A Russian missile struck close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine without damaging the three reactors but hit other industrial equipment in what Ukrainian authorities denounced as an act of "nuclear terrorism" ... A time stamp on the video read 19 minutes after midnight. The ministry and Energoatom both called the strike "nuclear terrorism" ... .
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Facing a complex set of challenges that try humanity as never before, world leaders convene at the United Nations this week under the shadow of Europe’s first major war since World War II — a conflict that has unleashed a global food crisis and divided major powers in a way not seen since the Cold War... Its Feb ... U.N ... 12 ... system.” ... .
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AS if communist China was not already doing enough to degrade the rest of the world's quality of life for its own gain, recent news from South and Central America further reinforces the impression that its rapaciousness knows no bounds ...Latin America is no exception ... ben.kritz@manilatimes.net. Twitter. @benkritz ....
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said India should retain its historical identity and rebuild the narrative around it instead of emulating other countries in order to avoid being ridiculed on a global stage ... “There is a need to read and feel proud of our history and create a narrative ... “We have forgotten our history.
"Resistance!" A new demonstration held by the Patriotes party in Paris against the EU, NATO and Macron on Saturday, was evidently a great success. French media ignored it. Paris ... Un monde phénoménal pour #MacronDestitution la Paix le Frexit la sortie de l’OTAN le refus des rationnements et des sanctions ! ... Magnificent congratulations France! 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷.
The Pentagon has ordered a sweeping audit of how it conducts clandestine information warfare after major social media companies identified and took offline fake accounts suspected of being run by the U.S. military in violation of the platforms' rules. From a report ... While the researchers did not attribute the sham accounts to the U.S ... .
PresidentBiden said U.S. forces would defend Taiwan against an "unprecedented attack" in a new interview aired Sunday, his latest comments suggesting the U.S. might engage militarily in response to ... .
A judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed’s conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee — a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast Serial, a true-crime series that transfixed listeners and revolutionised the genre ... Wearing a white shirt with a tie, he sat next to his attorney ... .
TOKYO. Typhoon Nanmadol, one of the biggest storms to hit Japan in years, killed at least two people and brought ferocious winds and record rainfall to the west of the country on Monday, causing transport disruptions and forcing manufacturers to suspend operations ... Rattled Taiwan hit by more aftershocks ... Kochi Prefecture (Japan) ... Taiwan earthquake ... .
Russia has rejected allegations that its forces committed war crimes in the Ukrainian city of Izyum as a “lie”. It was the Kremlin’s first public statements about the allegations ... But asked on Monday about his statements, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “It’s the same scenario as in Bucha ... Enter email address. Read More ...Related topics ... .