Donald Trump has now accumulated a total of $100,000 in fines after he was found in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena issued to him by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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France will increase financial aid to Ukraine by $300 mln, Macron tells donor conference
France will increase its overall financial aid to Ukraine this year to $2 billion from 1.7 billion, President Emmanuel Macron said in a video address to an international donors’ conference in Warsaw. The conference, aimed at helping Ukraine deal with the economic and humanitarian fallout of Russia’s invasion, is hosted …
Read More »Nearly 15 million deaths associated with Covid, WHO says
The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of 6 million. Most of the fatalities were in Southeast Asia, Europe, and …
Read More »International donors conference in Warsaw raises $6.5 billion for Ukraine-Polish PM
An international donors conference in Warsaw collecting funds for Ukraine hosted on Thursday raised 6.5 billion dollars to help the war-torn country, Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said. Countries such as Finland, the Czech Republic, Croatia, and others pledged millions of euros to support humanitarian and military efforts in Ukraine …
Read More »Germany to end EU training mission in Mali
Germany will end its participation in the European Union training mission in Mali but is ready to continue with a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country under certain conditions, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Wednesday. France and allies fighting Islamist militants in Mali earlier this year said they would …
Read More »One death, over 5,000 asphyxiation cases throughout Iraq due to dust storm
The Iraqi Ministry of Health and environment recorded thousands of asphyxiation cases in all governorates, during the current dust storm. The Ministry spokesman, Seif al-Badr, revealed that more than 5,000 people were admitted to hospitals throughout Iraq in the last few hours, noting that most of them received the appropriate …
Read More »Heavy rain, floods in Afghanistan kill 22, destroy hundreds of homes
Heavy rain and flooding have killed 22 people, destroyed hundreds of homes, and damaged crops in Afghanistan, which is already facing a humanitarian crisis, a disaster management official said on Thursday.
Read More »Russia announces three-day ceasefire in Ukraine’s Mariupol to allow civilian evacuation
Russia has announced a three-day ceasefire in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol to allow the evacuation of civilians from a steel plant in the city.
Read More »Zionist settlers and forces attack Al-Aqsa Mosque
Zionist settlers attacked Al-Aqsa Mosque with the support of Israeli forces, wounding several Palestinians.
Read More »US’ Blinken tests positive for Covid-19
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.
Read More »Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker extradited to US
One of Colombia’s most notorious drug lords has been extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.
Read More »Extensive damage in Texas, Oklahoma as tornadoes roar through
Major damage is being seen after tornadoes roared through parts of central Oklahoma and Texas Wednesday.
Read More »ISIS terrorist killed, another injured in two separate operations
A member of the ISIS terrorist group was apprehended and another was killed in two separate operations earlier Tuesday.
Read More »US trade deficit hits a new record as imports sharply outpace exports
The US trade deficit hit a new record of $109.8 billion in March fueled by strong demand for computers, vehicles, and oil, according to a report by the US Census Bureau released on Wednesday.
Read More »Iraq reported 65 COVID-19 cases, zero deaths
Iraq recorded 65 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Wednesday. In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 179 recovery cases and no mortalities. The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,325,352 of …
Read More »Contact lost with troops amid ‘heavy fighting’ at Azovstal: Mayor
The mayor of the destroyed Ukrainian city of Mariupol said Wednesday that contact was lost with Ukrainian forces holed up in the Azovstal steel plant amid fierce battles with Russian troops.
Read More »Denmark, Finland support EU proposal for sanctions on Russian oil
Denmark and Finland support a European Commission proposal to apply sanctions on Russian oil, the countries’ Prime Ministers told a press conference in Copenhagen on Wednesday.
Read More »Myanmar Supreme Court ‘summarily dismisses’ Suu Kyi appeal -source
The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday struck down an appeal from deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi against a five-year jail sentence she was handed last week on corruption charges. “The appeal was summarily rejected,” said a source with knowledge of the proceedings, adding that the court dismissed …
Read More »Road accident kills 26 in western Ukraine – interior ministry
Twenty-six people were killed in a collision in the Rivne region of western Ukraine involving a bus, a minibus, and a fuel truck that exploded after the crash, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. The bus had been heading to Poland, the ministry said on Facebook. It did not say …
Read More »Man City “afraid” of Real Madrid as harsh Champions League semi-final lesson learned
Manchester City is just 90 minutes away from qualifying for a second-ever Champions League final on Wednesday night, but hoping to stop them is a familiar foe in Real Madrid.
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