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People watch the Pope’s Sunday blessing on a screen on St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, 22 December, 2024 -
Pope Francis calls for ceasefire on all war fronts in pre-Christmas prayers at Vatican
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire on all war fronts in his Sunday Angelus prayer ahead of Christmas, condemning the "cruelty" of bombing schools and hospitals in Ukraine and Gaza."Let the weapons fall silent and let the Christmas carols ring out," Francis said, delivering his Sunday blessing from his Santa Marta residence due to a cold and as a precaution ahead of a busy Christmas period."Let us pray that at Christmas there will be a ceasefire on all war fronts, in Ukraine, in the Holy Land, throughout the Middle East and throughout the world."Francis recalled the "battered Ukraine" that continues to be hit by attacks on cities, "which sometimes damage schools, hospitals and churches."Ukrainians will mark three years...
December 23, 2024

Pope Francis calls for ceasefire on all war fronts in pre-Christmas prayers at Vatican

Municipal workers check wire cables after Russian bombing in the centre of Pokrovsk, 21 December, 2024
Ukrainian drones hit Russia's oil terminal for second time in a week
KYIV — Ukrainian drones have hit a major Russian fuel depot for the second time in just over a week, according to a senior Russian regional official, as part of a "massive" cross-border attack on fuel and energy facilities that Kyiv says supply Moscow's military.A fire broke out at the Stalnoi Kon oil terminal in Russia’s southern Oryol region, local Governor Andrey Klychkov said in a post on Telegram, adding that Russian forces downed 20 drones targeting "fuel and energy infrastructure" in the province.Russian independent news outlet Astra shared video of what it said was an explosion at the site, showing a massive orange blaze lighting up the night sky.While the clip could not be independently verified, it was later shared by a Ukrainian security official who...
December 23, 2024

Ukrainian drones hit Russia's oil terminal for second time in a week

Wreck of plane crash in Russia's Kamchatka
Three found alive in Russia's Kamchatka region three days after plane crash
MOSCOW — All three people aboard a missing plane have been rescued from the crash site in Kamchatka, a remote Russian peninsula that extends into the Atlantic Ocean, local officials say.Authorities said on Sunday that the An-2 plane had been missing for three days before it was located in Kamchatka. The three crash survivors have been transported to hospital, according to Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations.The two crew members and a passenger, all of whom survived, spent three days without food and kept warm in the snow by burning fuel."Inside (the aircraft) we kept warm, lit fuel, and ate the food that we had. We switched on the emergency beacon, prayed, and believed in a miracle," one of them told local media.Another of the trio said they had melted snow in a...
December 23, 2024

Three found alive in Russia's Kamchatka region three days after plane crash

Robert Fico has previously reiterated his opposition to the West's policy of arming Ukraine
Slovak PM meets Putin in surprise Moscow visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (L) during their meeting at the Kremlin in MoscowMOSCOW — Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has made a surprise visit to Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin — becoming only the third Western leader to meet the Russian leader since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago.Fico — a vocal critic of the European Union's support for Kyiv in the war — said they discussed supplies of Russian gas to Slovakia — which his country relies on.A deal with Russian gas giant Gazprom to transit energy through Ukraine to Slovakia is due to expire at the end of this year."Top EU officials were informed about my journey and its purpose... on Friday," Fico wrote on Facebook.Fico...
December 23, 2024

Slovak PM meets Putin in surprise Moscow visit

Ukrainian first responders work at the site of a Russian missile assault on the city center of Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 20, 2024
Several embassies damaged in Russian missile barrage on Kyiv, Ukraine says
KYIV — At least one person has been killed and several embassies have been damaged in an early morning Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv.The Kyiv City Military Administration confirmed the death in a post on Telegram, adding that 12 others have been injured. Of those injured, five were hospitalized while the rest were treated at the scene.It comes a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin challenged Ukraine to a “duel” in his end-of-year conference, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to call the Russian leader a “dumbass.”“Let them propose... some kind of technological experiment – a kind of high-tech duel of the 21st century, let’s say,” Putin said during Thursday’s event in Moscow. Zelensky in response hurled the rude epithet at the...
December 20, 2024

