Russia evacuates more residents from Kursk region
Russian officials Wednesday announced evacuation of 20,000 more people as Ukrainian troops continued their push into the Kursk region. Acting Governor Alexei Smirnov said on the Telegram messaging app that police and other authorities would coordinate the evacuation of the…
Russian family who fled Ukraine’s cross-border attack recalls panic, chaos
moscow — Marina and her family were used to hearing the distant boom of explosions from their village in Russia’s Kursk region, just a few kilometers from the Ukrainian border. On the night of August 6, the explosions became so…
Google says Iranian group trying to hack US presidential campaigns
NEW YORK — Google said Wednesday that an Iranian group linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard had tried to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people linked to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump since…
Intelligence, US-provided weapons seen as key to Ukraine’s Kursk offensive
Superb Ukrainian intelligence and U.S.-provided weaponry are being credited for enabling the rapid advance of Ukrainian forces into Russian territory over the past week. Some analysts believe they could move even faster if Washington allowed them to use the most…
WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency
The World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern at a meeting on Wednesday. The meeting came a day after the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deemed the disease a public health emergency for…
Ukraine presses on in Russia’s Kursk region, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday his country’s troops were “moving further” into Russia’s Kursk region and claimed that hundreds of Russian soldiers had been captured or surrendered. In the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since…
US consumer inflation hits its lowest annual rate since 2021
U.S. consumer inflation moderated slightly in July, according to government data released Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index increased by 2.9% over the past year, the smallest rise since March 2021. This is a positive sign for the Federal Reserve, which…
Growing number of Chinese now call Japan home
Washington — Sun Lijun, a 42-year-old semiconductor engineer, says worries about the quality of air and living, childhood education and the overall economic trajectory in China are some of the reasons he and his wife first started talking about moving…
Afghanistan: 20 years of steady education progress ‘almost wiped out’
Afghanistan is currently the only country in the world where secondary and higher education is strictly forbidden to women and girls over 12. The Taliban swept back into power on 15 August 2021 and swiftly began curtailing women’s rights. Three…
No date yet for long-awaited South Sudan elections
Nicholas Haysom, who also heads the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), briefed ambassadors on political, security and humanitarian developments in the world’s youngest nation, which was scheduled to hold its first post-independence elections in December. Election date proposal expected…