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Nonalignment may be sensible policy for individual states, but it could spell trouble for international security
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Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India’s stand on the Russia-Ukraine war was predicated on the security challenges in its own neighbourhood and the US should understand that though it has a friend in India, that “friend can’t be a weak friend (and) the friend should be not weakened”. On Friday, the Union Minister said […]
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Kiev: Ukrainian authorities said that between 3,000 to 9,000 citizens of Mariupol may have been buried in a mass grave in Manhush, a village occupied by Russian troops and located less than 20 km away from the besieged port city. Citing satellite images by Maxar Technologies, which collects and publishes satellite imagery of Ukraine, the […]
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Kyiv: A viral video on the internet of a Ukrainian soldier beating death by a whisker is awing the netizens. A smartphone saved #Ukrainian soldier’s life pic.twitter.com/FstoqrTJov — Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) April 19, 2022 It all took a mobile phone to block the bullet to save the life of the soldier in the war-torn country. […]
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By Gisèle Yasmeen Nearly one in three people in the world did not have access to enough food in 2020. That’s an increase of almost 320 million people in one year and it’s expected to get worse with rising food prices and the war trapping wheat, barley and corn in Ukraine and Russia. Climate change […]
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Kyiv: Amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned the world to be prepared for the possibility of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, reported CNN. Zelenskyy, in an interview with CNN, said, “Not only me — all of the world, all of the countries have to be […]
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Washington: Days after the Joe Biden administration announced an additional USD 800 million in military assistance to Ukraine, Russia warns the United States of “unpredictable consequences” if the country continues to transfer weapons to Ukraine. Washington Post reviewed a diplomatic note that Russia sent the US this week and said that the note warned that […]
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United Nations: Russia’s war on Ukraine threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries that are now facing even higher food and energy costs and increasingly difficult financial conditions, a UN task force warned Wednesday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres released the report saying that the war is “supercharging” a crisis in food, energy and […]
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Iowa: President Joe Biden said Russia’s war in Ukraine amounted to “genocide, accusing President Vladimir Putin of trying to wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian.” Yes, I called it genocide,” he told reporters in Iowa on Tuesday shortly before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington. It’s become clearer and clearer […]
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By Joseph Wright, Abel Escribà-Folch Russia’s invasion of Ukraine presents foreign policymakers with few good options to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin, or to deter these types of aggressions in the future. The US government, for example, continues to push for additional sanctions on Russia in response to news of Russian military atrocities, even though […]
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Los Angeles: Rock band Pink Floyd has reunited to record their first new material in 28 years, a protest song against the Ukraine war. Hey Hey, Rise Up! features David Gilmour and Nick Mason alongside long-time Floyd bassist Guy Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboards, reports bbc.com. The song is built around a spine-tingling refrain […]
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India is forced to do some tightrope walking on the raging war in Ukraine, seeking to strike a balance between the imperatives of its long and time-tested bilateral ties with Russia and the need to side with the growing chorus of outrage over Moscow’s unjustified invasion of a sovereign country. For the first time since […]
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It is time to recognise migrants and the rising cases of injustice against them
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New Delhi: Asserting that India is strongly against the Russia-Ukraine conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said if New Delhi has chosen a side, it is the side of peace and for an immediate end to violence. Replying to the discussion in the Lok Sabha on the situation in Ukraine, Jaishankar said all […]
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Kiev: Iryna Venediktova, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, said that the bodies of 410 civilians killed in Bucha, about 60 km from Kiev, have been taken to be examined by forensic experts, adding that any evidence gathered will be recorded for the ongoing case of Russian war crimes. In a social media post, Venediktova said […]
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Washington: The 64th Annual Grammy Awards will have a special segment dedicated to Ukraine’s ongoing crisis amid the war with Russia. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the Recording Academy has partnered with the Stand Up For Ukraine campaign and Global Citizen to dedicate a special segment aimed at creating awareness about Ukraine’s ongoing crisis with […]
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The message on the slides read, "We'd like to have a moment of silence to show our support for the people of Ukraine currently facing invasion, conflict and prejudice within their own borders."
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In an interview with Mathias Dopfner, the CEO of German publishing company Axel Springer, he said that the American government has done more for Ukraine than people may realise.
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By Jose-Francisco Jimenez-Diaz In all ages there have been public leaders. It is a historical constant and a recurring sociocultural fact. Human societies require leaders, at different levels, who guide and inspire personal actions. One of the central purposes of political leadership is to contribute to social cooperation and collective action. For this reason, each […]
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By Flavio Macau Russia’s first McDonald’s store in opened in 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was a potent symbol that the Cold War was ending and a great ideological wound healing. Now every McDonald’s in Russia is closed, as nations and corporations reduce, suspend or sever ties in response […]
