China Oppose Trump’s Call For Economic Pressure Over Ukraine War
Beijing said Friday it “strongly opposes” calls to put economic pressure on China, after US President Donald Trump urged European countries to do so over the war in Ukraine. China has never denounced Russia’s war nor called for it to withdraw its troops, and many of Ukraine’s allies believe that Beijing has provided support to Moscow. China insists it is a...
Ukraine Denies Involvement In Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts
Ukraine has denied any involvement in September's attack on the Nord Stream pipelines, which were built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany. The denial follows a report from the New York Times, which cites anonymous US intelligence officials who suggest a pro-Ukrainian group was to blame. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, said Ukraine "was absolutely not involved". Moscow...
US Senate Approve $9bn Of Elon Musk’s Federal Cuts
The U.S. Senate approved a package of spending cuts early Thursday morning, proposed by President Donald Trump, aimed at eliminating more than $9 billion in funding for foreign aid programmes and public broadcasting. In a late-night session that stretched past midnight, the Republican-led Senate passed the bill with a close vote of 51-48. The approval marked an early test of...
Russian Strike Hits Railway Station, Kills Ones, Injures Many In Ukraine
A Russian missile strike on a railway station in eastern Ukraine has killed one mechanic and wounded four other workers, Ukraine’s national rail company announced on Tuesday. “Russian terrorists inflicted a massive strike on the railway infrastructure of Lozova,” Ukrainian Railways said in a Telegram post. “A duty mechanic of one of the units was killed, four more railway workers were...
Turkey Announces Start Of Pipelaying For Black Sea Gas Pipeline
Turkey started laying the gas pipeline at the bottom of the Black Sea off the country’s coast on Monday. The ceremony was attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "In the first quarter of 2023, 10 mln cubic meters of gas will enter our n...
Starvation Affecting Large Numbers In Gaza, Says Trump
US President Donald Trump voiced concern over the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, saying “a lot of people are starving” as the region suffers from ongoing violence. His remarks came on Friday in Abu Dhabi, where he was concluding his first foreign tour of his second term, which included visits to several Gulf countries but notably excluded...
COVID-19: Hundreds Of Bodies Buried In Mass Grave On New York Island
Workers wearing hazmat suits have been spotted burying caskets in a mass grave on New York's Hart Island as the number of burials quadruples amid the coronavirus pandemic and the city's death toll rises to more than 4,200. Hart Island sometimes referred to as Hart's Island has a grisly history and started being used as a cemetery during the civil...
Simon Ekpa Convicted, sentenced To 6 Years Imprisonment
Finland Court sentence self-acclaimed Biafra Prime Minister, Simon Ekpa to six years imprisonment for terrorism offences, tax fraud The Päijät-Häme District Court found Ekpa guilty of inciting a public crime committed with terrorist intent and participating in the activities of a terrorist group, while also convicting him of aggravated tax fraud and violating the provisions of the Attorneys Act. The District...
China Tells Russia It Will Strengthen “Strategic Cooperation” Regardless Of International Landscape
China says it will "continue to strengthen strategic coordination" with Russia, regardless of how the "international landscape may change," according to a statement released by China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday. China's Vice Foreign Minister Le Yu...
Teenager Gives Birth On The Toilet 3 Days After She Found Out She Was Pregnant
A teenager Aimee Stevens was 17 years old when she gave birth just 3 days after she was told she was 6 weeks pregnant. The young mother was sitting on the toilet in the middle of the night and felt a ‘sudden relief’. She looked down and saw a baby’s legs and bum poking out of the toilet. She had been...
