Month: April 2023

Smoke rises in Khartoum, Sudan, on Saturday, as gunfire and heavy artillery fire continued despite the extension of a ceasefire between the country’s two top generals. Marwan Ali/AP hide caption toggle caption Marwan Ali/AP Smoke rises in Khartoum, Sudan, on Saturday, as gunfire and heavy artillery fire continued despite the extension of a ceasefire between […]

As part of The Times’s coverage of the global climate summit last year, I wrote an article about a project in Nova Scotia designed to create renewable electricity from the Bay of Fundy’s exceptional tides. Now, a regulatory roadblock means that the pilot project may soon shut down. The Bay of Fundy’s extraordinary tides have […]

Video Duration 24 minutes 57 seconds 24:57 There are fears the conflict could disrupt the precarious situation over the border. The conflict in Sudan has entered its third week despite the warring sides agreeing to a ceasefire. The rival generals are playing the blame game, accusing each other of targeting civilian neighbourhoods, hospitals and people […]

A survivor filmed the scene in her home after a Russian rocket hit an apartment block early Friday in Uman, Ukraine, which is nearly 200 miles north of the front line. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.

Hundreds of foreigners fleeing Sudan have arrived in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah, Saudi state media reported, as Sudan entered a third week of fighting between rival military forces despite a ceasefire. A ferry with around 1,900 evacuees arrived at a Saudi naval base in Jeddah, after crossing the Red Sea from Port […]

A strike in Russian-occupied Crimea hit a fuel depot in the port city of Sevastopol. The Kremlin-appointed local governor blamed “enemy drones” for the blaze. Ukrainian officials did not claim responsibility. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.

In this screen grab from video provided by KTVB-TV, sheep move along state Highway 55 as they cross the road near Eagle, Idaho, on Monday. KTVB-TV via AP hide caption toggle caption KTVB-TV via AP In this screen grab from video provided by KTVB-TV, sheep move along state Highway 55 as they cross the road […]

Two significant statements released over the past two months have sounded the alarm on the state of medical care at the Guantánamo Bay detention centre. In March, the United Nations Human Rights Council released a letter from seven UN experts criticising the inadequate medical care provided to detainees, noting “systematic shortcomings in medical expertise, equipment, treatment […]

If you ask any kids who grew up reading Judy Blume, they’ll tell you precisely what they learned from each of Blume’s books; which taboo rites of passage each book introduced; probably even where they were, physically and developmentally, when they first stumbled on this information. They might very well remember the precise page number […]

The introduction of the women’s peace petition, which began in 1923 in Wales. WCIA hide caption toggle caption WCIA The introduction of the women’s peace petition, which began in 1923 in Wales. WCIA Dreams of world peace are as old as wars. But as the women of Wales were recovering from World War I, they […]

Here is the situation on Saturday, April 29, 2023: Fighting Explosions and heavy gunfire were reported across the capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman despite the announcement of a new 72-hour ceasefire. The sounds of air strikes, anti-aircraft weaponry, and artillery were heard. Sudan’s military chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has ruled out […]

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference with South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on April 26, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference with South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on April 26, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/AP WASHINGTON […]

Kim Jong Un’s sister said North Korea would respond in ‘direct proportion’ to her country’s enemies – the US and South Korea. North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, has warned that her country will stage more displays of military might in response to a new agreement between South […]

US state passes bill that allows Governor Ron DeSantis to run for president without resigning from his current position. Republican Ron DeSantis would not have to resign as Florida governor to run for president of the United States if he chooses, under a bill given final approval on Friday by the GOP-dominated state legislature. The […]

Dmytro raced to the room where two of his children had been sleeping, after a Russian missile thundered into his apartment building in Uman, Ukraine, before dawn on Friday. He forced the door open and stared into oblivion. “There was no room behind the door. Just a cloud of fire and smoke,” he said. By […]

South Carolina Republican Sen. Sandy Senn speaks against a near-total abortion ban on Wednesday. James Pollard/AP hide caption toggle caption James Pollard/AP South Carolina Republican Sen. Sandy Senn speaks against a near-total abortion ban on Wednesday. James Pollard/AP Sandy Senn believes that legislators cannot tell a woman what is best for her own life. Who […]

BRUSSELS — Ukraine’s grains will continue to enter the European Union tariff-free for another year despite protests from neighbors such as Poland, which have seen their own farmers hurt by the influx of cheaper foodstuffs. European Union ambassadors meeting in Brussels on Friday agreed to extend the tariff-free access that was put in place a […]

UMAN, Ukraine — Inna stood staring at what was left of her home on Friday, the building’s facade blown nearly completely off. Maybe her children, 17-year-old Kyrylo and 11-year-old Sophia, had been carried away by the blast, she kept repeating into the wind. Maybe they would be found alive. Her husband, Dmytro, had raced to […]