Russia carried out another major round of missile attacks on Ukraine, while Putin claimed ‘moral, historical rightness’ and his defence minster said victory for the Russians was ‘inevitable’, in New Year’s messages. Source link
Read More »Don’t get drunk: UK government urges caution amid ambulance strike
Ambulance workers across England and Wales staged their biggest walkout in three decades. They are seeking big raises in the face of decades-high inflation that was running at 10.7 per cent in November. Source link
Read More »‘Climate hell’: cooperate or perish says UN boss, urging fossil fuel tax
For first time, delegates discussing demands by developing nations that richest, most polluting countries pay compensation for damage wreaked on them by climate change. Source link
Read More »Russia warns Britain about ‘dangerous’ drone strike
Moscow said Saturday’s drone attack by the British on Crimea, which Russia unilaterally annexed from Ukraine in 2014, was ‘confrontational’ and ‘could lead to unpredictable and dangerous consequences’. Britain denies carrying out the attack. Source link
Read More »Groom struck by lightning while posing for wedding photos in thunderstorm dies
A man has died after being hit by lightning at a famous tourist spot in southwestern China while posing for pre-wedding photos with his fiancée in a thunderstorm, despite warnings from authorities. Source link
Read More »Ukraine claims strike on base used by Russia’s shadowy Wagner Group
Little is known about the shadowy paramilitaries, who are thought to be linked to Putin associate Yevgeny Prigozhin Source link
Read More »150,000 Bangladeshi tea workers – ‘modern-day slaves’ – strike over wages
The workers, at more than 200 tea plantations, want a 150 per cent wage rise; their pay is said to be among the lowest in the world. But bosses, who have offered a small increase, say their costs are rising. Source link
Read More »آئل ٹینکرز مالکان نے ہڑتال کی دھمکی دیدی
آئل ٹینکرز مالکان نے ہڑتال کی دھمکی دیتے ہوئے مسائل کے حل کیلئے انتظامیہ کو تین دن کی ڈیڈ لائن دیدی۔ آئل ٹینکر کنٹریکٹر ایسوسی ایشن اور آئل ٹینکرزاونرز ایسوسی ایشن کے عہدیداروں نے کراچی میں مشترکہ پریس کانفرنس کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ ہم انتظامیہ کو 72 گھنٹے کی ڈیڈ …
Read More »Crisis-hit Sri Lanka goes on strike demanding government step down
All but one scheduled train service was cancelled on Friday as millions of the island’s workers stayed away from offices and factories in a strike organised by the trade union movement. Source link
Read More »S. Korea back on alert after N. Korea fires more missiles
North Korea appeared to have fired a short-range multiple rocket launcher early on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, amid heightened military tensions on the peninsula after a spate of larger missile launches by the nuclear-armed North.While they garner much less attention than the massive intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), North Korea …
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