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‘Hellscape’ in Mariupol where 100,000 trapped

KYIV, March 23, 2022 (AFP) - Almost 100,000 people are trapped among the ruins of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, facing starvation, thirst and relentless Russian bombardment, President Volodymyr Zelensky said as the UN sharpened demands for Moscow to end its "absurd" and "unwinnable" war. Tens of thousands of residents have already

China Eastern Airlines
Chinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country’s south

BEIJING (AP) — A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi

Vladimir Putin and Modi
India buys 3 million barrels of Russian oil: report

India’s state-run oil company purchased 3 million barrels of Russian crude this week as numerous other nations bar such imports

Joe Biden vs Xi JInping
In video call, Biden presses China’s Xi on Russia support

WASHINGTON (AP) — Key figures for a war half a world away, President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping spoke

japan earthquake
7.3 magnitude quake hits north Japan, tsunami alert issued

TOKYO (AP) — A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening,

Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian invasion of Ukraine (photo feature)

Russian invasion of Ukraine continue for nearly three weeks. A large number of people and property have been lost. More

Brent Renaud
U.S. journalist Brent Renaud killed in Irpin, Ukraine police say

Ukrainian police said Sunday that a U.S. video journalist was killed in the Kyiv suburb of Irpin, which has been devastated

Conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol elected President in South Korea

South Korea has chosen a conservative opposition candidate, Yoon Suk-yeol, as the country’s next president following a tightly-contested race. Mr

US man who got 1st pig heart transplant dies after…

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the

Vladimir Putin
Russia announces opening of several humanitarian corridors in Ukraine

Russia said Monday it will open humanitarian corridors to allow the evacuation of civilians from several Ukrainian cities experiencing heavy