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Russian Forces Withdraw From Ukraine’s Strategic Snake Island
Date: June 30, 2022
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Russian forces have withdrawn from Ukraine’s Snake Island, a strategic outpost in the Black Sea, Russia’s defence ministry and Ukraine’s president’s office said on Thursday. Snake Island, which Russia occupied on the first day of its invasion, achieved fame when Ukrainian border guards stationed there rejected a Russian warship’s...
Russian Missiles Rain Down on Ukraine as West Pledges Enduring Support
Date: June 29, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Russian forces struck targets in the Mykolaiv region of southern Ukraine on Wednesday and intensified attacks on fronts across the country as NATO members met in Madrid to plan a course of action against the challenge from Moscow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the NATO leaders his country needed...
G7: China Must Press Russia to Stop Ukraine War
Date: June 29, 2022
By Philip Blenkinsop GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) – G7 leaders urged China on Tuesday to use its influence with Russia to stop its invasion of Ukraine and drop “expansive maritime claims” in the South China Sea, in unprecedentedly tough criticism of Beijing’s policies and human rights record. They called on China to press Russia to pull...
Australia Commits to Pacific Islands Defence Training as China Plans Rival Meet
Date: June 28, 2022
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will set up a defence school to train Pacific island militaries, Canberra’s new Pacific minister said, amid mounting competition for security ties in the region and as China lays plans for a rival meeting to next month’s Pacific Islands Forum. Australia will double its funding for aerial surveillance...
Factbox-What’s Changed – or Stayed the Same – Since Hong Kong Returned to China
Date: June 28, 2022
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong returned to China in 1997 after 156 years of British colonial rule. China promised the city wide-ranging freedoms denied to those in mainland China for 50 years, although some say China has reneged on those promises, especially since 2020 under a new national security paradigm. Here’s...
At Least 10 Killed in Russian Missile Strike on Shopping Mall, Ukraine Says
Date: June 27, 2022
By Simon Lewis KREMENCHUK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Two Russian missiles slammed into a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 40, the regional governor said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said more than 1,000 people were in the shopping centre at the time of the attack,...