Tag: Ukraine
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War in Ukraine: Latest developments
[ad_1] Local residents examine a destroyed Russian tank outside Kyiv, from which Russian forces retreated in late March to focus on the eastern Donbas region – Copyright AFP SAEED KHAN Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: – Ukraine to get medium-range US rockets – President Joe Biden says the US…
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Morocco economic rebound threatened by drought, Ukraine war
[ad_1] Agriculture accounts for 14 percent of Morocco’s gross domestic product and around a third of all jobs – Copyright AFP/File Abderrahmane MOKHTARI Ismail Bellaouali A withering drought and poor harvests plus price hikes fuelled by the war in Ukraine are threatening Morocco’s fragile economic recovery and exposing structural weaknesses, experts say. The North African…
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Biden says US to send Ukraine ‘advanced rocket systems’ to hit ‘key targets’
[ad_1] The United States confirmed it will send multiple High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) — a version of which is seen here in a 2021 military exercise in Morocco — to Ukraine to help Kyiv boost its military fight Russia’s invading forces – Copyright AFP ARIS MESSINIS President Joe Biden on Tuesday confirmed the…
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‘I can breathe’: Ukraine women and children flee Russian troops
[ad_1] The evacuees recounted horrifying stories of life under Russian occupation – Copyright AFP ARIS MESSINIS Patrick FORT The hordes of exhausted people hurrying through the east Ukraine checkpoint towards Red Cross buses were women, children and the elderly, desperate to flee the horrors of life in Russian-controlled territory. They were crying or had lined…
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War in Ukraine: Latest developments
[ad_1] Russian forces have taken partial control of the eastern city of Severodonetsk, the easternmost city that was still held by Ukraine – Copyright AFP/File Ye Aung THU Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: – Russians seize half of key eastern city – Russian forces seize control of half of the…
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Key Ukraine city ‘divided in half’ as EU oil embargo agreed
[ad_1] There was shelling in the city of Lysytsansk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas – Copyright AFP/File Ye Aung THU David Stout, with Julien Girault in Brussels Russian forces have seized control of half of eastern Ukraine’s key city of Severodonetsk, a senior official said Tuesday, hours after EU leaders struck a watered-down…
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Ukraine war boosts Africa’s humanitarian emergency: UN official
[ad_1] Every grain counts: A woman at a displaced persons’ camp in Ouallam, Niger, pours food from a container – Copyright AFP/File Pedro PARDO Emmanuel GIROUD The war in Ukraine is heaping further pressure on Africa’s fast-growing population of vulnerable people, a UN refugee official says. Cereal prices have surged because of the slump in…
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Eurozone inflation soars to new record over Ukraine war
[ad_1] Energy prices jumped by a hair-raising 39.2 percent in the eurozone in May – Copyright AFP/File Pedro PARDO Alex PIGMAN Eurozone inflation accelerated to another record high in May, data showed Tuesday, as the war in Ukraine stoked energy and food prices and threatened to flatline the economy. The EU’s Eurostat data agency said…
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War in Ukraine: Latest developments
[ad_1] Russian forces have taken partial control of the eastern city of Severodonetsk, the easternmost city that was still held by Ukraine – Copyright AFP ARIS MESSINIS Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: – EU agrees ban on most Russian oil – EU leaders agree to ban most Russian oil imports,…
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Biden rules out sending rocket systems ‘that can strike into Russia’ to Ukraine
[ad_1] US President Joe Biden said Washington would not send rocket systems to Ukraine that can strike well inside Russian territory – Copyright AFP ARIS MESSINIS US President Joe Biden said Monday he would not send rocket systems to Ukraine that could hit targets well inside Russian territory, despite urgent requests from Kyiv for long-range…