NEW DELHI – On World Obesity Day, experts revealed that India has the world’s second-largest obese population among children under five years of age. Dr. J S Thakur, professor at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, said India is facing issues of both malnutrition as well as overnutrition. ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Thousands of people have applied to the Ukrainian embassy in Washington D.C., expressing willingness to join the fight against Russia. A military official at the embassy said that they received more than 3,000 emails from those who wanted to go to Ukraine. The applicants included former military officials and civilians ...
KIEV (AA) – Ukraine has claimed that a total of 9,166 Russian soldiers have been killed since Russia’s attack. In a statement, the Ukrainian General Staff said that since the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian army has destroyed 33 Russian-owned aircraft, 37 helicopters, 251 tanks, 939 armored vehicles, 105 artillery systems and two lig...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian president Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused Ukraine of not allowing foreign nationals to leave the country. The “course of the confrontation” shows that Russia fights against “neo-Nazis,” Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Russian Security Council in Moscow. Putin accused the Ukrainian authorities of taking fo...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The war staged by Russia in Ukraine might force more than 10 million people to leave their homes, the UN warned Thursday. Speaking at a news conference, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres, said “needs in Ukraine are growing and spreading by the hour,” citing his UN colleagues on the [...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Twenty-eight sailors of a Bangladeshi vessel which was stranded at a Ukrainian port after being hit by a missile have been evacuated. “All crew members of the stranded Bangladeshi cargo ship in the Ukrainian seaport have been taken to a safe place. Sailors are now safe.” State Minister for Foreign Affairs [&helli...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US announced Thursday that it is extending special immigration protections to Ukrainians as Russia continues its war against its eastern European neighbor. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said what is known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) would be extended to Ukrainians for 18 months because of th...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s junta leader Lt Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba named Albert Ouedraogo as his prime minister Thursday. The move came a day after Damiba was inaugurated as the West African country’s transitional president under a recently adopted charter. Ouedraogo, 53, is an economist and specialist in business development...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – A goldmine collapsed in western Guinea, claiming at least 18 lives, about 380 kilometers from the capital Conakry, authorities said Thursday. Government spokesman Ousmane Gaoual Diallo said the accident took place Monday in Kounsitel. Diallo said search and rescue operations are continuing. Some 15 people were killed in a...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Russian Defense Ministry accused the West on Thursday of sending mercenaries to Ukraine to support the Ukrainian armed forces. At a daily briefing in Moscow, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the employees of private military companies raid Russia’s military convoy, attack aviation, using US Javelin and UK ...
