Browsing: World News

The Metro says Russian troops withdrawn from the Chernobyl nuclear power site are being rushed across the border to a special medical facility in Belarus with ‘acute radiation sickness’, it has been claimed.

The Guardian says New Zealand’s glaciers are becoming “smaller and more skeletal” due to the effects of climate change and scientists predict many could disappear within a decade.

The Independent says The Ukrainian refugee crisis will start to cost Ireland from 2023, the Taoiseach has said.

The Independent says an eighth Russian colonel has reportedly been killed in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin’s troops continue to be hit by major setbacks more than a month into the war.

Sky News says Formula One will hold a night race on the renowned Las Vegas strip next year, the sport’s organisers have announced.

France24 says Spanish supermarkets can legally ration consumer purchases of certain products under a new provision published Wednesday in the state’s official bulletin.

Aljazeera says Sri Lanka has announced nationwide 13-hour daily power cuts from Thursday and more hospitals suspended routine surgeries after running out of life-saving medicines.

The Independent says Germany said it has activated the first “early warning” stage of a gas supply emergency, after Russia’s repeated demands that it be paid for energy supplies in rubles.

The Metro says the Ukrainian soldier who made headlines for telling a huge Russian warship to ‘go f**k yourself’ after being threatened with bombs was given a medal.

The Metro says President Joe Biden will sign the first federal legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime into law on Tuesday.

The Guardian says gunmen have attacked a train travelling from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to the city of Kaduna, in an “unprecedented” act of violence.

France24 says five people were killed in gun attacks Tuesday near the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, emergency responders said, in the third fatal gun or knife spree in the Jewish state in a week.

Arab News says the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen announced on Tuesday that it will stop all military activities in Yemen starting Wednesday March 30 at 6 a.m.

TRT World says hackers have stolen cryptocurrency worth over $600 million from a digital ledger used by players of the popular online game Axie Infinity, in a major digital cash heist.

The Metro says three people have been killed after a small plane crashed into a supermarket in Mexico, reports say.

The Independent says claims that Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich suffered suspected poisoning during attempts to aid peace talks in Ukraine are “very concerning”.

The Independent says the Taliban have told airlines in Afghanistan that women cannot board domestic or international flights without a male chaperone.

The Metro says Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the controversial ‘Parental Rights in Education’ bill into law on Monday.

The Guardian says Joe Biden proposed a new tax on America’s richest households when he unveiled his latest budget on Monday.

France24 says Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning earlier this month.

Euronews says Spain is readying a package of emergency economic measures worth €6 billion in direct aid and tax breaks and €10 billion in loans for families and businesses.

Arab News says a diplomatic push is underway to prevent a repeat of last year’s Ramadan violence in the occupied Palestinian territories that led to a fourth conflict between Israel and Gaza.

Aljazeera says China’s biggest lockdown since the pandemic began is testing Beijing’s pledge to minimise the economic fallout of its strict “dynamic Zero COVID” strategy.

“Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable,”

The full apology …

Thousands of people across eastern Australia have been told to leave their homes as storms bear down

February’s flooding claimed at least 21 lives across the states of Queensland and New South Wales