As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 320th day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation as it stands on Monday, January 9, 2023: Fighting Russia launched seven missile strikes, 31 air raids and 73 attacks from salvo rocket launchers in the past day, the general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said in a daily report on Monday. Ukrainian forces repelled attacks on 14 settlements, including Bakhmut, it added. A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk missed its targets and there were no obvious signs of casualties, Reuters news agency reported, after Moscow claimed…
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The latest Chinese drills around Taiwan are the second major military exercises in less than a month.China’s military has said it carried out military exercises around the self-ruled island of Taiwan that focussed on land strikes and sea assaults, the second such drills in less than a month. The People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said in a statement late on Sunday that its forces had organised “joint combat readiness patrols and actual combat drills” in the sea and airspace around Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own. The aim of the exercises was to test joint combat capabilities and…
Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro have stormed the country’s Supreme Court and its Congressional building and surrounded the presidential palace in the capital Brasilia. The invasions on Sunday were an uncomfortable echo of January 6, 2021, when supporters of former United States President Donald Trump, who like Bolsonaro’s supporters, claimed without evidence that the presidential election had been “stolen” and launched an assault on the Capitol in Washington, DC. Here are reactions from world leaders and top officials: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “I condemn today’s assault on Brazil’s democratic institutions. The will of the Brazilian people and…
Supporters of Brazilian far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his electoral defeat have stormed the Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace in the capital, Brasilia. Videos on social media showed Bolsonaro supporters smashing windows and furniture of the National Congress and Supreme Court buildings. They climbed onto the roof of the Congress building, where Brazil’s Senate and Chamber of Deputies conduct their legislative business, unfurling a banner that read “intervention” and an apparent appeal to Brazil’s military. Images on TV channel Globo News also showed protesters roaming the presidential palace, many of them wearing green…
Moscow said its ‘retaliatory strike’ killed more than 600 soldiers but Kyiv said its armed forces were not affected.Russia has claimed its military carried out a deadly “retaliatory strike” on barracks used by Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbas region as Ukraine denied there were any casualties in the attack. The Russian defence ministry said missiles hit two temporary bases housing 1,300 Ukrainian troops in Kramatorsk, in the eastern Donetsk region. It said “more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen were killed” as a result of what they called a “retaliatory strike” on Ukrainian soldiers. Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the strike was…
Buffalo Bills players are wearing a patch of Damar Hamlin’s number three on the front of their jerseysThe Buffalo Bills made an emotional show of support for Damar Hamlin in their first NFL game since the safety suffered a cardiac arrest on the field.After a stirring build-up to Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots, Bills running back Nyheim Hines returned the opening kick-off for a touchdown to spark wild celebrations.Watching from his hospital bed, Hamlin, 24, tweeted: “Free Hines.”The Bills are wearing patches of Hamlin’s number three on their jerseys.Their players also arrived wearing T-shirts and caps bearing his…
Rishi Sunak is under pressure to improve wage offers to healthcare staff amid a wave of public sector strikes over wages.British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he is willing to discuss pay rises for nurses ahead of a meeting with public sector trade union leaders in an effort to end the biggest wave of industrial disputes in decades. The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS), long treasured and funded by taxpayers, delivers free care to all, but is under strain following years of relative underinvestment and the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The strikes involving nurses and ambulance workers,…
Hyderabad: With Assembly elections in Karnataka and Nagaland scheduled for May and February respectively, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) plans to deploy ministers and MLAs to campaign for H.D.Kumaraswamy-led Janata Dal (Secular) and Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the two poll-bound states. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is expected to campaign in Karnataka as soon as the EC issues the poll notification. The BRS intends to campaign for the JD(S) in Karnataka, as well as explore the prospect of contesting a few seats in the Kalyana Karnataka region, which has a sizable Telugu-speaking population, with the support of…
A confession: I never intended on becoming a journalist. I didn’t study the craft at university. When I did spend time in class, I took a potpourri of political science and history courses. With one or two memorable exceptions, the professors I encountered along the way treated teaching like an irritating chore. So, bored, I spent a lot of time in libraries – reading. Eventually, I got a degree. But, like the prolific American writer, Ray Bradbury – who was too poor to attend college – I graduated, in effect, from the library. That’s where I discovered and devoured the…
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will return to the lineup and start Sunday for their regular-season finale against the New York Giants, according to Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Hurts has missed the past two games due to a right shoulder injury with the Eagles losing both matches. The 24-year-old Hurts has thrown for 3,472 yards and 22 touchdowns while also rushing for 747 yards and 13 TDs during his third season with the club. Philadelphia (13-3) could secure the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs with a victory over New…