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A woman stands at the site of a missile strike that occurred during the night in Kramatorsk. — courtesy Reuters
Ukraine denies Russian claim it killed 600 soldiers
KYIV — Ukraine has labelled as "propaganda" a Russian claim that it killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in an attack.Moscow claimed, without providing any evidence, that a "mass missile strike" in the eastern city of Kramatorsk had killed more than 600 Ukrainian forces.It said it was in retaliation for a Ukrainian attack on a Russian base that killed dozens of Russian soldiers on New Year's Day.But the Ukrainian military says this is untrue. "This is another piece of Russian propaganda," Serhiy Cherevaty, a spokesman for the Ukrainian army, told the BBC.Russia's Defense Ministry said it had killed more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen in a strike on buildings temporarily housing Ukrainian forces.More than 1,300 Ukrainian troops were housed in two...
January 08, 2023

Ukraine denies Russian claim it killed 600 soldiers

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Turkey has demands that NATO hopeful Sweden cannot — and does not — want to meet.
Turkey 'wants things we can't give them', says NATO hopeful Sweden
STOCKHOLM — Turkey has demands that NATO hopeful Sweden cannot — and does not — want to meet, said the Swedish Prime Minister on Sunday.Ankara has blocked Sweden and Finland's entry into the western military since May in an attempt to get the pair to meet certain political demands, prompting a long-running diplomatic tussle."Turkey both confirms that we have done what we said we would do, but they also say that they want things that we cannot or do not want to give them," Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told a defense think-tank conference."We are convinced that Turkey will make a decision, we just don't know when," he said, adding that "the decision is in Turkey's camp."Stockholm and Helsinki signed a deal with Turkey in 2022 aimed at...
January 08, 2023

Turkey 'wants things we can't give them', says NATO hopeful Sweden

German police detain the suspect in Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia state, on Sunday. — courtesy Karsten Wickern/picture alliance/dpa/AP
Germany detains Iranian national suspected of planning a terror attack
BERLIN — German police have detained an Iranian national on suspicion of planning a terror attack, authorities in the country said Sunday.Police in the western city of Munster said the 32-year-old man is believed to have procured unspecified amounts of the toxins cyanide and ricin in preparation for an “attack.”The suspect was detained following an investigation by the North Rhine-Westphalia Central Office for the Prosecution of Terrorism, a unit of the Düsseldorf Public Prosecutor’s Office, according to police.Police retrieved materials during a search of the suspect’s home in the city of Castrop-Rauxel and an investigation is ongoing, police said.Another person is also being held in connection with the case, police said, without providing more details. —CNN
January 08, 2023

Germany detains Iranian national suspected of planning a terror attack

Sergiy is one of the few civilians left in Bakhmut. — courtesy photo
Ukraine war: The Christmas ceasefire that wasn’t
By James WaterhouseBBC Ukraine correspondent in BakhmutKYIV — The drive from Kostyantynivka to Bakhmut is like dropping off a cliff of civilization.The “pops” of outgoing tank fire tell you you’re getting close to one of the most active parts of the front line in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine.They also show that Russia’s declared 36-hour ceasefire is in name only.“They promised there would be one, but we don’t see or feel it,” says Oleksandr, a Ukrainian soldier.The constant bangs of incoming artillery reinforce his point. Then, a shell lands 50 meters away from where we are speaking.I jump. Oleksandr doesn’t flinch. “What is it all for?” he asks. A perfectly reasonable question while standing in the almost destroyed main square.“Everything is being ruined....
January 08, 2023

Ukraine war: The Christmas ceasefire that wasn’t

Rishi Sunak refuses to say if he is registered with private GP
Sunak refuses to say if he uses private GP
LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has repeatedly refused to say whether he uses private healthcare, insisting it is “not really relevant”.Sunak told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg program that his healthcare was “a personal choice”.Nursing union leader Pat Cullen said the PM “needed to come clean as a public servant”.And when asked the same question, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said he did not use private healthcare.In the interview, Laura Kuenssberg suggested there was huge public interest in Sunak’s decisions and that former Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher was open about her choice to use a private GP.Sunak said healthcare was “something that is private”, adding he “grew up in an NHS family”, with a dad who was GP, and a...
January 08, 2023

