Ukraine confirms it will play on in Euro 2024 qualifiers

Ukraine will continue playing Euro 2024 qualifying matches despite a government ban on Ukrainian national teams taking part in competitions involving athletes from Russia and Belarus. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine will continue playing Euro 2024 qualifying matches despite a government ban on Ukrainian national teams taking part in competitions involving athletes from Russia […]

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Willing to join “any peace process” to solve Ukraine war: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arriving for the Ceremonial Reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on February 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy India is willing to join “any peace process” to solve the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Welcoming German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Mr. Modi urged for reform of […]

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Putin’s war a strategic failure for Kremlin, says U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

United States’ Secretary of Treasury, Janet Yellen addresses the media during a news conference on the second day of the second meeting of the G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies under Indias G20 Presidency in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: PTI U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L Yellen on Thursday said Russia’s economy has become increasingly isolated […]

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In Ukraine, watching the FIFA World Cup poses challenges

Hlib Kuian, left, and Roman Kryvyi watch a World Cup soccer match on a screen at Mazza Cafe kebab-stand, in Irpin, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on November 29, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian video-game vendor Roman Kryvyi, fresh from a soccer game on a snow-blanketed field in suburban Kyiv, sat up close to a TV […]

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Kherson | The city of fire and fury 

Ukrainian forces, who lost the southern provincial capital in the early days of the war, took it back in a prolonged, bloodied counter-offensive Ukrainian forces, who lost the southern provincial capital in the early days of the war, took it back in a prolonged, bloodied counter-offensive On September 30, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin combatively […]

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Russia says it has completed Kherson withdrawal

Russia ordered the withdrawal on Wednesday after it said it attempts to maintain its position and supply troops were “futile” Russia ordered the withdrawal on Wednesday after it said it attempts to maintain its position and supply troops were “futile” Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday it had completed the withdrawal of troops from the […]

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Ukraine war’s environmental toll to take years to clean up

Environmental damage caused by Ukraine’s war is mounting, and experts warn of long-term health consequences for the population Environmental damage caused by Ukraine’s war is mounting, and experts warn of long-term health consequences for the population Olga Lehan’s home near the Irpin River was flooded when Ukraine destroyed a dam to prevent Russian forces from […]

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Russia fails at U.N. in bid for Ukraine, U.S. bio-weapons inquiry

U.N. disarmament officials have long said they are not aware of any biological weapons programs in Ukraine U.N. disarmament officials have long said they are not aware of any biological weapons programs in Ukraine Russia failed on November 2 to get the United Nations Security Council to establish a formal inquiry into its accusation that […]

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