Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu appointed Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov on Wednesday to oversee the military campaign in Ukraine, in the latest shake-up of Moscow's military leadership. The battle for Soledar in eastern Ukraine intensifies
Read MoreRussia staged another attack on Kyiv with Iranian-built drones. All five were shot down. Air defenses also destroyed 10 attack drones targeting Dnipropetrovsk & Zaporizhzhia regions. Almost half-a-million people in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa and surrounding region remain without power
Read MoreMoscow says three military personnel were killed early on December 26 by debris from a downed Ukrainian drone, which was shot down and fell over a military base in Russia's southwestern Saratov region. Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations
Read MorePitched battles continue in the east, where Moscow's offensive has centered on the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiyivka in Donetsk, Ukraine's General Staff reports, as a regional official reported that Russians are leveling a famous theater to the ground in the southern city of Mariupol.
Read MoreShelling by Russian forces struck several areas in eastern and southern Ukraine overnight as authorities continued to work to restore power, water, and heating after weeks of Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and as temperatures plunge with the beginning of winter.
Read MoreIs it too early to say whether elected leaders will lead us into a better place post-pandemic? I put the question to the WHO leadership of whether we are seeing many examples of a build-back-better approach being practiced by politicians
Read MoreAs the major Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers ship millions of doses overseas, often with strings attached, the head of the World Health Organization warned them again ‘geopolitical maneuvering.’
Read MoreDr. Michael Osterholm, a top US infectious disease expert and a member of the Biden transitional Covid-19 advisory group, urges urgent action to prevent a large portion of the global population from contracting the coronavirus.
Read MoreI flew for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic grounded most of us in mid-March. The verdict? Uncomfortable and if I can avoid air travel for the foreseeable future, I will.
Read MoreThere are two sets of rules in Ukraine: one for its fabulously wealthy oligarchs -and the other for everybody else. That became clear recently during the country’s strict Covid-19 lockdown, when several oligarchs managed to skirt the rules and rule the skies with their private jets.
Read MoreUkraine’s Ministry of Health has published a list of 50 “red” countries whose citizens will have to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in Ukraine. But the calculation used to categorise countries as “red” or “green” appears flawed.
Read MoreUpdates on Covid-19 from around the world. A worrying patchwork quilt of lockdown rollbacks in the US. The travel industry, especially airlines, head into turbulent skies. Cases in Russian sky-rocket. The WHO signals concern over countries with fragile health systems. And have some of our leaders let us down?
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