World
Page: 108
pop_jop/Getty Images (LONDON) — A year since Russia took control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, plans for reconstruction are under way but former residents aren’t convinced. The siege of Mariupol started the day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and ended on May 20, 2022. The battle ended with the surrender of the last […]
ABC News (LONDON) — An Iranian judiciary banned grape juicing at Tehran’s central fruit and vegetable market on Wednesday. Grape juicing refers to the process of making grape juice in Tehran. Residents buy large amounts of grapes ranging from 120-150 kilograms, which translates to almost 350 pounds, from the local fruit market. The move is […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of North Koreans crossed the Northern Limit Line in a fishing boat and South Korea’s navy patrol boat located the group, South Korean authorities said Thursday. The incident took place on May 6 and authorities from the Defense Ministry, National Intelligence, and the Unification Ministry said that the government […]
Hillary Kladke/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fossil fragments found in Spain are pointing to a new species of dinosaur, researchers said. Scientists have proposed a new species of spinosaurid after studying the specimen, which includes a right jaw bone, one tooth and five vertebrate, found in the Arcillas de Morella Formation in Castellon, Spain, in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The stubbornness of high inflation is dividing the Federal Reserve over how to manage interest rates in the coming months, leaving the outlook for the Fed’s policies cloudier than at any time since it unleashed a streak of 10 straight rate hikes beginning in March 2022. Many Fed watchers have expected the […]
Moe Zoyari/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ISTANBUL) — Voters in Turkey will return to the polls soon as no candidate was able to receive 50% of voting in the first round of the critical presidential election. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled the country for 20 years and has won the majority of the elections, […]
Oleksiy Pshemyskiy/ABC News (NEW YORK) — U.S. Avenger air defense systems, which are mounted on Humvees and are highly mobile, are now being used to protect major Ukrainian cities and to protect Ukraine’s ground forces near the frontline, according to a senior Ukrainian official. One of Ukraine’s most senior commanders also confirmed to ABC News […]
Central Intelligence Agency (WASHINGTON) — The Kremlin has responded forcefully to the CIA launching an official channel on Telegram, the encrypted messaging app favored by Russians, featuring a dramatized video aimed at recruiting frustrated Russian civilians as spies. The video invites them to engage with the agency on Telegram and share information it says could be […]
Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico) — Nine migrants were found Tuesday by Mexican authorities after a group was kidnapped on its way to the U.S.-Mexico border. A bus holding 50 migrants left Tapachula, Chiapas, on Sunday and disappeared the following day near Matehuala, San Luis Potosí. The migrants had permission to […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two staff members of the U.S. Consulate in Nigeria were among the four people killed by armed assailants when an American convoy was attacked on Tuesday, the State Department said. The staff members, who were not U.S. citizens and who haven’t yet been publicly identified, were killed by people who […]
