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Biden Unveils $800 Million in New Ukraine Military Aid, to Ask Congress for More
Date: April 21, 2022
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden pledged $800 million in more weaponry for Ukraine on Thursday and said he would ask Congress for more money to help bolster support for the Ukrainian military as it faces a fresh onslaught by Russia on its eastern flank. Addressing Americans from the White House’s...
Fleeing Ukrainians Find Refuge in Medieval Irish Castle
Date: April 20, 2022
By Clodagh Kilcoyne GALWAY, Ireland (Reuters) – When Irishman Barry Haughian and his Spanish wife Lola watched Ukrainians flee their homes but had no space to help in their house in Madrid, they decided to offer up their second home instead – a 15th century castle in the west of Ireland. Within a day Haughian...
Ukrainian Volunteers Recount Three Weeks in Russian Captivity, Allege Beatings
Date: April 19, 2022
By Alessandra Prentice and Sergiy Karazy DYMER, Ukraine (Reuters) – Volodymyr Khropun and Yulia Ivannikova-Katsemon say they were helping people flee villages on the front line in northern Ukraine when they were detained by Russian soldiers over two days in March. Both said they were then held with around 40 other captives on the concrete...
Ukrainians Deported to Russia From Besieged Mariupol Dream of Home
Date: April 19, 2022
By Elizabeth Piper KYIV (Reuters) – Mila Panchenko found herself on a station platform in southwest Russia after lack of food and water forced her to hand herself over to pro-Russian forces to escape the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol. At the station in Taganrog, a port on the Sea of Azov, she was put...
South African Military Deployed to Flood-Ravaged Province
Date: April 18, 2022
By Siyabonga Sishi UMBUMBULU, South Africa (Reuters) – Thousands of South African soldiers will help with relief efforts in KwaZulu-Natal province, where more than 440 people have died in floods and mudslides and dozens more are missing. A week after the torrential rains began, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said on Monday it...
N.Korea Celebrates Founder With Dance, Music but No Military Parade
Date: April 18, 2022
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea celebrated the 110th anniversary of the birth of late founder Kim Il Sung on Friday with fireworks, a procession, and an evening gala in Pyongyang’s main square, with thousands of people in colourful traditional dress singing and dancing. “The Day of the Sun” is North Korea’s biggest...