OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Auschwitz-Birkenau survivors and other mourners Friday commemorated the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp. The former concentration and extermination camp is located in the town of Oświęcim in southern Poland, which was occupied by German troops during World War II and became a place where Jews, … Read more
Russia’s tightly controlled state media has reacted angrily to deliveries of Western tanks promised to Ukraine this week — and that anger is shared by some Moscow residents. Ukraine’s tanks “will hinder our troops,” Sergei told CNN in the Russian capital. “But we are going to win anyway. It will only increase the conflict,” he … Read more
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TOKYO, Jan. 27 (Reuters) – Japan on Friday tightened sanctions against Russia following the latest wave of missile strikes in Ukraine, adding goods to a list of export bans and freezing the assets of Russian officials and entities. The decision comes after Russia launched missile strikes into Ukraine that killed at least 11 people on … Read more
ALGECIRAS, Spain (AP) — Spanish police on Thursday raided the home of a young Moroccan man detained in the southern city of Algeciras over the machete attacks on two Catholic churches that killed a church officer and a priest. was injured. A police investigation led by a National Court judge considers Wednesday’s violence a possible … Read more
26 Jan. (Reuters) – New data from a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) database shows a possible link to stroke risk for older adults taking an updated Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE) COVID-19 received a booster shot, but the signal is weaker than what the agency flagged earlier in January, health officials said Thursday. … Read more
Russia says the supply of NATO main battle tanks to Ukraine is evidence of “immediate and growing” US and European involvement in the war, with one analyst suggesting supply countries could become potential targets. The comments come after the United States and Germany said on Wednesday they would arm Ukraine with dozens of heavy tanks … Read more
CNN — The Swedish government was complicit in the burning of the Quran during a protest in Stockholm last weekend, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu reportedly said Thursday. Rising tensions between the two countries come as Sweden relies on Turkey to support its bid for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military alliance, … Read more
CNN — The US Treasury Department on Thursday designated the Wagner Group, a Russian private mercenary organization heavily involved in the war in Ukraine, as a major transnational criminal organization, imposing a slew of sanctions on a transnational network that supports it. The U.S. State Department simultaneously announced a number of sanctions designed to “target … Read more
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 25 (Reuters) – Sweden’s and Finnish hopes of quickly joining NATO have hit an obstacle in the form of objections from Turkey, which has veto power over joining the military alliance. The three nations reached an agreement in Madrid last June on how to proceed, but Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said Sweden … Read more
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