photos show flattened homes and scorched landscapes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/23/russia-ukraine-war-news/
Read MorePoland says no to any ‘artificial peace plan’ between Ukraine, Russia
Fox News FIRST ON FOX — Poland is keeping a critical eye on attempts to broker a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow as the deadly war in Ukraine continues to rage and as questions remain over Russia’s next move. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy first laid out parameters for a “peace formula” last October and…
Read MoreEurope’s hawkishness on China comes into focus
Washington Post The leading voices on the continent expressing skepticism about China come from Europe’s post-Soviet states. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/23/europe-china-hawk-eastern-europe/
Read MoreIsrael more than doubled strikes on Iranian targets in Syria, defense minister claims
Fox News Israel’s defense minister Monday said that Israel’s new government has greatly increased the number of strikes on Iranian targets since taking office late last year. Yoav Gallant did not provide an exact number of airstrikes. But the address, delivered at a security conference, marked rare public comments on Israeli military activity in Syria.…
Read MoreLeft-wing German chancellor slams ‘nutty’ climate protestors blocking streets, defacing art
Fox News German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday sharply criticized climate activists as “nutty” for drastic protests such as blocking streets or gluing themselves to famous paintings in museums. “I think it’s completely nutty to somehow stick yourself to a painting or on the street,” Scholz said during a visit to an elementary school in…
Read MoreChina to enter struggling Sri Lankan fuel market
Fox News Chinese petroleum giant Sinopec signed an agreement with Sri Lanka on Monday to enter into the South Asian island country’s retail fuel market as it struggles to resolve a worsening energy crisis amid an unprecedented economic upheaval. The contract agreement would enable Sinopec to import, store, distribute and sell petroleum products in Sri…
Read MoreMadeleine McCann search resumes in Portugal 16 years after British toddler’s disappearance
Fox News Portuguese authorities on Monday resumed a search for missing Madeleine McCann – a British girl who went missing as a toddler from a 2007 family vacation in Praia da Luz. Madeleine was abducted from the family’s ground-floor apartment in the coastal, southern Portuguese city on May 3, 2007, when she was 3 years old.…
Read MoreUN urges Sudan’s warring generals to honor 7-day cease-fire
Fox News The U.N. envoy for Sudan urged the country’s warring generals to honor a seven-day cease-fire starting Monday night, warning the growing ethnic dimension to the fighting risks engulfing Sudan in a prolonged conflict . Volker Perthes told the U.N. Security Council that the conflict, which began April 15, has shown no signs of…
Read More‘El Popo,’ Mexico’s second-tallest volcano, erupts
Fox News Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano spewed gas, smoke and ash Monday, leading education authorities to suspend in-person classes in parts of three states, a day after the government raised the warning level on the volcano’s activity. Activity at the 17,797-foot mountain just 45 miles southeast of Mexico City and known affectionately as “El Popo” has…
Read MoreColombia suspends ceasefire with Marxist rebel group accused of killing 4
Fox News Colombia’s government said Monday it is suspending a cease-fire with rebels accused of recently killing four Indigenous people — at least three of them minors — who tried to avoid forced recruitment in the south of the country. President Gustavo Petro’s administration said in a statement that the military will resume attacks on…
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