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MOSCOW — The Russian city of Orenburg is braced for widespread flooding as rivers swell across regions bordering Kazakhstan.The worse-than-usual seasonal floods have been caused by melting snow from the Ural Mountains, triggering evacuations throughout the area.The Ural river, Europe's third-longest, burst through a dam embankment in the city of Orsk at the weekend.In Orenburg, a city of 500,000 about 300km (180 miles) downstream, waters are expected to reach record levels.Parts of the Urals, western Siberia and the Volga basin have been hit by floods. More than 10,000 homes are under water, according to the Emergency Ministry."An increase in air temperatures, active snow melt and river openings are predicted," the Ministry said in a statement.In Orenburg, about 1,500km...
April 08, 2024
Russia floods: Record water levels threaten Orenburg city
April 08, 2024
Leo Varadkar officially resigns as taoiseach
April 08, 2024
Lib Dems call for end to special needs postcode lottery
April 08, 2024
Attacks on Ukrainian nuclear facilities ‘must cease immediately’: IAEA
April 08, 2024
Former UK diplomats lead call to replace 'elitist' Foreign Office
April 08, 2024
UN body urges restraint after Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant hit
April 07, 2024
‘Worst floods in decades’ hit Kazakhstan and Russia
PRAGUE — Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova.Pellegrini, 48, defeated the pro-Western Ivan Korčok, a former diplomat, with 53% of the vote.A former prime minister, he is an ally of Prime Minister Robert Fico, and shares the PM’s dovish attitude towards Russia.Fico and his allies now control Slovakia’s parliament, government, and soon the president’s office.Slovakia had been one of Ukraine’s staunchest allies before Fico came to power in October on a pledge to halt supplies of Slovak Army military stocks to Kyiv.With Pellegrini replacing Caputova, Ukraine has now definitively lost a voice of support in an EU and NATO capital.Fico has called for an end to Western military support for Ukraine, an immediate...
April 07, 2024
Peter Pellegrini: Russia-friendly populist elected Slovak president
April 07, 2024
Scholz warns of the rise of right-wing populists ahead of EU elections
April 07, 2024
Storm Kathleen: Dozens of flights canceled in UK following weather alert
