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19879 articles published since 08 Mar 2022
Two neighbours are desperately avoiding each other in a queue for food in the ruins of Svyatogirsk, a spa town whose monastery was recently re-captured by Ukrainian forces. - 'They support Russia' - In Svyatogirsk, the Holy Dormition Lavra monastery has become a focus for tensions.
Kremlin proxy officials said Friday they were building up defences and turning Ukraine's southern city of Kherson into a "fortress" as Kyiv's forces advance and Russia pulls residents from the region. "The city of Kherson, like a fortress, is preparing for its defence."
Guinea's top prosecutor called Friday for a crackdown on the organisers and participants of a giant anti-government protest in which he said six security personnel were wounded while the opposition said three civilians were killed.
Zimbabwe stormed into the Super 12 stage of the Twenty20 World Cup for the first time Friday at the expense of Scotland, beating them by five wickets with skipper Craig Ervine hitting a half-century. Zimbabwe had been part of five previous World Cups but never gone beyond the first round before.
UK government borrowing surged and retail sales slumped in September, official data showed Friday, dealing a further economic blow to a country in political crisis.
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has vowed war in Tigray "will end and peace will prevail" ahead of expected talks next week aimed at ending nearly two years of bloodshed. Abiy, who sent troops into Tigray in November 2020, said Thursday the war "would end and peace will prevail."
A Hong Kong screening of Batman film "The Dark Knight" has been scrapped after government censors intervened, organisers said on Friday while denying that the cancellation was political. Other movies rated by OFNAA with the same classification as "The Dark Knight" have not been pulled from the outdoor screening calendar.
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was disqualified Friday from running for political office for five years, after the country's election commission ruled he misled officials about gifts he received from foreign leaders while in power.
A senior Chinese diplomat's scuffle with protesters in Britain as well as a recent victory at the United Nations have put the spotlight back on China's more assertive foreign policy under President Xi Jinping.
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