Mass grave found in Ukraine town retaken from Russia: Zelensky

30 Jun

Russia said Thursday it had pulled its forces from Ukraine’s Snake Island, calling it a “goodwill gesture” to allow Kyiv to export agricultural products.  “On June 30, as a gesture of goodwill, the Russian armed forces completed their tasks on Snake Island and withdrew a garrison stationed there,” the defence ministry said in a statement. …

30 Jun

Oleksandra has wanted to leave Ukraine since her home was bombed. But she can’t, because her passport says she is a man, and can therefore be drafted into the army. Like many other transgender people in Ukraine, she fears she will face discrimination if she is called to fight with the Ukrainian army. But until…

30 Jun

Beijing on Thursday slammed NATO over a “completely futile” warning in which the group said for the first time in a guiding blueprint that China’s power challenges the military alliance. The response came after NATO’s strategic concept, published at a summit in Madrid, said Beijing’s stated ambitions and coercive policies challenged its interests, security and…

30 Jun

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday told Russia to prevent the execution of two British citizens sentenced to death in a pro-Moscow separatist region of Ukraine. Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin were earlier this month sentenced to death by a court in the unrecognised Donetsk People’s Republic, following their surrender to Russian forces…

30 Jun

With the MSGBC gas rush consolidating the role that natural gas will play in Africa’s energy future, Energy Capital & Power (ECP) (www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) is proud to announce the attendance of Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea, at the region’s official energy conference, MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2022 (https://bit.ly/3QWrqW9)…

30 Jun

Download logoToday the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing US$9 million in critical food assistance to bring immediate relief to the most vulnerable people in Tanzania. This new contribution will allow USAID’s partner, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), to provide life-saving food assistance to 204,000 refugees hosted…