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COMMENT | NORMAN SOLOMON | On the first day of March 2022, visitors to the New York Times homepage saw a headline across the top of their screens in huge capital letters: ROCKET BARRAGE KILLS CIVILIANS It was the kind of breaking-news banner headline that could have referred to countless …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua |  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi arrived at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) on Thursday, Ukraine’s state-run nuclear energy operator Energoatom said in a Telegram post. Grossi’s visit, initially scheduled to begin on Wednesday, was delayed for security reasons, according to Ukraine’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed that he will not be part of the African Union delegation travelling to Europe to help resolve the Ukraine-Russia war as he is still COVID-19 positive. He will however give an address virtually to parliament Thursday, at the end …

Miami, Florida | AGENCIES | Former US President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to historic charges of mishandling sensitive files at a federal court in Miami, Florida. He becomes the first US president – current or former – to be hit with a federal criminal indictment. This was the …

Rome, Italy |  XINHUA | Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died in a Milan hospital, the Rome office of his political party Forza Italia has confirmed. Berlusconi suffered from a serious case of COVID-19 in 2020, and has also overcome heart surgery, severe cardiovascular problems and prostate cancer. Berlusconi …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran denied on Saturday the existence of any “undeclared” nuclear material in the country, as a response to questions raised in a recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about its nuclear activities, the official news agency IRNA reported. In a report by IAEA …

Washington, USA | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday called the sweeping federal indictment against him “ridiculous” and “baseless.” Trump has been charged with 37 felony counts alleging that he stored classified documents at his Florida estate after leaving the White House. He blasted the indictment as an …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that the counteroffensive actions in his country are underway, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported. “Counteroffensive and defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine,” Zelensky said at a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Kiev. Zelensky …

London, UK | Xinhua | Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday he is stepping down as a Member of Parliament (MP) with immediate effect. Johnson has been under investigation by the cross-party Committee of Privileges in the House of Commons, the lower house of the British Parliament, over …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | The dam breach, coupled with the collapse of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, will lead to devastating economic and ecological consequences, a Ukrainian expert has said. “Up to 1 million people may face drinking water problems,” Oleksii Kushch, an economist at “United Ukraine” think-tank, told …