Russia launches massive aerial attack on Ukraine’s energy sector

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s army on Thursday launched a massive attack on Ukraine’s energy sector, forcing emergency power outages as temperatures dropped to freezing across the country. Ukraine’s energy grid has been heavily targeted since Russia invaded…

Ukraine sees influx of Western war tourists

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

IRPIN, Ukraine — Spanish traveller Alberto Blasco Ventas looked out at Ukraine’s destroyed Irpin brige, blown up to stop Russian troops in 2022 and now a hotspot for thrill-seeking tourists visiting the country. Russian forces had planned…

Seoul, South Korea hit by record snowfall

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

South Korea’s capital was blanketed Wednesday by the heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago, the weather agency said. The Korea Meteorological Administration said 16.5 centimetres (6.5 inches) of snow fell by 7:00 am…

Liverpool exacts revenge on Real Madrid

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

Kylian Mbappe saw a penalty saved as Liverpool beat Real Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to inflict a third Champions League defeat in five matches on the holders. Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo scored the goals in…

‘Safer, kinder’: Assisted dying would help terminally ill

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

[Trigger warning: Mentions of self-harm, suicide] Ian Douglas, a London engineer and economist suffering from multiple sclerosis, secretly took his own life in February 2019, with his illness at an advanced stage. His son Anil, who has…

Taiwan boxer at center of Olympic gender row ‘quits event’

Agence France Presse 11/28/2024

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Taiwan sports chiefs said Wednesday that Olympic boxing champion Lin Yu-ting had pulled out of a competition in Britain after her gender eligibility was questioned but organisers countered that she was not entered in…

Five key points on the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal

Agence France Presse 11/27/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — After two months of all-out war between Israel and Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, a ceasefire deal brokered by the United States and France is meant to end the devastating conflict. The ceasefire…

Moderately strong quake hits off central Japan

Agence France Presse 11/27/2024

TOKYO — A moderately strong magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of central Japan Tuesday night, rattling an area still traumatized by a devastating January jolt. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no immediate reports…

Ceasefire to begin in Israel-Hezbollah war

Agence France Presse 11/27/2024

JERUSALEM — US President Joe Biden said a Lebanon truce would take effect early Wednesday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a ceasefire with Hezbollah would allow Israel to focus its attention on Hamas and arch-enemy Iran.…

Election subversion case against Trump dismissed by judge

Agence France Presse 11/26/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — A judge on Monday granted a request by prosecutors to dismiss the election subversion case against Donald Trump because of a Justice Department policy of not prosecuting a sitting president. Judge Tanya Chutkan…

British man captured by Russia while fighting for Ukraine

Agence France Presse 11/26/2024

A British man has said his son has been captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine, after unconfirmed reports that a foreign fighter had been detained. Scott Anderson, 41, told the Daily Mail that he had…

Putin signs law allowing Ukraine fighters to write off unpaid debts

Agence France Presse 11/24/2024

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a law that allows those who sign up to fight in Ukraine to write off unpaid debts worth almost $100,000, the government announced. The new legislation will be…

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