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‘Senseless war’ forces one million to flee Ukraine: UN refugee chief

Shawdesh Desk: The “senseless war” in Ukraine has forced one million people to flee the country in just seven days, while countless others have been displaced within its borders, UN

NATO rejects calls for no-fly zone over Ukraine

Shawdesh Desk; NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday said the alliance would not impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine after calls from Kyiv to help stop Russia’s bombardments. “Allies

Poorer nations need $60b a year to protect biodiversity, nature: NGOs

Shawdesh desk: Wealthy countries should provide at least $60 billion every year to the world’s poorest nations to combat biodiversity loss, an alliance of environment groups said Tuesday. The appeal

Many deaths as Russia intensifies bombardment of Ukraine cities

Shawdesh desk; Russian forces have intensified their bombardment of Ukraine’s biggest cities, officials said, raining rockets on residential areas and killing at least 21 people in the eastern city of

Russian military claims to have taken control of Ukraine’s Kherson

Shawdesh Desk: The Russian army claimed on Wednesday it had taken control of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson as Moscow’s invasion of the pro-Western country went into its seventh

China welcomes beginning of talks between Russia, Ukraine, Foreign Ministry says

Shawdesh desk: China welcomes the beginning of talks between Russia and Ukraine and hopes that this process will continue, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a briefing on

EU blacklists 26 Russians, including Kremlin spokesman Peskov, and one company

Shawdesh desk: The European Union has blacklisted 26 more Russian nationals, including presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, and one legal entity, according to the corresponding normative acts published in the

US expels 12 Russian UN staff

Shawdesh Desk; The United States said Monday that it was expelling 12 members of Russia’s UN mission from America for being “intelligence operatives,” prompting a furious response from Moscow, which