Vladlen Tatarsky, a Russian pro-Kremlin war blogger with a criminal history, was killed in a bomb attack in a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday. Thirty others were also wounded in the blast in Russia’s second city, the home of President Vladimir Putin, which came more than a year after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine. Here’s what we know so far. Who was Vladlen Tatarsky? Tatarsky – real name Maxim Fomin – was among the best-known members of an influential group of military bloggers who have provided a running commentary on Russia’s war in Ukraine. The 40-year-old publicly demanded that Russia…
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Tehran, Iran – Israel has ramped up its military strikes in Syria, but Iran may bide its time in responding and opt for a more calculated strategy that fits into its larger regional goals, analysts say. Israel has increasingly targeted alleged military sites run by Iran and its proxies in Syria. It has carried out nine such attacks so far this year, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a United Kingdom-based war monitor. The latest air attack was on Sunday in Homs province and it wounded at least five soldiers, according to the Syrian government. A short time…
Lviv, Ukraine – Nelly Nelson, a Cameroonian entrepreneur and English teacher, had not wanted to leave his adopted hometown of Lviv in western Ukraine when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country in February last year. “I was not that scared,” the 29-year-old recalls. “Where I am from, there is an expression: don’t run from what you don’t know.” Nelson, who was born and raised in the city of Buea, in southwest Cameroon, first came to Ukraine in late 2018 to visit his older sister who was studying at a medical university in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city in the…
Ban will not affect privately owned electric scooters, of which 700,000 were sold nationwide last year.Parisians have voted overwhelmingly to ban electric scooters from the streets of the French capital. The ban won between 85.77 percent and 91.77 percent of the votes in the 20 Paris districts that published results on Sunday, according to the city of Paris website. Mayor Anne Hidalgo hailed the consultative referendum as a success and said its outcome was “very clear”. “There will no longer be any self-service scooters in Paris from September 1st,” she said. The turnout in Sunday’s vote was very low. City…
It wouldn’t be a shock if William Haggas has a Group filly in Sea Flawless who bids to remain unbeaten at Lingfield, live on Sky Sports Racing. 2.45 Lingfield – Sea Flawless can remain flawlessSea Flawless looked a potential star in the making when winning at Newcastle back in February so will be fully expected to deliver in the BetUK Over 40,000 Live Streamed Races Novice Stakes (2:45). She only faces three rivals, two of which are rated in the 70s in Capstan and Explorers Way so that should give a fair indication of her ability at this early stage.The…
Russia’s Wagner Group has claimed “legal” control of Ukraine’s Bakhmut, but Kyiv said its forces still held the eastern town, describing the fighting there as “particularly hot”. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the paramilitary force, said on Monday that his troops, involved in a months-long effort to encircle and capture the bombed-out town, had raised a Russian flag on its administrative building. “From a legal point of view, Bakhmut has been taken. The enemy is concentrated in the western parts,” Prigozhin said in an audio message posted on his press service’s Telegram account. But there was no indication from Ukrainian…
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 404th day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation as it stands on Monday, April 3, 2023: Diplomacy The European Union said it will guard against any abuse during Russia’s presidency of the United Nations Security Council during the month of April. Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany has criticised former high-ranking politicians in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the country’s labour movement for issuing an appeal for peace talks with Russia. The US State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in…
Another playoff game, another spectacular performance by Connor Bedard. The Regina Pats star had three goals and two assists as his underdog team took a 2-0 lead in a first-round WHL playoff series with a 6-5 overtime win over the host Saskatoon Blades on Sunday. The only Regina goal Bedard did not have a point on was the overtime winner — scored by Zack Stringer 2:58 into the extra period in front of 10,598 fans. After putting up nine hat tricks during the regular season, Bedard did it again on Sunday with the tying goal at 11:10 of the third…
Suella Braverman declines to set any deadline for the first deportations to the East African country.Britain’s interior minister, Suella Braverman, says she is convinced Rwanda is a safe country for the resettlement of asylum seekers, but she has declined to set any deadline for the first deportations there. The British government is hoping to send thousands of asylum seekers more than 6,500km (4,000 miles) away to the East African country as part of a 120-million-pound ($148m) deal to deter people from crossing the English Channel from France in small boats. The plan was announced in April last year, but the…
Montenegro’s long-ruling leader Milo Djukanovic acknowledged defeat to Jakov Milatovic.Montenegro’s former Economy Minister Jakov Milatovic has declared victory in a presidential election run-off, ahead of longstanding incumbent Milo Djukanovic. “Tonight is the night we have been waiting for over 30 years,” Milatovic told cheering supporters of his right-centrist Europe Now Movement at its party headquarters in Podgorica on Sunday. “Within the next five years, we will lead Montenegro into the European Union,” he said. Montenegro’s long-ruling leader Djukanovic acknowledged his defeat to Milatovic. “Montenegro has made its choice. I respect that choice, and I congratulate Jakov Milatovic,” Djukanovic, who will…