RUSSIA’S Defence Ministry has confirmed that its forces were behind Wednesday’s missile strike on a railway station in central Ukraine that Kiev said left at least 25 people dead, including civilians. However, Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov claimed that more than 200 Ukrainian soldiers on their way to fight in the Donbass region […]
NORTH and South Korea launched ballistic missiles just hours apart, underlining a growing arms race on the Korean Peninsula while nuclear negotiations remain stalled. North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from central inland regions, sending them east across the Sea of Japan (East Sea). The missiles flew about 800 km (500 miles) at a […]
THE Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has revealed that 31 million more people fell into extreme poverty in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was disclosed in the Foundation’s latest Goalkeepers Report, which tracks global progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report highlights a clear gap in recovery between rich […]