Moscow on Monday claimed to have captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine, but acknowledged that tens of thousands of people in Russia’s border areas were affected by power outages caused by Kyiv’s drone attacks. Russia has been making some advances in Ukraine against weakened and outgunned Ukrainian forces, yet over two years of fighting […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party’s ideology, as part of an attack on their cultural identity, a report released by Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. About 630 villages in Xinjiang […]
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA @STARADVERTISER.COM. Construction continues in Ward Village, seen here from Ward Avenue, as high-rise luxury condominiums have become part of the changing landscape of Kakaako over the years. 1 /4 CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA @STARADVERTISER.COM. Construction continues in Ward Village, seen here from Ward Avenue, as high-rise luxury condominiums have […]
The weakening tropical storm Remal flooded dozens of coastal villages and left nearly 30 million people without power in southern Bangladesh and eastern India. At least 10 people died in Bangladesh. About 3.7 million people along the coast were affected, said Bangladesh’s junior minister for disaster management and relief, Mohibbur Rahman M. More than 35,000 […]
A cyclone has flooded coastal villages, blew away thatched roofs and left hundreds of thousands of people without power in southern Bangladesh and eastern India. At least seven deaths as a result of the cyclone have been reported. Dozens of Bangladeshi villages were flooded after flood protection embankments either washed away or were damaged by […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A cyclone flooded coastal villages and left hundreds of thousands of people without power Monday after making landfall overnight along India’s West Bengal state and Bangladesh, where nearly 800,000 residents had evacuated. Cyclone Remal started lashing Bangladesh’s southern coast late Sunday and was expected to take five to six hours to […]
At least 37 people were killed after flash floods and cold lava flowing from a volcano hit the western Indonesian island of Sumatra. Hours of heavy rain on Saturday swept torrents of ash and rocks down Mount Marapi, the most active volcano in Sumatra. The cold lava mudslides inundated two districts, swept people to their […]
Russian forces have captured five villages as part of a renewed ground assault in Ukraine’s north east, the country’s Defence Ministry said. Ukrainian journalists reported on Friday that Russian troops had taken the villages of Borysivka, Ohirtseve, Pylna and Strilecha, all of which are in a militarily contested “grey zone” on the border of Ukraine’s […]
Russian forces have captured five villages as part of a renewed ground assault in Ukraine’s north east, the country’s Defence Ministry said. Ukrainian journalists reported on Friday that Russian troops had taken the villages of Borysivka, Ohirtseve, Pylna and Strilecha, all of which are in a militarily contested “grey zone” on the border of Ukraine’s […]
(Adds context) MOSCOW, May 11 (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday that its forces had taken five border villages in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, where Russia launched an offensive on Friday, exploiting its increasing advantage on the battlefields of eastern Ukraine. In its briefing on Saturday, the Defence Ministry said that Russian forces had taken the […]
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Cockfighting is a popular sport in India’s Chhattisgarh state, with fans encouraging the birds to attack each other (Idrees MOHAMMED) The swing of a talon and a flurry of feathers leaves a rooster motionless, a cockfight bout viewed as cruel by many but which binds disparate Indian forest communities together. India is renowned for its […]