GENEVA (AA) – The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday she is “horrified” by an attack on a maternity hospital in Mariupol. “We do not yet know the number of casualties but fear the worst,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. “This attack, if confirmed, underscores...
STOCKHOLM (AA) – Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has said that her country is not considering NATO membership for now. “The basis of the European security system is formed by the fact that each country implements its own security policy. So we created our own security system,” she added. Meanwhile, Finnish Prime Minister...
ISTANBUL (AA) – More global brands have joined major companies from different sectors suspending their operations in Russia. It was only a few days after Russia started what it called a “special military operation” in its neighbor on Feb. 24 that various sectors in Russia, ranging from technology to automotive and energy, have anno...
MOSCOW- The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has claimed that documents suggest “components of bioweapons were being developed in Ukraine.” Speaking at a weekly briefing in Moscow, Maria Zakharova said the Russian armed forces received evidence of the development of biological weapon components by Ukraine under US guidance. She...
MOSCOW – Russia’s VTB Bank has launched accounts in Chinese currency yuan offering up to 8% rate to deal with the volatility on the currency market. Customers will be able to open such deposit accounts from March 9 in their online personal cabinets with a minimum amount of 100 yuan (around $16), and in offices […]
GENEVA – Violence and economic and humanitarian crises are inflicting new suffering on Syrian people, says a UN Syria Commission of Inquiry report. Half the pre-war population has been displaced and over 90% are living in extreme poverty. 12 million people are facing food insecurity and 14.6 million need humanitarian aid, said the report...
ANKARA – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged to send another shipment of “highly-specialized” military equipment to Ukraine. Following his phone talk with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trudeau said on Twitter: “I let him know that Canada will send Ukraine another shipment of highly-specialized military equ...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday that Russia is bombing Ukrainian cities like it did in Syria and Chechnya. Speaking to the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Borrell said the Russia-Ukraine war “will leave a mark on history.” He explained that the Russian leader...
MARIUPOL – AA: A children’s hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol has been destroyed by Russian air strikes, local officials announced on Wednesday. The Mariupol city council said the Russian forces dropped several bombs and shared a photo on Telegram of the site where one of the bombs was dropped. No casualties have been [&he...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Kremlin on Wednesday repeated its warning against Ukraine’s combat aviation using foreign airfields, saying it is an undesirable scenario. “There was already an explanation from the Defense Ministry about the possibility of using (by Ukraine) some other airfields for combat aviation. This is a very undesirab...
