Representatives of the United Nations are unable to verify information about the circumstances surrounding the crash of a Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft, which occurred on 24 January near Belgorod, Russia. Source: Rosemary Dicarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General, at a meeting of the UN Security Council, as reported by Suspilne Quote: “According to Russian authorities, the plane […]
Nottingham Forest have been told by the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) that VAR did not have power to disallow Brentford’s controversial free-kick for Brentford last week. Forest wrote to the match officials’ governing body as well as the Premier League after Toney scored when he moved the ball from the spot designated in […]
No school on Monday after striking Newton teachers, committee unable to reach deal School is canceled Monday for Newton Public Schools as the teachers’ union continues its strike after another day of failed contract negotiations with the school committee. The Newton Teachers Association (NTA) voted overwhelmingly Thursday to strike the following day, canceling school Friday […]
Russia no longer has the capability manufacture A-50 AWACS aircraft, one of which was destroyed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU), said Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) spokesperson, Andriy Yusov, on national television on Jan. 19. There are fewer than a dozen A-50 aircraft remaining in Russia, and the damaged IL-22M11 airborne command post will not […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has not been able to reach the north of the Gaza Strip for nearly two weeks during the ongoing war between Israel and the Islamist Hamas. A planned mission to Al-Awda hospital and four others in Northern Gaza was cancelled for the fourth time because security could not […]
The loss of three Russian Su-34 fighter jets over southern Ukraine on Dec. 22 has put a near complete halt to Russian tactical aviation in Kherson Oblast, the UK’s Defense Intelligence reported on Jan. 6. Previously, Russian air power had been playing a key role in the south, especially in attacking Ukraine’s bridgehead on the […]
Aid organizations have been unable to deliver urgently needed life-saving aid to northern Gaza for days, according to the UN emergency relief agency OCHA. OCHA said late Thursday that UN and partner organizations had been unable to deliver humanitarian aid north of the Wadi Gaza river for four days as access to the areas had […]
LANSING — A divided Michigan redistricting commission sank into dysfunction Thursday, unable to make a decision on whether to appeal a recent court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional 13 of the Detroit-area legislative maps it drew. One commissioner cried “sabotage” after three others did not return after a closed session that lasted more than […]