CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African government was coming under more pressure Wednesday for refusing to release cargo documents relating to a visit to a Russian ship that the United States says collected cargo weapons for Moscow. Separately, a senior member of South Africa’s ruling party added to the scrutiny of the … Read more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – A high-level UN conference on Wednesday raised less than $1 billion of the more than $5 billion organizers had hoped to help more than 30 million people in the Horn of Africa to face a major climate crisis and massive displacement after years of conflict, a great disappointment for aid agencies. … Read more
A 95-year-old Australian woman died a week after a police officer shot her with a stun gun at a nursing home as she walked towards him using a walker and carrying a steak knife, in a tragedy that has outraged many Australians. May 24, 2023, 6:10 a.m. ET • 2 minute read CANBERRA, Australia – … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian private army chief Wagner has again broken the Kremlin line on Ukraine, saying his aim to demilitarize the country has backfired, acknowledging that Russian troops have killed civilians and agreeing with Western estimates that he lost over 20,000 men in the Battle of Bakhmut. Yevgeny Prigozhin said around half of those … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine – Russian private army chief Wagner said his forces lost more than 20,000 men in the long-running battle of Bakhmut, about half of those who died in the eastern town of Ukraine being Russian convicts recruited to fight in the 15 Month War. That figure stands in stark contrast to Moscow’s widely disputed … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian private army chief Wagner says his forces lost more than 20,000 fighters in the long battle for Bakhmutwith about 20% of the 50,000 Russian convicts he recruited to fight in the 15-month war dying in the city in eastern Ukraine. The figure contrasts sharply with widely disputed claims by Moscow … Read more
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong chief executive John Lee said police will investigate suspicious requests from people seeking to opt out of the city’s organ donation system, condemning the alleged attempt to harm the program as shameful. The city’s organ donation registration system has received nearly 5,800 requests for removal in the five months … Read more
Portuguese police aided by German and British officers have resumed their search for Madeleine McCann, the British child who disappeared in the southern Algarve region 16 years ago. By FILIPE BENTO Associated Press May 23, 2023, 5:04 a.m. ET • 4 minute read ARADE DAM, Portugal – Police on Tuesday renewed the search for Madeleine … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops and security forces battled for a second day on Tuesday against an alleged cross-border raid that Moscow blamed on Ukrainian military saboteurs but Kiev described as an uprising against the Kremlin by partisans Russians. Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region on the Ukrainian border, said forces continued to … Read more
LONDON (AP) — Several dozen youths pelted police with objects and torched cars and rubbish bins in Cardiff during local unrest that erupted after two teenagers were killed in a road crash, officials said Tuesday. . Police said a “large-scale disorder” had broken out after officers were called to the scene of an accident in … Read more
