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The MV Brave Commander berthed in Hodeidah port in Yemen carrying Ukrainian wheat flour milled in Turkiye. (Oct 2022) — courtesy WFP/Mohammed Awadh
UN stresses ‘full commitment’ to Ukraine grain deal as Russia offers 60-day extension
GENEVA — The UN chief on Monday confirmed the UN would “do everything possible to preserve the integrity” of the Black Sea Grain Initiative — the deal agreed between Ukraine and Russia last July that is due to expire in just a few days.Russia announced earlier that it would agree to a 60-day extension, which is half the number of days agreed when it first expired in November.The UN-brokered deal also endorsed by Türkiye in Istanbul — which includes a Memorandum of Understanding between Russia and the UN to facilitate fertilizer exports — has allowed the exports of 24 million metric tons of grain, and over 1,600 secure vessel voyages through the Black Sea, with 55 percent of food exports going to developing countries, said a note released to journalists in Geneva.The press...
March 14, 2023

UN stresses ‘full commitment’ to Ukraine grain deal as Russia offers 60-day extension

The Russian soldier (center) is detained by two members of Ukraine's armed forces in Kupiansk, Ukraine.
Russian soldier arrested 'after six months in hiding'
KYIV — A Russian soldier who claims to have avoided detection in Ukraine's Kharkiv region for six months has been detained, Ukrainian police say.The 42-year-old serviceman was stopped by members of the Ukrainian armed forces while they were patrolling the Kupiansk district, Kharkiv's regional police department said.The area was retaken by Ukrainian forces last September.The soldier told police he had hidden in abandoned buildings since then.After they found him on Monday, police discovered that the man - dressed in civilian clothes - was a serviceman with Russia's 27th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade and was a resident of the Moscow region.The soldier was taken to a local police station for further investigation, a police statement said.Kupiansk - home to an important...
March 14, 2023

Russian soldier arrested 'after six months in hiding'

Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza
Russian opposition activist faces 25 years in prison on treason charges
MOSCOW — The trial has begun in Moscow of the latest Russian opposition activist to face charges over speaking out against the Kremlin.Vladimir Kara-Murza is accused of treason for spreading what prosecutors claim was 'fake news' about the Russian army. He faces 25 years in jail.His lawyer, Vadim Prokhorov, said the trial was politically motivated and unduly accelerated."It is obvious that the authorities decided to hold the trial of Kara-Murza at a cosmic pace, as quickly as possible, the next hearing is already on Thursday 16 March, and unfortunately there is no doubt what the final verdict will be."At the European Parliament, prominent liberal MEP for Renew Europe, Guy Verhofstadt, spoke out against Moscow's treatment of Kara-Murza and other Kremlin...
March 14, 2023

Russian opposition activist faces 25 years in prison on treason charges

The stamps use pictures of popular back garden flowers
King Charles makes first appearance on special stamps
LONDON — The first special stamps bearing the head of King Charles are being released by the Royal Mail, with his silhouette appearing on a set showing popular garden flowers.These are likely to be the first stamps showing the King's profile that will be widely seen by the public.This replaces a design showing the Queen's head used continuously on commemorative stamps since 1968.Last month saw the final issue of a new set of stamps with the Queen's head.David Gold, of Royal Mail, said using pictures of flowers for this landmark set of stamps reflected the fact that the King was a "passionate gardener".The Royal Mail had previously revealed the design for new regular first and second class stamps showing King Charles.But those new stamps will not begin to appear...
March 14, 2023

King Charles makes first appearance on special stamps

File photo of Hungary’s Prime Minister Victor Orban.
Hungary becomes increasingly isolated in NATO
BUDAPEST —Hungary is becoming increasingly isolated within the NATO military alliance. Even before the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went against the grain compared to other European Union countries.But he has since lost his most important patron: Poland.In a speech in February, in which he referenced World War II, Orbán admitted that he had run out of allies: “The other countries thought that if the Germans could not resist so much external pressure, they wouldn’t be able to either”.“So, they moved from the peace camp to the war camp. That leaves just us two: Hungary and the Vatican,” he added.Budapest has continuously tried to postpone the ratification of Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession. According to Péter Krekó, the CEO of the think tank Political...
March 13, 2023

