world-regions officials promised Friday to loosen infectious-disease regulations on truck drivers that are hampering food” target=”_blank”>food< tests, leading to long waits. SHANGHAI ALLOWS 4M OUT OF HOMES AS COVID RULES EASE Under a new system, the drivers are allowed through if they had had a negative virus test within the past 48 hours, no fever…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin, suggesting that the Russian leader has little regard for Christianity because he rejected an Easter truce. “Unfortunately, Russia rejected the proposal to establish an Easter truce,” Zelenskyy said in a video Thursday. (While Western Christians celebrated Easter last Sunday, Eastern Christians celebrate it this upcoming Sunday,…
At least six people died and more than two dozen others were injured when a disasters broke out at a military” target=”_blank”>military<. The Russian Defense Ministry was conducting research into anti-aircraft systems and other air and space weapons at the facility, which housed the Aerospace Defense Forces’ Central Research Institute. BIDEN ANNOUNCES ANOTHER $800 MILLION…
world-regions President Xi Jinping said Thursday that his government supports talks to resolve world-politics” target=”_blank”>international disputes<. LEVIN GOES OFF ON REPORTED ANTI-SATELLITE WEAPONS TEST BAN, SAYS DECISION ENDANGERS US, EMPOWERS RUSSIA “We stay committed to peacefully resolving differences and disputes between countries through dialogue and consultation, support all efforts conducive to the peaceful settlement of…
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party – the country’s right-wing, long-ruling party – is proposing a sharp spike in defense spending as international tensions continue to build. Japan has begun taking seriously calls for it to raise a traditional, standing military in the face of foreign threats. Currently, the Japanese Constitution explicitly forbids the nation from wielding…
Israel’s air force and Palestinian militants traded fire across the Gaza frontier early Thursday as clashes erupted again at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, worsening an escalation that has been eerily similar to the lead-up to last year’s Israel-Gaza war. The Gaza violence, fueled by the defensebetween Israeli police and Palestinians in Jerusalem, appears to…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday accused world-regions of repeatedly using banned thermobaric weapons, also known as vacuum bombs, in cities across conflicts. “The forbidden vacuum bombs,” Zelenskyy said in an interview for French TV translated by Interfax, were used “starting from Kharkiv and in other cities – there are already many such examples.” MOSCOW,…
The mystery surrounding the Boeing disasters” target=”_blank”>plane crash< last month lingers despite authorities recovering the plane’s two black boxes and extensive investigations at the crash site. A Boeing 737 jet crashed into a hillside in Southern China on March 21, killing 132 people on board. China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 was completing a domestic flight…
The United Nations reported Wednesday that Ukrainian causalities caused by Russia’s deadly invasion nearly eight weeks ago have surpassed more 5,000 confirmed cases. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 5,121 civilian casualties since the onslaught of the invasion on Feb. 24 – a jump from the 4,966 civilian casualties reported Tuesday….
The city of world-regions allowed 4 million more people out of their homes on Wednesday as infectious-disease controls that shut down China’s biggest city – home to 25 million – eased. SHANGHAI REPORTS ONLY 3 DEATHS DURING STRICT LOCKDOWN, MOST CASES ASYMPTOMATIC Nearly 12 million are permitted to go outdoors, according to health official Wu…