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'Just can't sell': Ukraine harvests sunflowers as war blocks ports
AFP, Published on 18/09/2023
» SHESTIRNYA, Ukraine: A truck dumps another load of black sunflower seeds into the barn of Ukrainian farmer Oleksandr Ryabinin, where they scatter over the floor, releasing a nutty aroma when crunched underfoot.
Rhodes wildfires prompt biggest ever Greek fire evacuation
AFP, Published on 23/07/2023
» ATHENS: High winds forecast for Sunday are expected to hamper firefighters' battle to contain a blaze burning out of control on the Greek island of Rhodes, sparking the biggest ever fire evacuation in Greece.
Russian shelling in east Ukraine kills at least 15
AFP, Published on 10/07/2022
» CHASIV YAR, Ukraine: A Russian missile struck an apartment building in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, killing at least 15 people as Moscow's forces sought to consolidate their control over the Donbas region.
Russian ceasefire to begin at besieged Mariupol steel plant
AFP, Published on 05/05/2022
» ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: A Russian-announced ceasefire was due to begin Thursday at the besieged steel plant in the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol, to allow civilians to flee even as its defenders vowed to fight to the end.
Russia forces mass in the east as air strikes hit western Ukraine
AFP, Published on 18/04/2022
» Air strikes killed at least six people in Ukraine's western city of Lviv on Monday, as Russia pounded targets across the country while massing forces for an expected all-out assault in the east.
Ukraine says Russia wants to 'destroy' Donbas, Mariupol readies final defence
AFP, Published on 18/04/2022
» KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of wanting to "destroy" the entire eastern region of Donbas, as the last remaining forces in the strategic port of Mariupol prepared Monday for a final defence.
Beijing seals off its Olympic 'bubble'
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» BEIJING: Beijing sealed up its Winter Olympic "bubble" on Tuesday, preparing the Games venues, transport and staff for the world's most strictly-controlled mass sporting event since the global pandemic began.
Israel gives hero's welcome to American spy Jonathan Pollard
AFP, Published on 30/12/2020
» JERUSALEM - Jonathan Pollard, an American jailed in the United States in 1985 for spying for Israel, landed in the Jewish state Wednesday to a hero's welcome led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Power outages, evacuations as Typhoon Hagibis takes aim at Japan
AFP, Published on 12/10/2019
» TOKYO: Powerful Typhoon Hagibis churned towards Japan on Saturday, heading straight towards the capital with potentially record-breaking rains and sparking evacuation orders, transport disruption and power outages even before making landfall.
Washington embraces cash-free living -- but at what cost?
AFP, Published on 28/10/2018
» WASHINGTON: As the US capital traded stifling summer heat for cool autumn breezes, signs began appearing at bus stops, asking Washington commuters: what do you think about buses going cash-free?