Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed for Western combat aircraft during a speech to the UK parliament on 8 February, asking to be given “wings for freedom”,…
Toddler pulled from ruins after 78 hours trapped by Turkey earthquake
Earlier, in the same city, a father and daughter were pulled from the wreckage of another collapsed building
SpaceX Should Choose Between Ukraine And Russia: Zelensky Advisor
Elon Musk’s SpaceX should choose sides between Ukraine and Russia, a senior Ukrainian official said on Thursday, after the company said it was curbing Kyiv’s use of Starlink internet devices for controlling drones.
Eritrean leader dismisses as ‘fantasy’ alleged Tigray abuses
Eritrea’s president in rare public comments has dismissed as “a fantasy” allegations that his country’s forces carried out rape, looting and other abuses in the war in neighboring Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Italy’s right poised to win regional vote after national triumph
By Crispian Balmer
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s two most important regions hold elections this weekend that will provide Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her right-wing allies with their first ballot-box test since winning power last year.
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China says U.S. ‘overreacted’ by shooting down balloon
China on Thursday said U.S. accusations that a downed Chinese balloon was part of an extensive surveillance program amount to ‘information warfare against China.’ China’s defence minister refused to take a phone call from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin…
China has conducted spy balloon program for years, Pentagon says
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. has briefed dozens of countries on the program, which officials said has been active over five continents.
Newspaper and magazine publisher DC Thomson announces 300 redundancies
Around half of the jobs expected to go will reportedly be at the Aceville publisher in Colchester, Essex
American man in Saudi prison given longer sentence as ‘middle finger’ to Biden
An American man imprisoned in Saudi Arabia over tweets critical of the government there has handed a longer jail sentence.