Ukrainian troops retreat, Russian forces advance, as Kyiv awaits weapons infusion
Ukrainian troops, outnumbered by Russian ground forces, are retreating from positions in eastern Ukraine as Russian troops advance westward, Ukrainian Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi said Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also made fresh pleas to allies to send more Patriot…
Dubai to move international airport to $35B facility in 10 years
Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, will move its operations to the city-state’s second, sprawling airfield in its southern desert reaches “within the next 10 years” in a project worth nearly $35 billion, its ruler said Sunday….
African farmers look to the past and the future to address climate change
HARARE — From ancient fertilizer methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers across the heavily agriculture-reliant African continent are looking to the past and future to respond to climate change. Africa, with the world’s youngest population, faces…
Russian drones set hotel ablaze in Ukrainian Black Sea city
KYIV — Russian drones early Sunday struck the Black Sea city of Mykolaiv, setting a hotel ablaze and damaging energy infrastructure, the local Ukrainian governor reported, while ammunition shortages continued to hobble Kyiv’s troops in the more than 2-year-old war….
Ukrainian ‘Grandpa’ leads over-60s unit fighting Russian forces free of charge
ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION — Oleksandr Taran’s mobile artillery unit isn’t officially part of Ukraine’s military, but that hasn’t stopped his men from destroying Russian targets on their own dime. “We … get by thanks to the pension fund,” the 68-year-old commander…
Ukrainian duo heads to the Eurovision Song Contest
KYIV, Ukraine — Even amid war, Ukraine finds time for the glittery, pop-filled Eurovision Song Contest. Perhaps now even more than ever. Ukraine’s entrants in the pan-continental music competition — the female duo of rapper alyona alyona and singer Jerry…
Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left
LAGOS, Nigeria — When a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases. But across the…
Instagram, YouTube, smaller rivals likely to get boost from TikTok ban
Adult U.S. TikTok users spend an average of 54 minutes on the app on any given day, more than Instagram, Snapchat or YouTube, according to research firm eMarketer. If TikTok were to disappear, those platforms — along with younger, smaller…
Long lines, frustration grow as Cuba runs short of cash
HAVANA — Alejandro Fonseca stood in line for several hours outside a bank in Havana hoping to withdraw Cuban pesos from an ATM, but when it was almost his turn, the cash ran out. He angrily hopped on his electric…
New suspect arrested in Russia concert hall attack that killed 144
MOSCOW — A Moscow court has detained another suspect as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people in March, the Moscow City Courts Telegram channel said Saturday. Dzhumokhon Kurbonov, a…