Tag: political and civil unrest

By The Related Press The newest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war:MARIUPOL, Ukraine -- Civilians within the besieged port of Mariupol in southeast Ukraine are anxiously ready for information of evacuation efforts as they battle to outlive in a metropolis the place our bodies have been left uncollected on the streets.Since Saturday, Russian and Ukrainian authorities have dedicated to establishing evacuation routes however efforts have ...

By The Related Press The newest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war:KYIV, UKRAINE — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has known as for the enlargement of humanitarian corridors for Ukrainian civilians fleeing conflict, and extra help from the Purple Cross.In a video tackle Tuesday from an undisclosed location, he mentioned a baby died of dehydration within the blockaded southern seaport of Mariupol, in an indication of ...

By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA - Related Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Candidates for Philippine congressional seats and hundreds of smaller races began campaigning Friday with police watching intently as a result of previous violence and to implement a pandemic ban on handshakes, hugging and tightly packed crowds which are an indicator of the nation’s usually circus-like campaigns.Campaigning for the presidency and different ...

By The Related Press LVIV, Ukraine – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Ukrainian troops retaking areas round Kyiv and Chernihiv are usually not permitting Russians to retreat and not using a battle, however are “shelling them. They're destroying everybody they will.”Zelenskyy, in his Saturday night time video handle to the nation, stated Ukraine is aware of Russia has the forces to place much more stress ...

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Related Press ROME (AP) — Two U.N. meals companies issued stark warnings Monday about a number of, looming meals crises on the planet, pushed by local weather “shocks” like drought and worsened by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the battle in Ukraine which have despatched gasoline and meals costs hovering.The glum evaluation got here in a report by ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hundreds of individuals together with truckers and firefighters from throughout the nation gathered Sunday exterior Los Angeles Metropolis Corridor to protest vaccination mandates designed to sluggish the unfold of COVID-19.The gang gathered at Grand Park to listen to audio system and performers, whereas big-rig vehicles from the “Folks's Convoy" had been parked on close by streets. Members of the convoy ...

By JIM GOMEZ - Related Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his first State of the Nation deal with Monday with momentum from his landslide election victory, however he is hamstrung by historical past as an ousted dictator’s son and daunting financial headwinds.Greater than 20,000 policemen, anti-riot contingents and troops have been deployed in Metropolitan Manila, the place a ...

AP HONG KONG (AP) — Questions proceed to circle over whether or not Chinese language chief Xi Jinping will attend the twenty fifth yr anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from British to Chinese language rule and the inauguration of of the territory's new chief.China’s official Xinhua Information Company mentioned Xi would take part within the July 1 commemorations however wasn't express on whether or ...

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Related Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka obtained a primary consignment of a $16 million humanitarian support package deal from neighboring India to assist mitigate extreme shortages brought on by the nation’s worst financial disaster in current reminiscence.Gopal Baglay, the Indian envoy to Sri Lanka, delivered the donation from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to Sri ...

By NICK PERRY - Related Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police stated Thursday they may evaluation hours of cellphone footage taken by themselves, the media and the general public to establish lawbreakers, whereas crews start the cleanup of Parliament's grounds after a protest there towards coronavirus vaccine mandates led to violence.A day earlier, police moved in on several hundred protesters who ...