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Russia says it is willing to let Ukraine export food as the crisis worsens

Ukraine food crisis

Russia is prepared to create a humanitarian passage for ships carrying food to escape Ukraine, according to Moscow’s deputy foreign minister Andrei Rudenko, as fears of a global food shortage mount as a result of the conflict.   The invasion of Russia has triggered a global food crisis, which the UN has warned might starve … Read more

Ukraine news: Russia’s all-out eastern offensive might decide the outcome of the conflict

attack in eastern Ukraine

Russian soldiers are beginning an all-out attack in eastern Ukraine to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin cities spanning a river. The outcome of the conflict might decide the success or failure of Moscow’s eastern operation. It occurred as Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesperson Oleksandr Motuzyanyk warned that the fight in the east will almost certainly determine … Read more

Texas school shooting: Dead toll rises to 19 as Biden calls for action

Texas school shooting

Texas school shooting: According to officials, an active shooter was reported at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two adults. According to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, the shooter also died. Salvador Ramos, 18, has been identified as the shooter. Mr. Abbott stated that Ramos carried out the mass shooting “horriblyhorrifically and incomprehensibly” … Read more

Uvalde school shooting, Ted Cruz condemned for ‘prayer’ tweet

Uvalde school shooting

Uvalde school shooting: Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz came under fire for claiming he was praying for the people of Uvalde after a mass shooter massacred 19 children and two adults at a state school. “Heidi & I are fervently lifting up in prayer the children and families in the horrific shooting in Uvalde,” he … Read more

Following tragedy at a Uvalde school shooting, Biden has called for reform

Texas school shooting

Following a horrific shooting at a Texas elementary Uvalde school that killed at least 21 people, President Biden urged the nation on Tuesday night that it was time to “turn this pain into action” and tighten gun regulations. “Why are we willing to live with this carnage?” he asked, his voice husky and plainly moved. … Read more

Uvalde school shooting: Marjorie Taylor Greene tweets, “We don’t need more gun control.”

Uvalde school shooting

After news of a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right conspiracy theorist up for re-election in Georgia’s primary elections on Tuesday, was among the first to leap into the battle with a demand to resist new gun control attempts. The Trump acolyte took to Twitter minutes after the shooting’s death … Read more

Ken Paxton defeats George P Bush in campaign for Texas Attorney General

Texas Attorney General

On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated Land Commissioner George P Bush in a runoff election, essentially ending the Bush dynasty in a state dominated by the political family. This is the first time a Bush has lost a statewide primary in Texas in decades. Mr Bush’s grandfather was the late former President George … Read more

Australian government has urged China to eliminate trade restrictions

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

The new Australian government has requested China to suspend trade restrictions in order to restart a bilateral relationship that had reached new lows under the previous administration. The Chinese premier’s letter of congratulations to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on his election victory was generally interpreted as a lifting of Beijing’s two-year prohibition on high-level government … Read more

AOC slams the ‘pro-life’ GOP over the Texas school shooting

Texas school shooting

In the aftermath of the Texas school shooting that murdered 18 pupils and three adults, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has slammed “pro-life” Republicans for their slowness on gun reform. The New York representative turned to Twitter to blast Republican legislators who are more obsessed with repealing abortion rights than safeguarding American civilians from gun murder. “There is … Read more

After a Texas elementary school shooting, 18 children & 3 adults were killed

Texas gunman Salvador Ramos

Texas school shooting: Officials reported a shooter opened fire at an elementary school west of San Antonio, Texas, killing eighteen children and three adults. The attack took place at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a little Hill Country community of just over 16,000 people. Following the shooting, the victims were taken to hospitals in Uvalde … Read more

Texas school shooting: death toll at Robb Elementary School has risen to 18 children & three adults

Texas school shooting

Texas school shooting: death toll at Robb Elementary School has risen to 18 children & three adults. The shooting was alleged to have occurred near the school’s campus. According to officials, an active shooter was reported at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing eighteen children and three adults. The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District … Read more

Georgia election results: Trump foe Brian Kemp wins

Georgia election Results

Georgia election Results: Today’s key primaries in numerous US states will pit high-profile Republican candidates against each other, with some hoping to defeat rivals sponsored by Donald Trump. In Georgia, incumbent Governor Brian Kemp is destined to easily defeat his main opponent, Trump endorsee and former senator David Perdue, whose campaign has failed to take … Read more

Salvador Ramos: Everything we know about Texas school shooting suspect

Texas school shooting

Texas school shooting: Officials claimed the 18-year-old Uvalde high school student carried out the biggest mass shooting at a US elementary school since Sandy Hook. Salvador Ramos, 18, has been identified as the gunman who killed at least 18 pupils and three adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday. Governor Greg Abbott … Read more

Texas school shooting: Witnesses describe a horrible scenes

Texas school shooting

Witnesses describe a horrifying sight in a small Texas hamlet when 18-year-old Salvador Ramos allegedly slaughtered 18 children and three adults at an elementary school before being shot. “We saw a little girl full of blood and the parents were screaming, it was an ugly scene,” Derek Sotelo, 26, who runs a nearby auto repair … Read more

Navalny calls Putin a “madman” for launching “stupid war” against Ukraine

Navalny

Valadirin Putin is a “madman” for initiating his “stupid war” in Ukraine, according to imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The Kremlin critic, 45, made the remarks at a court hearing on Tuesday in which he failed to appeal a nine-year prison term that he alleges was politically motivated. Mr Navalny, who was already serving a … Read more

Austria’s president is running for re-election following a difficult term

Austria's president

Austria’s 78-year-old president said Sunday that he will run for reelection later this year, ending a period in which he has guided the Alpine country through repeated political upheaval. Alexander Van der Bellen, a former Green Party leader, wrote on Twitter that the coronavirus pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the economic consequences, and the issues … Read more

Catherine Colonna will lead France’s troubled foreign ministry

Catherine Colonna

This week, French President Emmanuel Macron announced his new cabinet, which featured well-known heavyweights, newbies, and people from both the left and the right. Among them is career diplomat Catherine Colonna, a former ambassador to the United Kingdom and only the second woman to take on the foreign ministry portfolio, who inherits a slew of … Read more

Germany is ready to collaborate on gas projects with Senegal, says Scholz

Germany Senegal

DAKAR/BERLIN: Germany intends to pursue gas and renewable energy projects with Senegal aggressively, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday during his first trip to Africa, despite the conflict in Ukraine and its influence on energy and food costs. Scholz began his three-day journey in Senegal, which has billions of cubic metres of gas reserves and … Read more