Posts by Newsmaker

Report: Russian Military Suffers High Turnover and Attrition

Report: Russian Military Suffers High Turnover and Attrition

The experience of one of Russia’s most prestigious airborne regiments highlights the “extreme attrition and high turnover” rates in Russia’s...

UK Trophy-Hunting Bill Fails; Southern African Countries Relieved

UK Trophy-Hunting Bill Fails; Southern African Countries Relieved

Southern African countries that allow trophy hunting are relieved after a bill seeking to ban the import of legally obtained...

Ukraine Claims Responsibility for Striking Russian Navy Headquarters in Crimea

Ukraine Claims Responsibility for Striking Russian Navy Headquarters in Crimea

Ukraine claimed responsibility for a missile attack Friday on the headquarters of Russia’s navy in Crimea, delivering a major blow...

Arizona Governor: Taiwan Firm’s Semiconductor Plant Back on Schedule

Arizona Governor: Taiwan Firm’s Semiconductor Plant Back on Schedule

Earlier this year, Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC announced that it was delaying the opening of a computer chip plant in...

UN Report: Russian Repression of Dissidents, Civil Society Reaches Unprecedented Levels

UN Report: Russian Repression of Dissidents, Civil Society Reaches Unprecedented Levels

A U.N. human rights expert says repression against dissidents and civil and political rights in the Russian Federation has reached...

Report: World Powers Building New Facilities at Nuclear Test Sites

Report: World Powers Building New Facilities at Nuclear Test Sites

China, Russia and the United States have all built new facilities and dug new tunnels at their nuclear test sites...

Zelenskyy Arrives in Canada

Zelenskyy Arrives in Canada

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was greeted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa late Thursday after a whirlwind visit...

Ukraine’s Leader Pushes for War Aid, Peace Plan in Washington

Ukraine’s Leader Pushes for War Aid, Peace Plan in Washington

Ukraine’s president on Thursday wrapped up his US public relations blitz for military support and for his 10-point peace plan...

On International Peace Day Women’s Critical Role Highlighted

On International Peace Day Women’s Critical Role Highlighted

On this International Day of Peace, and on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the United States announced...

Russian Attack Near Ukraine’s Eastern Front Injures 13

Russian Attack Near Ukraine’s Eastern Front Injures 13

A Russian attack on a town west of Donetsk close to Ukraine’s eastern front injured 13 people, a local official...

Zelenskyy to US Lawmakers: Ukraine Will Lose War Without US Aid

Zelenskyy to US Lawmakers: Ukraine Will Lose War Without US Aid

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an urgent plea Thursday to U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill, telling them that without a...

From UN Headquarters, Ukraine Journalist Keeps Audiences Informed

From UN Headquarters, Ukraine Journalist Keeps Audiences Informed

With Russia’s war against Ukraine high on the U.N. General Assembly agenda, reporters like Dmytro Anopchenko have an important role...

Poland Says No New Weapons for Ukraine, as US Plays Down Dispute 

Poland Says No New Weapons for Ukraine, as US Plays Down Dispute 

Washington said Thursday that Poland remained a close ally of Ukraine, after Warsaw said it would no longer provide Kyiv...

Turkish, Israeli Leaders Meet After Years of Animosity

Turkish, Israeli Leaders Meet After Years of Animosity

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on the sidelines of the United Nations General...

Bank of England Joins US Fed in Avoiding Another Interest Rate Hike After Inflation Declines

Bank of England Joins US Fed in Avoiding Another Interest Rate Hike After Inflation Declines

The Bank of England has paused nearly two years of interest rate increases after a surprising fall in U.K. inflation...

UK Prosecutors Authorize Five People to Be Charged with Spying for Russia

UK Prosecutors Authorize Five People to Be Charged with Spying for Russia

British prosecutors said on Thursday they had authorized charges to be brought against five Bulgarian nationals accused of spying for...

Russia-NKorea Ties: Will Putin-Kim Bromance Last?

Russia-NKorea Ties: Will Putin-Kim Bromance Last?

Warming relations between North Korea and Russia could last as long as the war in Ukraine continues, making Pyongyang either...

Azerbaijan, Ethnic Armenians Negotiate After Nagorno-Karabakh Cease-fire

Azerbaijan, Ethnic Armenians Negotiate After Nagorno-Karabakh Cease-fire

Representatives for ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh met Thursday with the Azerbaijan government to discuss the future of the breakaway region....

Russian Aerial Attacks Hit Multiple Ukrainian Regions

Russian Aerial Attacks Hit Multiple Ukrainian Regions

Ukrainian officials said Thursday that Russian forces carried out aerial attacks on multiple cities overnight, killing at least two people....

King Charles to Address French Senate After Urging Stronger France-UK Ties

King Charles to Address French Senate After Urging Stronger France-UK Ties

King Charles III on Thursday follows in his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s footsteps by addressing lawmakers in the French upper...

Zelenskyy to Seek Support in Talks with US Leaders

Zelenskyy to Seek Support in Talks with US Leaders

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet U.S. leaders Thursday in Washington as he seeks more support for his...

Zelenskyy Calls Out Russia at UN Security Council

Zelenskyy Calls Out Russia at UN Security Council

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared before the U.N. Security Council in New York on Wednesday for the first time since...