Sunak refuses to say if he uses private GP

Prince Harry, Ahmed Raza Khan and other cadets at Sandhurst in 2006. — courtesy PA Media
Prince Harry says he was bigoted before he met Meghan
NEW YORK — Prince Harry also said he was “naive” about how his wife’s ethnicity would affect press coverage of their relationshipPrince Harry has said he was “bigoted” before meeting Meghan Markle, in an interview with US broadcaster CBS.He also said he was “naive” about how her ethnicity would affect media coverage of their relationship.In a new book, Harry also expressed regret at calling a South Asian cadet a racist slur while at Sandhurst.The Royal Family have declined to comment, but his claims once again bring up the highly sensitive subject of race in the institution.Harry’s memoir Spare, which is due to be published on Jan. 10, was leaked after some copies went on sale early in Spain.In an interview ahead of its release, Harry said: “I went into this incredibly...
January 07, 2023

Prince Harry says he was bigoted before he met Meghan

Food prices hit record highs in 2022 due to the outbreak of war in Ukraine and droughts linked to climate change.
Record food prices in 2022 due to Ukraine war and drought
ROME — Food prices hit record highs in 2022 due to the outbreak of war in Ukraine and droughts linked to climate change.World prices for commodities like grain and vegetable oils were the highest on record last year, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. (FAO).Droughts across large parts of the planet, driven by global warming, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February and other factors are fueling the inflationary pressure, which is worsening hunger worldwide.On Thursday, the UN Development Program reported that 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices.The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of common food stuffs, averaged 143.7 points in 2022, meaning food...
January 07, 2023

Record food prices in 2022 due to Ukraine war and drought

Rocket at Spaceport Cornwall. — courtesy Spaceport Cornwall
First-ever orbital rocket launch from British soil set for Monday
LONDON — The first-ever orbital rocket launch from British soil is set to blast off on Monday, marking the start of the UK’s race to space.The ambition is to turn the country into a global player in space — from manufacturing satellites, to building rockets and creating new spaceports. But can the UK carve out a place in an increasingly crowded market — and why try to reach for the stars?“We are the guinea pigs,” said Melissa Thorpe. “It is the first time any of us have done this, so it’s been quite a learning experience.”Melissa is in charge of Spaceport Cornwall, which is about to attempt its very first foray into space. She’s showing me around their base at Newquay Airport.There’s all the usual hubbub of activity: passengers arriving, suitcases being loaded, planes...
January 07, 2023

First-ever orbital rocket launch from British soil set for Monday

France’s President Emmanuel Macron addresses his New Year wishes to health care workers at the Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien Hospital, Paris. — courtesy AFP
Macron unveils new plan to stop ‘endless crisis’ in French healthcare
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a new plan to halt the “endless crisis” in France’s national healthcare system, including overhauling working ours for hospital staff in the next six months, reforming healthcare funding and improving payments for doctors on call.During a meeting with healthcare workers at the Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien just outside Paris, Macron acknowledged “the personal and collective exhaustion, this feeling of loss of meaning that has sometimes set in, the feeling that we are moving from one crisis to the next”.Repeating that he wanted to “gain time for carers” amid a chronic shortage of doctors, the president called for “radical decision” to fix the problem.Macron promised to reorganize hospital work by June 1 to staunch the flow of...
January 06, 2023

Macron unveils new plan to stop ‘endless crisis’ in French healthcare

An employee of the municipal health service GGD is handing out free Covid-19 self-tests to travelers arriving from China at Schiphol, The Netherlands on Thursday. The self-tests are provided with information on how to use them in Mandarin or Cantonese. — courtesy EPA-EFE
EU ‘strongly’ encourages negative COVID-19 test for travelers coming from China
BRUSSELS — European Union member states agreed on Wednesday to “strongly encourage” a requirement that would obligate all travelers coming from China, regardless of nationality, to present a negative COVID-19 test as the number of infections surges in the Asian country.The coronavirus test should be taken no more than 48 hours before embarking on the flight.The decision, which is not legally binding, was made by the EU’s integrated political crisis response (IPCR), a body that helps coordinate crisis management among the 27 member states.The IPCR also agreed that passengers on flights to and from China to the EU should wear medical masks or respirators, in addition to other hygiene measures that national authorities might mandate.Member states are urged to conduct “random...
January 06, 2023

EU ‘strongly’ encourages negative COVID-19 test for travelers coming from China

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