Police body cameras capture first moments after deadly Russian missile attack on Dnipro The first moments of the aftermath of the Russian missile attack on Dnipro on April 19 were captured on police body cameras and shared on Facebook by Oleksiy Biloshitskyi, the first deputy head of the ... 04/19/2024 - 4:15 am | View Link
Thousands of Russian soldiers are fleeing the war in Ukraine but have nowhere to go Growing numbers of Russian soldiers are trying to get out of the war in Ukraine. Overall asylum claims from Russians have surged in the U.S., France and Germany since Russia’s full-scale invasion two ... 04/17/2024 - 7:45 am | View Link
Video shows Ukrainian city of Chernihiv under attack from Russian missiles Eyewitness video captured one of three reported Russian missiles exploding in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv. More than a dozen people were killed and dozens more were injured, officials ... 04/17/2024 - 2:10 am | View Link
Video: Ukraine Destroys Russian Air Defense System With Attack Drone Ukrainian forces took out one of Russia's "Strela-10" Arrow air defense systems in a drone attack on Sunday, according to Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR). 04/16/2024 - 3:01 pm | View Link
On Cam: Ukrainian Soldiers Bash Zelensky After Surrendering Before Russian Army In Donetsk Nine Ukrainian paratroopers from the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade reportedly surrendered to the Russian army near Avdiivka in Donetsk region. The incident, captured in footage released by the ... 04/16/2024 - 4:16 am | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.