Russia’s Vladimir Putin has committed to spending a post-Cold War record $157bn fighting Ukraine and securing Russia next year – a 70 percent increase on this year’s defence budget. But Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy has failed to secure $61.4bn from the US and $76.6bn from the European Union, among his staunchest…
Winter solstice 2023 will mark the day with the fewest sunlight hours and coincides with the Ursid meteor shower. After weeks of dwindling daylight, Friday marks the longest night of the year and the day with the fewest light of the year. The event is known as winter solstice as…
Tensions between the two countries have risen this year, with China attempting to disrupt Filipino ship resupply missions. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged Manila to “act with caution” over the hotly-contested South China Sea as his Philippines counterpart Enrique Manalo noted the need for dialogue between the two…
As the war enters its 666th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, December 21, 2023. Fighting Nine people, including four children, were injured in Russian shelling of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, as Russia also targeted the capital Kyiv, the second-largest city of…
Melbourne, Australia – In October this year, a referendum to establish an Indigenous “Voice to Parliament” in the Australian Constitution was heavily defeated at the polls. Had the vote passed, an advisory group would have been established to make recommendations to the federal government to alleviate the social and economic…
NewsFeed “There is no safe place in Gaza.” Al Jazeera correspondent, Hani Mahmoud reports as a missile strike hits behind him in Rafah. He continued to report as people ran in fear from the site, close to a hospital in a densely populated residential area. Published On 20 Dec 202320…
At least 20,000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began bombarding the enclave more than 10 weeks ago, according to Palestinian officials. At least 8,000 children and 6,200 women are among those killed, Gaza’s Government Media Office said on Wednesday. The grim milestone was passed as…
As part of the agreement, US President Joe Biden grants clemency to Alex Saab, an ally of Nicolas Maduro. The United States and Venezuela have reached a deal to swap 10 American prisoners for a jailed ally of President Nicolas Maduro, the latest sign of improving relations between Washington and…
The bombing of a Jewish community centre killed 85 people, and Hezbollah has been accused of other attacks in Argentina. The United States has charged an alleged Hezbollah member, Samuel Salman El Reda, with giving material support to a “terrorist group”, accusing him of providing assistance for a 1994 bombing…
The EU imposed punishment on the oligarch in 2022 as part of measures targeting Russia and Putin’s close allies. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has lost a legal challenge aimed at overturning European Union sanctions imposed on him in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Abramovich had filed a lawsuit at the EU’s general…
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