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In the vast windswept cemetery on the outskirts of Dnipro, low clouds drift and mist drizzles over the graves of the fallen in this war. There is no noise apart from the flapping of hundreds ofUkraineflags - blue for the sky, yellow for the wheatfields of this farming country...
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A new report from Human Rights Watch says the nonprofit has documented several cases of Russia committing “laws-of-war violations” against civilians in Ukraine. 人权观察组织的一份新报告称,该非营利组织记录了俄罗斯对乌克兰平民实施“违反战争法”的几起案件。 Germany’s defense minister floated the ...
President Biden took a bold step toward halting federal executions – commuting the sentences of 37 men on death row but leaving three others intact. Here’s what to know. Laura MannweilerDec. 23, 2024 Biden’s Death Row Move: What to Know War in Gaza and Ukraine. A tumultuous U.S. ...
Military conflicts continued as the Russia-Ukraine War entered its third year and the fighting surrounding the Israel-Hamas War spread. A number of natural disasters also made headlines, most notably Hurricane Helene and flooding in Spain. Prominent deaths in 2024 included Aleksey Navalny and Quincy...
"If the world does not widen its gaze from the war in Ukraine, and act immediately, an explosion of child deaths is about to happen in the Horn of Africa," Dagash said. She said UNICEF and other agencies have been repeatedly sounding the alarm bell on this crisis and lauded the donors...
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A new report estimates that South Sudan's civil war has caused nearly 400,000 "excess deaths" since fighting erupted in late 2013.
Much of the new tech is inspired by devices and tactics in use in Ukraine. “There's so many lessons to be able to take from [the Ukrainians], and a lot of it does come down to the integration of new things, like the proliferation of [drones],” said Maj. Gen. Brett...
President Biden took a bold step toward halting federal executions – commuting the sentences of 37 men on death row but leaving three others intact. Here’s what to know. Laura MannweilerDec. 23, 2024 The Year in Photos: 2024 War in Gaza and Ukraine. A tumultuous U.S. election cycle....