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Russian strikes on east Ukraine residential block kills at least 7

Moscow (AFP) – Russia said Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander this week after multiple delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly fifty years. 

 

 

At least five people have been killed in a Russian missile attack on residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, officials say.

A woman allegedly feeding information on the president’s whereabouts has been arrested

Picture this: A tech billionaire in his penthouse decides whether troops in Ukraine live or die with the flick of a hand. It’s real. It’s happening. It’s Elon Musk

It is one year since the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was largely destroyed by Russian forces and captured.

A Russian "guided bomb" has hit a blood transfusion centre in north-eastern Ukraine, killing two people and injuring four, Ukrainian officials say.

Russia’s business elite was sanctioned to pressure Putin, but war in Ukraine continues

The opposition leader, President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, was charged with inciting and funding extremism

A Russian drone strike has hit Ukrainian port facilities at Izmail on the River Danube, a short distance from Nato member state Romania.  

France’s first evacuation plane left Niger on Tuesday with more than 250 people on board, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said. France had said it planned to evacuate its nationals and EU citizens from the West African country following a military coup last Wednesday that unleashed protests against the former colonial power. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

Coup supporters denounce former colonial power, shout support for Russia

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has just taken a dangerous turn, with an increasingly desperate Vladimir Putin making a terrifying move.

Unilever (UL), Nestlé, Mondelēz and Procter & Gamble (PG) — the world’s biggest consumer goods companies — fall into this category.

Ndileka Mandela discussed colonialism, identity, and why Africa’s future is in its own hands

Reed had been arrested in Moscow in 2019 and the State Department considered him wrongfully detained. 

Russia has accused Ukraine of being behind a drone attack that damaged at least two buildings in the capital Moscow early on Monday morning.

Air strike campaign aims to blockade maritime grain exports from the Black Sea, says Kyiv

Authorities have taken action against Igor Strelkov on suspicion of extremism, his wife cliams

Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to buy time while he works out how to deal with Yevgeny Prighozin, says the director of the CIA.