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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — This weekend marks two years since Russia invaded Ukraine. Four days after the war started, Portsmouth-based non-profit, Mercy Chefs, traveled to Ukraine to begin feeding those in need. Mercy Chefs’ founder, Gary LeBlanc, says his team has been there since the beginning and they plan to stay as long as they’re […]

Busakorn Pongparnit/Getty Images Travelers from around the world have long been fascinated by South Korea‘s outsized pop culture influence, paradisiacal islands, and stylish, high-tech metropolises. Now, in a K-fan dream come true, international remote workers can live and work in the East Asian hub for up to two years thanks to a new digital nomad […]

Ukraine says it has downed a Russian A-50 military spy plane – the second such claim in just over a month. The plane was destroyed between the Russian cities of Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar, Ukrainian military sources said, over 200km from the front line. Emergency services reportedly found plane fragments in Kanevskoy District and put out […]

Feb. 23 (UPI) — Members of the Karbi community in India broke a Guinness World Record when they formed a line of 721 people walking on stilts. The Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council organized the record attempt during the 50th Karbi Youth Festival in Assam and the 721 stilt-walkers donned traditional garb and formed a line […]

(Bloomberg) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government and the New Democratic Party have reached a deal to move closer to a national medication coverage program, which will ensure the governing Liberals remain in power with the NDP’s support. Most Read from Bloomberg Trudeau and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh struck an agreement in 2022 that […]

The Ukrainian government has developed and proposed a five-point plan to Poland to solve the ongoing blockade led by Polish farmers, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Feb. 23 after visiting the border and speaking to Ukrainian truckers. Polish farmers launched a new wave of protests on the border in early February in opposition to […]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has criticized Israeli government’s plans to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank amid the backdrop of the Gaza war. “Our administration maintains a firm opposition to settlement expansion, and in our judgment this only weakens and doesn’t strengthen Israel’s security,” Blinken told reporters in the Argentinian capital Buenos […]

Independent UN experts are calling for an arms embargo against Israel, stating that exporting countries risk violating international humanitarian law if the weapons supplied are used in the Gaza war, they said in Geneva on Friday. All states must ensure compliance with international humanitarian law as stipulated in the Geneva Conventions, which are binding worldwide. […]

The Defence Forces of Ukraine have downed a Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft from a Soviet anti-aircraft system S-200. Source: sources of Ukrainska Pravda in Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) Details: Reportedly, the A-50 aircraft was downed from a long-range anti-aircraft system S-200. For reference: The production of S-200 anti-aircraft systems was opened in […]

Days before the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, several UConn students were shocked to find that Ukrainian ribbons on the university’s campus had been vandalized with a symbol promoting pro-war propaganda. “That was very shocking and crazy to see,” said Kate Koval, president of the Ukrainian Student Association. Beginning last Monday and continuing […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces downed a Russian early warning and control aircraft Friday, the air force chief said, a major win for the country as its army fights to repel persistent Russian attacks along the front line as the war enters its third year. Gen. Mykola Oleshchuk thanked Ukraine’s military intelligence for helping […]

Jan Grabiec, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk‘s Chief of Staff, has said that Poland and Ukraine are far from reaching an agreement on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products blocked at the border by Polish protesting farmers. Source: AFP, European Pravda Details: According to Tusk’s representative, the state of negotiations with Ukraine “does not allow us […]