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by Yannick PASQUET BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — At Berlin central station, commuters rush past a mother and her four children as they stand bewildered on the platform, weighed down by heavy luggage. Two of them, still toddlers, are wearing hats and jackets in blue and yellow, the colours of the flag of Ukraine, the country they have fled to come here. Germany has opened its doors to refugees from Ukraine since Russia’s invasion of the […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the European Union on Tuesday to treat his country like it does Ukraine, without waiting for it to be “hit by a war”. “Show Turkey the same sensitivity that we are witnessing towards Ukraine,” Erdogan said at a press conference in Ankara. Turkey has been a candidate for EU membership since 1987 but talks have floundered in recent years, with Brussels increasingly critical of […]
US benchmark oil contract, West Texas Intermediate, soared more than 10 percent in value Tuesday, as Ukraine’s invasion by key producer Russia fuels fears over supplies. WTI reached $106.29 per barrel and European benchmark Brent North Sea crude surged more than nine percent to $107.44 — with both levels the highest in more than seven years. emb-bcp/kjm © Agence France-Presse
The Ukrainian special forces commander inspected the remains of a bridge his teams had blown up at the gates of Kyiv and explained his strategy for fighting Russian “saboteurs”. “We have our agents living with the locals,” Spear unit commander Viktor Chelovan said. “If strangers come into our villages, people send us signals, call us, and we go out and take care of these saboteurs.” A fear of Russians disguised as locals is gradually gripping […]
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Israelis, Arabs and Iranians landed back in their home countries Tuesday to the tearful relief of relatives, as evacuations of nationals caught up in the Russian invasion of Ukraine gathered pace. The Middle Eastern evacuees had been forced to make harrowing escapes through the war zone to board repatriation flights in neighbouring countries, after Ukraine closed its airspace to civilian traffic at the start of the invasion last week. One of the first flights, bringing home Israeli evacuees, […]
An apparent Russian airstrike hit Kyiv’s main television tower in the heart of the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday, knocking out some state broadcasting but leaving the structure intact. After a blast sounded around the city and smoke was seen rising in the Babi Yar district, the interior ministry said equipment had been damaged and “channels won’t work for a while”. A photograph distributed by the interior ministry showed a thick cloud of smoke billowing from […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed vowed Tuesday to maintain energy market stability, the UAE’s state news agency said. They agreed in a phone call on the “need to maintain the stability of the global energy market,” said the news agency WAM, as oil prices surge due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sheikh Mohammed was also briefed by Putin on “the developments of the crisis with Ukraine”, WAM […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — World oil prices jumped Tuesday with WTI crude hitting a fresh 2014 peak, as traders fretted over fallout from key producer Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. New York’s West Texas Intermediate (WTI) soared as high as $101.53 per barrel in early afternoon deals. Brent leapt to $104.60, approaching its 2014 peak of $105.79 that was struck last Thursday as Russia launched its assault on Ukraine. “Traders and investors are increasingly worried […]
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AFP) — The central square of Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, was shelled by Russian forces, who hit a local administrative building, says regional governor Oleg Sinegubov, in an address which includes images of damaged buildings.
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — At least 17 people are feared dead after a landslide trapped dozens of workers inside a Myanmar jade mine, sources and local media said Tuesday. The incident came on Monday evening near Hpakant township in northern Kachin state — the same region where a massive landslide in 2020 entombed 300 workers in the country’s worst ever mine disaster. Pictures of the scene showed the aftermath of the landslide, with a broad […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russian shelling on Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv killed at least 10 people and left many more injured on Tuesday, emergency services said. The attack targeted the city’s central square and the main administration building. “At least 10 people were killed and more than 20 were injured,” the regional emergency services said in a statement, adding that 10 people had been discovered alive under rubble as rescue workers cleared debris. It […]
