“Temperatures will be chilly enough that the calendar reads ‘February’ rather than ‘April,’” according to the National Weather Service. According to the National Weather Service, an unseasonal nor’easter is predicted to cause “dangerous” travel conditions late Monday and Tuesday. From the Appalachians to upstate New York, as well as sections of Vermont and Massachusetts, eight … Read more
Jack Dorsey remains on Twitter’s board of directors, but has stated that he intends to resign when his term expires at the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders, which is set for late May. In a series of tweets on Sunday, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey chastised the company’s board, which is now entrusted with reviewing … Read more
Kazushi Kinjo, a fisherman from the Japanese island of Yonaguni, departs port most days to catch deep sea red snapper in waters to the north. Fish abound there, and Chinese Coast Guard ships are becoming more common. Chinese ships monitor the seas near Kinjo’s home, the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands, an uninhabited island series claimed by … Read more
As Russia’s onslaught on Ukraine continues, it’s difficult to know what’s going on within the country. However, since the invasion, even that source has been shut off. Estonia censored several Russian news sites and television networks after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. “Many people here [are] buying certain equipment to pick up Russian channels,” … Read more
Kira Obedinsky was a happy, adored 12-year-old girl before Russia’s assault on Ukraine began. She has become an unsuspecting player in Moscow’s propaganda war, orphaned, wounded, and alone in a Russian-controlled hospital in eastern Ukraine. When Obedinsky was a child, her mother died. Yevhen Obedinsky, a former captain of Ukraine’s national water polo team, was … Read more
Lyudmyla Kichenok trained her serve with partner Dayana Yastremska on an empty arena on Thursday, under the careful eye of their captain Olga Savchuk, wearing a jersey embroidered with the Ukrainian flag in the shape of a heart. The Ukrainian women’s tennis team is in the middle of a Billie Jean King Cup qualification match … Read more
While Russian soldiers remain in total control of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region’s Borivs’kyi district, the Borova village council announced on Telegram on Sunday that Moscow’s troops are “gradually moving” from the area toward the Donetsk region. “There is no cell connection and no Internet,” it added, adding that “certain localities are left without electricity and gas.” … Read more
More civilians were killed in rocket and artillery assaults in the Kharkiv and Luhansk areas of Ukraine on Sunday, according to Ukrainian officials. Five people were killed and 13 were injured amid resumed rocket assaults against Kharkiv, according to Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs. On his Telegram account, Gerashchenko wrote: … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin feels he is winning the fight, according to Austria’s chancellor. Chancellor Karl Nehammer of Austria told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he couldn’t fully explain Putin’s reasoning. But that the Russian leader had his “own war logic”. Adding that Putin “sent me clear messages about his concerns” and appeared to have … Read more
Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, stated on Sunday that the “situation” in Mariupol “might represent a red line” in talks with Russia. On CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Kuleba stated, “The situation in Mariupol is both serious — militarily — and painful.” “The city no longer exists.” Russian soldiers have essentially encircled the remaining Ukrainian army … Read more
Russian shelling struck a church in the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, according to Serhii Haidai, the chairman of the Luhansk area military administration. “On Palm Sunday, the orcs [a pejorative Ukrainian word for Russian forces] bombarded the church in Severodonetsk,” Haidai claimed. According to the Julian calendar, many Ukrainians commemorated Palm Sunday on … Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky told said that Ukraine is unwilling to give up land in the east of the nation in order to stop the conflict with Russia. That Ukraine’s military is prepared to engage Moscow’s forces in the Donbas area in a battle that might determine the war’s outcome. In an exclusive interview in … Read more
On Saturday, Ukrainian rescuers discovered a body of a civilian in Borodianka, Kyiv region, while dismantling the rubble of two high-rise apartment buildings destroyed by Russian shelling, bringing the total number of civilians killed in the strikes to 41, according to the country’s State Emergency Service. Rescuers finished deconstructing the wreckage of two more buildings … Read more
Following the development of the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he had difficulties believing in the dependability of “certain nations or some leaders.” During an exclusive interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Zelensky was asked whether he thinks declarations by global leaders using the phrase “never again,” a motto connected with the … Read more
The crashed Antonov AN-225 has become an everlasting memory for aviation aficionados all around the world. Built in the 1980s to transport the Soviet space shuttle, the plane had a second life after the Cold War as the world’s biggest freight carrier, setting several records before being destroyed at its home base, Hostomel airport outside … Read more
Top Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday that Ukrainian soldiers trapped in Mariupol have refused Russia’s requests for surrender and are continuing to fight an unremitting assault on the southern port city. The city, which has been besieged by Russian soldiers since March 1, has not succumbed, according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. Despite overwhelming … Read more
The Archbishop of Canterbury has claimed that the government’s intention to transfer certain asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda is “antithetical to the essence of God.” Justin Welby declared in his Easter sermon that the resurrection of Christ was not the time to “subcontract our obligations.” He also called for a cease-fire in Ukraine … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to India this week after a protracted wait in order to enhance security relations with the nation. On Friday, he will meet with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi, where they will discuss defence and trade. After earlier visits were postponed owing to Covid, this will be … Read more
