Ukrainian Intelligence Official Assesses Security Situation as War Enters Second Year
With Russia’s war in Ukraine now in its second year, there is renewed attention on the eastern salt-mining city of Bakhmut, the focus of a sustained Russian offensive in recent months. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the situation in Bakhmut…
Pentagon: Iran a ‘Global Challenge’ Due to Alliance with Russia
The United States and its allies are moving to treat Iran as a global threat, warning that its growing alliance with Russia — and cooperation in the war on Ukraine — mean Tehran’s destabilizing activities will pose a greater danger…
Father of Cellphone Sees Dark Side but Also Hope in New Tech
Holding the bulky brick cellphone he’s credited with inventing 50 years ago, Martin Cooper thinks about the future. Little did he know when he made the first call on a New York City street from a thick gray prototype that…
‘Cyprus Problem’ Top Priority for Island’s New President
Nikos Christodoulides was sworn in as Cyprus’s president on Tuesday, promising to make finding a solution to the “Cyprus problem” his top priority after winning an election runoff on Feb. 12. Christodoulides, 49, inherits a deadlock in reunification talks on…
Death Toll Rising in Italian Migrant Boat Shipwreck
The death toll from the wooden boat carrying hundreds of migrants that shipwrecked Sunday off the Italian coast has risen to at least 64. At least one body was pulled out of the sea Monday, according to news outlets. Survivors…
«Альфа-Банк» російських олігархів не можуть націоналізувати через «помилку» в законі
Протягом чотирьох місяців із моменту ухвалення зміни до закону так і не були внесені …
The Digital Front of Ukraine’s Fight Against Russia
Working from bomb shelters has become the norm for Ukrainians like Roman Osadchuk. “At the beginning, there were a lot of air raids. Nowadays, there are maybe two a week,” said Osadchuk. “I mean, I was in the shelter today,”…
EU Defends Talks on Big Tech Helping Fund Networks
Europe’s existing telecom networks aren’t up to the job of handling surging amounts of internet data traffic, a top European Union official said Monday, as he defended a consultation on whether Big Tech companies should help pay for upgrades. The…
Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Dominates at UN Human Rights Council
Russia’s war of aggression took center stage at the opening of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s five-and-a-half-week session in Geneva. As he kicked off this historically long and politically charged conference, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned what he called the…
Blinken Urged to Push for Reforms During Central Asia Trip
As Antony Blinken makes his first visit to Central Asia as U.S. secretary of state this week, the Biden administration says it is focused on supporting the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the region’s five former Soviet republics, which…
Україна отримала грант від США у розмірі 1,25 млрд доларів – Мінфін
За даними американського Мінфіну, на сьогодні Сполучені Штати надали Україні майже 50 мільярдів доларів на безпекову, економічну та гуманітарну допомогу …
France Reveals New African Strategy
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to deliver an address Monday revealing France’s new African strategy. Later in the week, the French leader travels to Gabon, Angola, the Republic of Congo and Congo. Macron’s visit to Africa comes as many…
ТРЦ Ocean Plaza російського олігарха Ротенберга після запуску досі не приносить дохід в український бюджет
Затримку із перерахуванням пояснюють тим, що чекають на визначення процедури для цього …
Phone Firms Promise ‘Tsunami of Innovation’ at Barcelona Meeting
The big beasts of the telecom industry kicked off their most important annual get-together in Barcelona on Monday, promising to lead a “tsunami of innovation”, as they try to shrug off a major slump across the technology sector. Some 80,000…
Twitter Lays Off 10% of Current Workforce – NYT
Twitter Inc has laid off at least 200 employees, or about 10% of its workforce, the New York Times reported late on Sunday, in its latest round of job cuts since Elon Musk took over the micro-blogging site last October. The…
Launch of Space Station Crew Postponed
NASA and SpaceX postponed a planned Monday launch of a four-member crew to the International Space Station due to a ground systems issue. The decision came less than three minutes before the spacecraft was due to lift off from NASA’s…
Wooden Migrant Ship Splinters Apart, Killing at Least 59
Italian officials say at least 59 migrants died when the wooden boat they were in began splintering apart in heavy seas Sunday off the Italian coast. At least 12 of the dead are children. Some bodies washed ashore at a…
Sending Warm Socks to Ukraine’s Soldiers: US Teenager Finds His Mission
Yulian Dlaboha is U.S. a high school student whose mother is an immigrant from Ukraine and whose father is of Ukrainian heritage. After Russia invaded Ukraine, Yulian wanted to help, so he started collecting warm socks for Ukrainian soldiers. Nina Vishneva has the…
Biden Administration Won’t Send F-16 Fighter Jets to Ukraine, for Now
At least for now, the United States is declining to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. But as VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports, there are some lawmakers in Congress who plan to push the White House to change its position….
Migrant Bodies Wash Ashore in Italy
Italian officials say a wooden boat carrying migrants towards Italy disintegrated before it could reach shore, killing at least 58 people, including a baby. Authorities say about 80 people survived the ordeal. Some of the bodies washed ashore Sunday at…
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