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Strike on TV tower in Ukraine’s west kills nine: regional authorities

Shawdesh desk: Nine people died and another nine received injuries on Monday when Russian forces hit a television tower outside the western Ukrainian city of Rivne, local authorities said. “Nine

Kyiv to impose curfew for ‘difficult and dangerous’ 36 hours

Shawdesh Desk: Kyiv will impose a 36-hour curfew from Tuesday night amid a “difficult and dangerous moment” after several Russian strikes, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The announcement came as Russia launched fresh

Power restored at Ukraine’s Chernobyl: IAEA

Shawdesh desk: Power has been restored at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power station, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 1986, the International Atomic Energy Agency said late Monday.

Two dead in strike on Kyiv housing block: emergency service

Shawdesh Desk: A strike on a housing block in Kyiv killed at least two people on Tuesday, the emergency service said as several areas of the capital came under attack.

UK wage growth fails to keep up with rising prices

Shawdesh desk: UK wage growth failed to keep up with the rising cost of living between November and January, new figures show. Wages rose, but when taking rising prices into

Ukraine, Russia Resume Peace Talks

Shawdesh Desk: Ukrainian and Russian delegations resume peace talks Monday, a day after Russia launched a lethal cruise missile attack on a western Ukraine military base just 25 kilometers from

German Chancellor Scholz to meet Turkey’s Erdogan in Ankara on Ukraine

Shawdesh Desk: Visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will on Monday hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, followed by a news conference. According to a Turkish presidency

Alarm grows over Mariupol as Russia squeezes Kyiv

Shawdesh Desk: Russian forces upped the pressure on Kyiv Saturday and pummelled civilian areas in other Ukrainian cities, amid fresh efforts to deliver aid to the devastated port city of