Vladimir Putin'sRussian Army has lost another commander, having seen 15 of Putin's top military leaders killed as the country's invasion of Ukraine heads into its second month. Colonel Alexei Sharov became the latest high-ranking Russian official to die in what has become the country's biggest loss of military higher-ups since World War II... He said.
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Russia would only use nuclear weapons in the context of the Ukraine conflict if it were facing an "existential threat," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN International Tuesday. "We have a concept of domestic security, and it's public. You can read all the reasons for nuclear arms to be used," Peskov said ... 2022-03-23 09.31 . World ... (AFP). .
Scientists expressed shock and alarm this weekend amid extreme high temperatures near both of the Earth’s poles—the latest signs of the accelerating planetary climate emergency ...Stefano Di Battista, an Antarctic climatologist, tweeted that such record-shattering heat near the South Pole was “unthinkable” and “impossible.” ... current rank now #4 ... — Prof.
Only 94 of the 1,800 earthquakes, with a magnitude of between 1.7 to 3.3, registered so far have been felt by the population, Marques told Lusa news agency... The series of small ....
Bloodied Mattias Skjelmose defied fan fears by calling for a new bike despite hurtling towards a rvaine during the Volta a Catalunya... Shocking footage showed the 21-year-old disappearing over a cliff edge on an uphill section around 58 kilometers from the finish of the race ... And then Mattias came out of the ditch.”. #VoltaCatalunya101 ... .
Jamaica will move towards removing the Queen as head of state and becoming a republic as soon as Prince William and Kate complete their Caribbean tour, according to reports ... Another official told The Independent ... Following their visit, the royal couple posted on their official Twitter account ... 'The time is now for reparations.' ... RELATED ARTICLES ... Share.
Talks between Ukraine and Russia are confrontational but moving forward, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday, as authorities appealed to the Russians to allow tens of thousands of people to escape the besieged city of Mariupol amid a worsening humanitarian crisis ... “It’s very difficult, sometimes confrontational,” he said ... .
I'm writing this in a city where there is no shelling. No Russian missiles slam into homes and there's no air raid siren with a wail that churns your stomach and saps your energy. I wish Ukrainians could say the same ... It's not like I didn't know what Vladimir Putin was capable of ... Anyone out after nightfall risked getting shot ... .
Somalia’s security forces are battling a “terrorist incident” at the gates of a military camp in the capital Mogadishu, state-run television said, with a witness saying attackers had forced their way in and begun shooting. The al-Qaeda-linked armed group al-Shabab has said it was behind the attack at the camp near Mogadishu airport ... .
A fully paralysed man suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can now communicate with his family after receiving microchip implants in his brain ... “People have really doubted whether this was even feasible,” Mariska Vansteensel, a researcher at the University Medical Center Utrecht who was not involved in the study, told Science.org ... .