Hungary becomes increasingly isolated in NATO

Members and supporters of the Farmers Defense Force (FDF) demonstrate against the government’s nitrogen policy in the Zuiderpark in The Hague. — courtesy Robin Utrecht/AFP
Dutch farmer protests: Emissions regulations lead to rise of new political movement
THE HAGUE — Farmers in the Netherlands have attracted global attention by blocking roads, dumping manure and protesting outside the houses of politicians.On Saturday, fresh protests took place in The Hague ahead of provincial elections set to take place on March 15, which will appoint members of the Dutch Senate.More than 10,000 farmers joined the action, many flying the country’s flag upside down in a symbolic representation of the movement.They say that the new regulations to cut nitrogen emissions have been exaggerated and current proposals to solve the problem are unfair and ineffective.Now a new political force is rising in the country in the wake of these protests: the BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) or Farmer-Citizen Movement. The party was founded in 2019 by agricultural journalist...
March 13, 2023

Dutch farmer protests: Emissions regulations lead to rise of new political movement

People shout anti-government slogans during a protest in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday. — courtesy Aurel Obreja/ AP.
Thousands in Chisinau protest against Moldova’s pro-Western government
CHISINAU — Thousands took to the streets in Chisinau on Sunday demanding that the Moldovan government fully covers the costs of winter energy bills, and urging lawmakers “not involve the country in war.”Opponents of the pro-Western President Maia Sandu have repeatedly called for her to step down, arguing that Russia should be Moldova’s No. 1 partner.Local authorities say the demonstrators were coordinated by the pro-Russian oligarchs Vladimir Plahotniuc and Ilan Shor, who are wanted internationally for corruption charges.Sunday’s protest was one of several held in recent weeks, organized by a group calling itself ‘Movement for the People’, which is backed by Moldova’s Russia-friendly Shor Party, which holds six seats in the country’s 101-seat legislature.The United States...
March 13, 2023

Thousands in Chisinau protest against Moldova’s pro-Western government

File photo shows visitors wearing military camouflage stand at the entrance of the ‘PMC Wagner Centre’, St Petersburg. — courtesy AP
Wagner ‘recruiting in Moscow high schools for young warriors’
MOSCOW — Russia’s Wagner mercenary group have been trying to recruit in Moscow high schools, distributing questionnaires and collecting contact details of interested pupils who might want to become “young warriors,” said the British Ministry of Defense.Wagner is also reportedly recruiting in dozens of sports centers across Russia.In its latest intelligence update, the MoD said that Wager Group’s owner Yevgeny Prigozhin has “likely lost access to recruiting in Russian prisons,” because of ongoing disputes with the Kremlin’s military leadership.Wagner had been promising pardons to prisoners who signed up to fight in Ukraine, but the UK MoD said about half of those prisoners already deployed “have likely become casualties.”“The new initiatives are unlikely to make up for...
March 13, 2023

Wagner ‘recruiting in Moscow high schools for young warriors’

Bags of rubbish pile up in the streets of Paris. — courtesy Michel Euler/ AP.
Paris rubbish strike continues as pension reform approved by senate
PARIS — The dustbin collectors strike continues in Paris, with thousands of tons of rubbish piling up in the streets. The waste disposal sector has been halted for a week in protest against the unpopular government pension reform.Three incineration plants outside the capital have been hit by the work stoppages that have left entire pavements covered in black bags and overflowing bins.The capital’s household waste agency Syctom said it has been re-routing dustbin lorries to other storage and treatment sites in the region and has yet to resort to calling in the police.City hall employees have for the last week been picking up rubbish in just half of Paris’s districts. The strike has hit some of the most exclusive areas including the 5th, 6th and 16th arrondissements.Other districts are...
March 13, 2023

Paris rubbish strike continues as pension reform approved by senate

Turkish President Erdogan in Hatay’s tent city housing thousands following the destructive earthquake.
Erdogan visits devastated Hatay Province
ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited tent cities and community leaders in Hatay province on Sunday. The area was struck especially hard by the February 6 earthquake.The 7.8 magnitude quake and aftershocks killed over 46,000 people in Turkey and nearly 6,000 people in northern Syria.It also left hundreds of thousands of people across 11 provinces sheltering in tents or temporary accommodation.Both Erdogan and his government have received severe criticism over their chaotic response to the natural disaster.His critics have accused them of failing to prepare the earthquake-prone country for a disaster in waiting.Experts have pointed at lax enforcement of building codes as a major reason the earthquake was so deadly.Turkish police have rounded up 269 suspects as part of a...
March 13, 2023

Erdogan visits devastated Hatay Province

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