Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has claimed it is “absurd” that his country has not been given a roadmap to join the US-led military bloc G7 nations are expected to declare support for Ukraine on the sidelines of the ongoing NATO summit in Lithuania. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky expressed anger on Tuesday when Kiev was not offered a timeline for accession …
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Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Wednesday, July 12, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jul 12 (IPS) – The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Proverb of unknown originThe war in Ukraine continues unabated; young men are sacrificed on battlefields, towns laid waste by aerial attacks, the threat of nuclear disasters is looming. People within an often formerly …
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Thousands of Israeli protesters took to the streets on Tuesday, blocking major highways and thronging the country’s main international airport, in countrywide demonstrations against the government’s contentious plan to change the country’s judicial system. The demonstrations came the morning after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s parliamentary coalition’s proposed bill to limit the Supreme Court’s oversight powers gained initial approval. Police used …
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As Europe bakes this summer under record heat waves, droughts have also caused water levels to plunge on rivers and lakes across the continent. In the Netherlands, the Waal River is so low that it has fallen below the bottom marker on bridges. In Germany, the Rhine is so dry, it’s causing shipping problems. And in Spain, receding waters in …
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The launch comes after Pyongyang accused the US military of repeated air incursions.
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The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt two rival resolutions to extend cross-border aid deliveries into northern Syria from Turkey, effectively cutting off a vital lifeline to about 4.1 million people in opposition-held territories. Russia vetoed a bid put forth by Brazil and Switzerland to extend one resolution for nine months, a compromise from an initial 12-month …
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Edwin van der Sar remains in intensive care but is communicating and “not in life-threatening danger”, his wife has said. The former Manchester United and Netherlands goalkeeper was admitted to a hospital in Croatia last Friday after suffering bleeding around the brain. Annemarie van der Sar said in a statement issued via Dutch club Ajax: “Edwin is still in the …
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Two children, ages 4 and 15, died while families fled a Taliban demolition of their shantytown homes in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to an aid group. The immediate cause of death of the two Afghan children is still unknown. The demolition of the ramshackle settlement left 280 families, or about 1,700 people, displaced near Kabul. Two children died as scores of …
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Twin pandas were born in a South Korean zoo. Panda mom Ai Bao is taking care of her cubs. All the animals are in good health. A South Korean zoo has announced the birth of two giant panda twins – the first to be born in the country – triggering an outpouring of excitement online. The female twins were born …
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Beijing vows a “resolute response” should the US-led military bloc attempt to move closer to its borders The Chinese government has urged NATO not to expand into the Asia-Pacific, warning that it would retaliate to any increased Western military presence in the region after the alliance criticized Beijing during its summit in Lithuania. China’s Mission to the European Union issued …
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