Hong Kong refugees face ‘dire’ food crisis
BSS :Nearly three-quarters of Hong Kong’s refugees are struggling to put food on the table, according to a survey eleased on Friday, as fears over...
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Japan to freeze assets of three Belarus banks
BSS :Japan will freeze the assets of three Belarusian banks, the government said Thursday, days after EU countries agreed to toughen sanctions on Minsk over...
Putin backs plans to send volunteer fighters to Ukraine
BSS :Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday backed plans to allow volunteers, including from abroad, to fight in Ukraine, where he has sent thousands of...
2 Ukraine soldiers killed at Lutsk airbase: local authorities
BSS :Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed on Friday in Russian strikes on the Lutsk military airport in northwest Ukraine, local authorities said.”At 05:45 am (0345...
Ukraine’s Zelensky calls hospital bombing ‘war crime
BSS :Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday described a Russian air strike on a children’s hospital in the south eastern city of Mariupol as a...
Sweden announces plan for significant boost in military spending
Al Jazeera :Sweden’s government has announced plans for a significant boost in military spending to two percent of gross domestic product (GDP) “as soon as...
Worried of ‘high risk,’ US nixes Polish jet offer to Ukraine
BSS :The Pentagon on Wednesday conclusively rejected as too “high risk” a plan to transfer fighter jets from Poland to Kyiv to battle Russian forces,...
Free trains for Ukrainians leaving Poland for Germany
BSS :Polish state railway company PKP said on Thursday it was offering free tickets to Ukrainians travelling onwards to parts of Germany.Since the Russian invasion...
Israel’s president flies to Turkey to ‘restart’ ties
BSS :Israel’s president left for Turkey Wednesday to meet his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the first visit by an Israeli head of state since 2007,...
South Korea votes in tight presidential race
BSS :South Koreans exercised their franchise on Wednesday in a tightly fought presidential election with the deciding votes set to be cast by young people,...
Firefighters battle blaze in London tower block
BSS : More than 100 firefighters on Monday took over three hours to bring under control a blaze that broke out in a 21-storey residential...
Ukraine refugees to top 2 mn ‘today’ or ‘tomorrow’: UN
BSS : The number of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine is expected to top two million in the next two days, the head of...