Several embassies damaged in Russian missile barrage on Kyiv, Ukraine says

Police officers respond to a knife attack at a primary school in Zagreb, Croatia, on Friday
Girl killed and several injured in stabbing attack at Croatia elementary school
ZAGREB — A seven-year-old girl has been killed and eight others have been injured in a knife attack at an elementary school in the Croatian capital Zagreb.The 19-year-old attacker, believed to be a former student, entered a first-grade classroom at the Prečko Elementary School early Friday morning and attacked the teacher and several children with a knife, CNN affiliate N1 reported.Helicopters have been transporting the wounded to hospitals across the city. The teacher sustained life-changing injuries and is in critical condition, the Sveti Duh Hospital said.“The attacker is under police custody. The injured persons are receiving medical treatment,” Zagreb police said.Witnesses reported chaotic scenes as ambulances rushed to the school and people fled the building. Videos shared on...
December 20, 2024

Girl killed and several injured in stabbing attack at Croatia elementary school

The Chinese bulk carrier ship Yi Peng 3 in the Kattegat Strait near Denmark in November
Swedish police board Chinese ship in probe over severed cables
STOCKHOLM — Representatives from Germany, Finland and Denmark have boarded a Chinese cargo ship believed to be connected to the rupture of two data cables on the Baltic Sea bed in November.Swedish police and Chinese officials were also part of the inspection of the Yi Peng 3 vessel which is anchored in international waters between Sweden and Denmark.Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said the visit was supposed to take place on Wednesday but was called off due to bad weather."It is our expectation that when the inspection is completed by this group of people from the four countries, the ship will be able to sail to its destination," he told reporters.The Yi Peng 3 has been anchored in the Kattegat Sea for a month while diplomats in Stockholm and Beijing...
December 20, 2024

Swedish police board Chinese ship in probe over severed cables

Ukraine will end its transit agreement with Gazprom at the end of 2024
Ukraine will not allow transit of Russian gas with Azeri label dashing Slovak hopes
KYIV — Ukraine will no longer allow the transit of Russian gas through the country's territory after the end of this year, Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Thursday after meeting with leaders of the European Union in Brussels.The ban, he added, will apply to any gas flow "coming from Russia" to avoid the risk of having Russian gas sold to Europe under the guise of Azerbaijan-made gas."We're not going to extend the transit of Russian gas," Zelensky told reporters."We won't allow them to earn additional billions on our blood. And any country in the world that can get something cheap from Russia will eventually become dependent on Russia – whether it happens in one month or one year. That's their policy."The statement is set to go down badly...
December 20, 2024

Ukraine will not allow transit of Russian gas with Azeri label dashing Slovak hopes

North Korean soldiers wearing facemasks salute as they pay their respects to the country's former leaders in 2021
Don't underestimate North Korean troops in Russia, ex-soldiers say
SEOUL — What Haneul remembers most about his time in the North Korean military is the gnawing, continuous hunger. He lost 10kg in his first month of service, due to a diet of cracked corn and mouldy cabbage.Three months into training, he says almost his entire battalion was severely malnourished and needed to be sent to a recovery centre to gain weight.When they were later deployed as frontline guards to the border with South Korea, rice replaced corn. But by the time it reached their bowls, much had been siphoned off by rear units, and the remainder had been cut with sand.Haneul says his unit was among the best-fed, a tactic to stop them defecting to South Korea. But it failed to prevent Haneul.In 2012, he made a death-defying dash across the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) – the strip of...
December 20, 2024

Don't underestimate North Korean troops in Russia, ex-soldiers say

It was Gisèle Pelicot's decision to open the case to the public that has given the trial international significance
Dominique Pelicot found guilty on all charges in historic French rape trial
PARIS — Dominique Pelicot has been found guilty on all charges after a historic rape trial that turned the victim, his wife Gisèle Pelicot, into a feminist hero. Pelicot pleaded guilty to drugging and raping his wife for nearly a decade, inviting other men he had met online to their house to do the same. In all, 50 men, including Pelicot, faced charges of aggravated rape and attempted rape. Another man was tried for aggravated sexual assault. Gisèle Pelicot, who had thought she was in a loving marriage, has stunned France with her openness and courage during the bruising and stunning trial, which has transformed the retired energy company worker into a feminist heroine. Dominique Pelicot first came to the attention of police in September 2020, when a supermarket security...
December 19, 2024

Dominique Pelicot found guilty on all charges in historic French rape trial

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