Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of “playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners”, after a deadly plane crash in western Russia. He demanded an international inquiry after Wednesday’s crash in the Belgorod region near Ukraine’s border. Russia said there were no survivors after Kyiv had downed the Il-76 plane with 65 Ukrainian prisoners
President Joe Biden has easily won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary, even though he was not on the ballot. A write-in campaign by his supporters helped Joe Biden win the New Hampshire Democratic primary, even though he was not a candidate. The president did not take part in the primary, because New Hampshire defied the Democratic
A Russian Ilyushin-76 military transport plane has crashed in the southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine. A Ukrainian prisoner swap was cancelled after a Russian plane carrying 65 captives and missiles crashed near the border. The Russian defence ministry said the Ilyushin-76 was shot down by two Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles on Wednesday morning, as it was
Last Tuesday, a noisy crowd of several hundred people stood in the small main square of Pyin Oo Lwin, a popular Myanmar hill town, to hear a bespectacled monk make a startling suggestion. Min Aung Hlaing, the country’s military ruler, should step aside, he said, and let his deputy General Soe Win take over. The
Procter & Gamble has said sales of high-end SK-II skincare brands fell 34% between October and December. Procter & Gamble has reported that sales of its high-end SK-II skincare brand fell by 34% between October and December, which the firm’s executives attributed to anti-Japanese sentiment in addition to China’s slow recovery12. Last year, Japan began releasing treated radioactive water from
Bilateral ties between the Maldives and India – that have hit rock-bottom in recent weeks – have taken another tumble after Male formally asked Delhi to withdraw its troops from the island nation by 15 March. The demand was conveyed at the first meeting of a high-level core group between the two sides held on
One of Taiwan’s last diplomatic allies has cut ties with the island in favour of Beijing, just days after a new president was voted in in Taipei. Nauru, a tiny Micronesian island, was just one of 12 countries that kept diplomatic ties with Taipei. But in recent years, Beijing – which insists Taiwan is part
Ukraine’s military says it has shot down a Russian military spy plane over the Sea of Azov, in what analysts say would be a blow to Moscow’s air power. Army chief Gen Valerii Zaluzhnyi said the air force had “destroyed” an A-50 long range radar detection aircraft, and an Il-22 air control centre. The A-50
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has dropped out of the presidential race with a parting shot at frontrunner Donald Trump. “I am going to make sure that in no way do I enable Donald Trump to ever be president of the United States again,” the Trump ally-turned-critic said. The Republican had faced pressure to
A warning to Swedes from two top defence officials to prepare for war has prompted concern and accusations of alarmism. Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin told a defence conference “there could be war in Sweden”. His message was then backed up by military commander-in-chief Gen Micael Byden, who said all Swedes should prepare mentally for
