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South Korea to Call at Davos for Covid Aid for North – Envoy
Date: May 24, 2022
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will issue a call this week at the World Economic Forum for COVID-19 vaccines and other medical help for North Korea, even if that means exemptions from U.N. sanctions imposed over its nuclear programme, a senior official said on Tuesday. Secretive North Korea went for more than...
One War, Two Worlds: Ukraine Neighbours Face Shelling With Defiance or Despair
Date: May 23, 2022
By Jonathan Landay SLATYNE, Ukraine (Reuters) -The only 10 residents left in the Commune, an apartment complex in the eastern Ukraine town of Slatyne, share the hardships of Russia’s invasion, from relentless shellfire and exploding rounds to a lack of power and running water. But the inhabitants of two of the blocks, which sit barely...
Ukraine Apartment Residents Suffer War in Different Ways
Date: May 20, 2022
By Jonathan Landay SLATYNE, Ukraine (Reuters) – The only 10 residents left in the Commune, an apartment complex in the eastern Ukraine town of Slatyne, share the hardships of Russia’s invasion, from relentless shellfire and exploding rounds to a lack of power and running water. But the inhabitants of two of the blocks, which sit...
N.Korea’s Kim Orders Military to Stabilise Supply of Covid Drugs
Date: May 16, 2022
By Josh Smith and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered North Korea’s military to stabilise distribution of COVID-19 medicine in the capital, Pyongyang, in the battle on the country’s first confirmed outbreak of the disease, state media said. Last week brought the North’s first acknowledgment of an “explosive” outbreak, with experts...
Russian Attacks on Rail System Fail to Paralyse ‘lifeline of Ukraine’
Date: May 9, 2022
By Jonathan Landay FASTIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -A salvo of missiles brought the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine to Fastiv, a quiet town abounding with flowering cherry trees and set in sweeping farmland hundreds of kilometres from the front lines. The strike on April 28, which injured two people, hit an electrical substation that feeds power to...
Belgian Brewer Starts Global Roll-Out of Ukraine Beer for Relief Effort
Date: May 6, 2022
By Clement Rossignol and Christian Levaux LEUVEN, Belgium (Reuters) – The world’s largest brewer launched production of a popular Ukrainian beer in Belgium on Friday and said all profits made from its global sales would go to humanitarian relief in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has halted production of the Chernigivske lager...