Day: October 2, 2023
Will aid to Ukraine shrink after elections in Eastern Europe?
In Slovakia, a populist party that wants to stop military aid to Ukraine and is critical of the EU and Nato will be tasked with forming a new government after winning weekend elections. Meanwhile, Poland is about to go to the polls, with the oppositio…
‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled
‘What is left for the UN to monitor?’ asks one refugee who crossed the border to escape the fightingNearly the entire ethnic Armenian population has left Nagorno-Karabakh, as the first United Nations mission arrived in the largely deserted mountainous …
UK nurses tied Sikh patient’s beard with plastic gloves: Report
Nurses in the UK have been accused of subjecting a Sikh patient to “institutional racism” after reportedly tying his beard with plastic gloves, leaving him in his own urine, and offering him food he couldn’t eat for religious reasons. The incident was …
Romania acquires two ex-Royal Navy Sandown-class minehunters
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sold two second-hand Royal Navy (RN) Sandown-class minehunters to the Romanian Navy to support maritime security operations in the…
Lockheed Martin flies first F-16 for Slovakia
Lockheed Martin flew the first F-16C Block 70 Fighting Falcon multirole combat aircraft for Slovakia at its Greenville production facility in South Carolina on 29…
Climate change: Even India’s monsoon season is wetter than normal
India has experienced more property damage in this year’s monsoon season than in the past five seasons combined. The damage is worsened by climate change and exacerbated by unregulated development and lack of state preparedness.
Serbia accused of planning to ‘annex’ northern Kosovo
NATO has called on both sides to negotiate as “the only way to achieve lasting peace”.
Small Islands with Big Aspirations
VICTORIA, Seychelles, Oct 02 (IPS) – Everyone knows that small island states are on the frontline of global warming. Rising sea levels, acidification destroying fisheries and coral reefs, and changing patterns of rainfall are just some of the challeng…
Long March 9 Rocket Will Be a Game-changer for China’s Space Program
China’s plan for a super heavy, reusable rocket has gotten far less attention than SpaceX’s Starship, but will be equally important over the long run.