Fears about the potential for a radiation leak at Europe's largest nuclear power plant persisted Saturday as both sides traded blame for nearby shelling. Ukraine said Russian forces fired on areas just across the river from the plant and Russia claimed Ukrainian shells hit a building where nuclear fuel is
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Zelenskyy to host Lviv talks with UN chief
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to host the U.N. chief and Turkey’s leader Thursday for talks on the recent deal to resume Ukraine’s grain exports, the volatile situation at a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant and efforts to help end the nearly six-month-old war. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres arrived Wednesday in
Ukraine, Russia sign grain export deal
Russian missile strike hits crowded shopping mall in Ukraine
Rescuers searched through charred rubble of a shopping mall Tuesday looking for more victims of a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18 and wounded scores in what Ukraine’s president called “one of the most daring terrorist attacks in European history.” President Volodymyr Zelensky said many of the more than
Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine accelerating Russia’s demographic decline
Putin is jeopardizing the future of his country. How many middle-class and wealthy Russians have fled their country since the invasion of Ukraine? Because they are revolted by the war started by Vladimir Putin, fear for their safety, or want to ensure a better future for their children, at least 200,000
Does Ukraine have bio laboratories controlled by USA?
Is Ukraine responsible for COVID and plague? Ever since the Kremlin escalated its war against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, there have been heavy fights on the ground. The Russian Army has been shelling cities, bombing residential areas, destroying schools and hospitals, and committing atrocities like the Bucha massacre. But there is
Sanctions now weapons of mass starvation
US and allied economic sanctions against Russia for its illegal invasion of Ukraine have not achieved their declared objectives. Instead, they are worsening economic stagnation and inflation worldwide. Worse, they are exacerbating hunger, especially in Africa. Sanctions cut both ways Unless approved by the UN Security Council (UNSC), sanctions are not authorized
A Global Food Crisis: Shortage Amidst Plenty
India is being asked by the US government and the IMF to reconsider its decision to suspend wheat exports. Their cited concern is that export restrictions will exacerbate food shortages amidst Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But the argument does not stand ground technically or morally. There is no food shortage. According
UN deeply troubled by impending development aid cuts by rich nations
The four-month-old Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has triggered a hefty increase in military spending among Western nations and a rise in humanitarian and military assistance to the beleaguered country, is now threatening to undermine the flow of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the world’s poorer nations. In an advance warning
Russian forces step up shelling in Ukraine’s east
Russian forces have stepped up shelling in Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland as they press their offensive in the region that is now the focus of fighting in the 3-month-old war. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian court is expected to sentence a Russian soldier on Monday in the first war crimes trial of the