Gas Attacks On 10 Girls' Schools In Iran, Over 100 Hospitalised: Report
More than 100 students were hospitalised in Iran after a new spate of suspected gas attacks on girls' schools Wednesday, media outlets in the Islamic republic reported.
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Russia's oil and gas revenue plunged 40% in January as western sanctions take a toll, IEA says
Russia's oil and gas exports pulled in $18.5 billion in January, a 38% drop from January of last year, according to IEA data.
Hungary's ruling party to back Finland and Sweden's NATO bid
US seeks allies' backing for possible China sanctions over Ukraine war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is sounding out close allies about the possibility of imposing new sanctions on China if Beijing provides military support to Russia for its war in Ukraine, according to four U.S. officials and other sources. It was not clear what specific sanctions Washington will propose. The U.S. Treasury Department, a lead agency on the imposition of sanctions, declined to comment.
Swiss bankers face trial accused of helping Putin's friend transfer cash
Four bankers will stand trial in Zurich next week accused of helping a man known as "Vladimir Putin's wallet" deposit millions of Swiss francs in Switzerland.
In an Epic Battle of Tanks, Russia Was Routed, Repeating Earlier Mistakes
Bird flu victim had virus with mutations that made it better adapted to human cells
Dr Erik Karlsson, who led the team at the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia that decoded the genetic sequence of the girl's virus, says the discovery "needs to be treated with the utmost concern".
Russian Man Arrested for Daughter’s Anti-War Drawing
Russian authorities have arrested a single father and sent his daughter to an orphanage after she drew an anti-war picture at school, the independent rights watchdog OVD-Info reported Wednesday.
Ukrainian soldiers say they caught a Russian medic forced to operate a tank, highlighting the dysfunction in Putin's army
A tank battle in southern Ukraine resulted in a decisive loss for Russia, as Putin's army makes repeated mistakes and runs out of skilled troops.
A Ukrainian soldier took out 5 Russian tanks in a single day using US-supplied Javelin missiles, Ukraine says
Footage shared by Ukraine's Ministry of Defence appears to show Russian tanks being relentlessly pulverized by a single Javelin anti-tank operator.
Eduardo Mendúa, Ecuadorian Who Fought Oil Extraction on Indigenous Land, Is Shot to Death
Eduardo Mendúa, an Indigenous activist who was fighting to protect Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest from oil extraction, has been killed by gunmen, the Indigenous organization CONAIE reports. Mendúa, the director of international relations for CONAIE, or the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, and a member of the A’i Cofan people, was part of a group […]
Finnish parliament passes NATO bill
Putin paying Palestinians to fight in Ukraine
Russia not a responsible nuclear power for suspending new START treaty - U.S. official
Russia's decision to suspend its participation in the new START nuclear arms control treaty shows it is not a responsible nuclear partner, a U.S. official said on Monday at the United Nations disarmament conference in Geneva.
Moscow accuses Ukraine of multiple attempted drone strikes deep inside Russian territory
"Today, we can say that Russia's energy blackmail has failed": EU looks set to end the winter heating season with its gas storage facilities more than half full, despite a huge drop in Russian pipeline gas supplies, says EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson.
(Montel) The EU looks set to end the winter heating season with its gas storage facilities more than half full, despite a huge drop in Russian pipeline gas supplies, said EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson.
South Korea's Yoon says Japan changed from aggressor to partner
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says that Japan has transformed into a partner from a "militaristic aggressor in the past," highlighting his readiness to improve bilateral ties.
Russia fines Wikipedia for publishing facts instead of Kremlin war propaganda
Third fine since Ukraine invasion targets articles about Russian military units.
FBI director accuses China of trying to 'thwart and obfuscate' Covid origin probe
"The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic were most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” Wray said Tuesday.
Rooftop solar set to take mantle as 'Australia's biggest power source' as coal woes hasten
A new report says more than 3.4 million Australian customers have a rooftop solar system, with the rate of new installations running at roughly 300,000 a year, accelerating the decline of fossil fuel-fired power.