World Nov 29 Ukrainian allies in West pledge more winter aid To ease the hardships and ensure Ukraine’s 43 million people can maintain their resolve in the 10th month of fighting against Russia’s invasion, NATO allies planned to boost provisions of blankets, generators and other basic necessities.
World Nov 28 Ukraine preparing for more Russian strikes, considering more evacuations of Kyiv Ukraine is preparing for more Russian strikes and has warned of the possibility of a new round of evacuations from the capital.
World Nov 27 Ukraine struggles to restore utilities amid Russian artillery strikes, as winter looms Russian forces struck eastern and southern Ukraine early Sunday as utility crews scrambled to restore power, water and heating with the onset of snow and frigid temperatures, while civilians continued to leave the southern city of Kherson because of the…
World Nov 26 Civilians leave Kherson amid intense Russian shelling of freed city Fleeing shelling, hundreds of civilians on Saturday streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier.
World Sep 23 U.N. experts conclude war crimes committed in Ukraine by Russians A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body to look into rights violations in Ukraine says its initial investigation has turned up evidence of war crimes in the country following Russia’s invasion.
Arts Sep 13 Jean-Luc Godard, iconic French director, dead at 91 Swiss news agency ATS quoted Godard’s partner, Anne-Marie Mieville, and her producers as saying he died peacefully and surrounded by his loved ones at his home in the Swiss town of Rolle, on Lake Geneva, on Tuesday.
World Sep 01 China denounces U.N. report detailing human rights abuses of Uyghurs The U.N. has accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to "crimes against humanity" in a long-delayed report examining a crackdown on Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups.
World Aug 31 UN reports possible crimes against humanity in China’s Xinjiang region A long-awaited report from the U.N. human rights office says China's discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity.
Politics Aug 30 U.N. experts warn of impact of abortion bans on U.S. minorities The U.N. said it was concerned about higher rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, among a host of concerns about the rights of Blacks, Latinos, Indigenous peoples, foreign-born migrants and others in the United States.
Science Aug 22 Already shrunk by half, study shows Swiss glaciers are melting faster A new study has found that Switzerland's 1,400 glaciers have lost more than half their total volume since the early 1930s. The ice retreat has ebbed and flowed over time, but is accelerating at a time of growing concerns about…