Month: February 2023

Read More MUTARE, ZIMBABWE, Feb 23 (IPS) – After other adolescent girls her age have gone to bed at around 10 pm, Kudzai commutes to a shopping centre near her home in Penhalonga, a mining area 25 kilometres outside the third largest Zimbabwean city of Mutare, to look for men to solicit sex. Read the…

Read More His adviser was killed, while other people on board sustained injuries A helicopter carrying Iranian Sports Minister Hamid Sajjadi crashed while landing in the southern part of the country on Thursday. According to local authorities, the minister’s adviser was killed in the crash, while the top official himself, as well as other passengers…

Read More Grocery giants including Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Morrisons are struggling with their supply chains, particularly with products sourced from Spain and Morocco where extreme weather has damaged crops. (Image credit: Getty Images) Grocery giants including Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Morrisons are struggling with their supply chains, particularly with products sourced from Spain and…

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Read MoreFormer national security adviser and Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster joins “CBS Mornings” for a closer look at the state of the Russian invasion of Ukraine one year on. McMaster examines the potential for a Russian spring offensive, how Ukraine can counter-attack and how he thinks the conflict could end.Former national security adviser and Lt.…

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Read MoreHouse Republican leader’s move ‘poses grave security risks’Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email The January 6 committee might have finished its work, but the legal wrangling over the insurrection is far from over. The Guardian’s Hugo Lowell reports on former Mike Pence’s strategy to beat a subpoena from…

Read More Farming leader Minette Batters says government needs to take action to tackle worsening water shortages New reservoirs are needed across England to cope with increasingly severe water shortages that are putting the UK at risk of not being able to grow the food consumers require, farming leader has warned. Minette Batters, the president…

Read MoreFormer leader’s remains, and those of the 12 people who were killed with him, reburied at assassination site.Former leader’s remains, and those of the 12 people who were killed with him, reburied at assassination site.

Read More Industry sources say changes appear not to go far enough amid fears of ‘chilling effect’ on journalism A Home Office attempt to redraft controversial espionage legislation to tackle media concerns about its impact on investigative journalism has been greeted with scepticism across key parts of the industry. Ministers put down a series of…

Read More Winter weather led to cancelled flights and closed highways in multiple states, while other states saw summer-like temperatures A brutal winter storm closed highways from Arizona to Wyoming on Wednesday, trapping drivers in cars, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and prompting the first blizzard warning in southern California in decades –…

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Read More Some producer bodies point finger at climate change, but others put it down to bureaucracy and logistics Fluctuating temperatures, increased production costs and the knock-on effects of Brexit are all contributing to the vegetable shortages that have led some UK supermarkets to introduce rationing, according to Spanish growers. While some large producer and…

Read More‘I’ve never seen so much disappointment and frustration.’‘I’ve never seen so much disappointment and frustration.’

Read More The State Department reportedly instructed diplomats to fight Beijing’s “false information” Washington has launched a concerted diplomatic campaign behind closed doors aimed at pressuring China over the recent balloon incident and the Ukraine conflict, Politico magazine reported on Wednesday, citing officials familiar with the matter and a diplomatic cable. The effort was said…

Read MoreDo military drones pose a dystopian threat?Do military drones pose a dystopian threat?

Read More Return of human remains robbed by academics in 1890 sets possible precedent for other artefacts Trinity College Dublin is to return skulls stolen a century ago from the Irish island of Inishbofin, setting a possible precedent for other controversial human remains and artefacts held by the university. The institution apologised on Wednesday for…

Read More Russian Army reportedly has dipped into its stockpile of antiquated Cold War-era vehicles and sent them to Ukraine. Russia’s ancient BTR-50 armored personnel carriers were taken out of storage and spotted on the way to Ukraine. BTR-50 is an armored personnel carrier developed on the PT-76 light tank chassis in 1952. The vintage…

Read MoreIsraeli airlines can now fly over Oman after the Gulf nation opened its airspace for all carriers.Israeli airlines can now fly over Oman after the Gulf nation opened its airspace for all carriers.

Read More After three days of searching the River Wyre, Peter Faulding pulled out, saying he could ‘guarantee’ the missing 45-year-old mother-of-two was not there. Then her body was found Peter Faulding arrived in Lancashire in the manner of a man who doesn’t lack confidence, promising answers to a mystery that was tormenting a family,…

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Read More When Mounjaro came on the market, TikTok went wild. People with obesity ordered the drug in droves thanks to a coupon that allowed them to access it for just $25 a month. Then the coupon went away, leaving destruction in its wake — and obese patients warring with diabetics. Emily Farache reports on…

Read MoreMansur Mirovalev, who has covered Ukraine for years, on his most difficult year as a journalist, father and son.Mansur Mirovalev, who has covered Ukraine for years, on his most difficult year as a journalist, father and son.

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Read More The Labour leader will set out his party’s five ‘missions’ for government in a speech later Good morning. Keir Starmer is going to give a major speech today setting out Labour’s five “missions” for government. “Missions” aren’t the same as 1997-style pledges that Tony Blair set out in the Labour pledge card. They…

Read More DCI John Caldwell, a high-profile PSNI officer, in critical condition in hospital after shooting on Wednesday night The senior police officer shot in Omagh on Wednesday evening has been named as DCI John Caldwell, as police said the primary focus of the investigation was on dissident republicans. Caldwell is in a critical but…

Read MorePolice said the 19-year-old suspect shot dead a woman before returning to the scene and killing two others.Police said the 19-year-old suspect shot dead a woman before returning to the scene and killing two others.

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Read More BEIJING — The death toll from the collapse of an open pit coal mine in northern China has risen to four, with 49 people still missing, state broadcaster CCTV reported Thursday. Work had been suspended for several hours after an additional landslide at the gigantic facility following Wednesday’s mine collapse in the vast…

Read More BEIJING — The death toll from the collapse of an open pit coal mine in northern China has risen to four, with 49 people still missing, state broadcaster CCTV reported Thursday. Work had been suspended for several hours after an additional landslide at the gigantic facility following Wednesday’s mine collapse in the vast…

Read MoreAhmed Qureia, a former Palestinian prime minister and one of the architects of interim peace deals with Israel, has died at age 85Ahmed Qureia, a former Palestinian prime minister and one of the architects of interim peace deals with Israel, has died at age 85

Read More Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial is now in its fifth week in Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, with the defence case in full swing Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial is now in its fifth week in Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, with the defence case in full swing

Read More Palestinian officials say at least nine Palestinians have been killed and 102 were wounded during a rare daytime Israeli army arrest raid in the occupied West Bank Palestinian officials say at least nine Palestinians have been killed and 102 were wounded during a rare daytime Israeli army arrest raid in the occupied West…

Read MoreAs the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 365th day, we take a look at the main developments.As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 365th day, we take a look at the main developments.