This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereThe Russian military has attacked the command headquarters of the Ukrainian army’s southern grouping, using missiles and artillery, Russia’s defence ministry said. The claims are yet to be independently verified.Ukraine’s special services claimed responsibility for a drone attack that hit a Russian oil refinery in Ryazan, south of Moscow, early on Wednesday morning. It said the attack took place about 2:00am (2300...
An independent Edinburgh pizzeria will give away 1,000 pizzas to people in need this weekend to celebrate Star Wars Day. Pizza Geeks, which has three locations throughout the city, will deliver pizzas to a range of charities and organisations between 11-2pm today (May 4) before normal service resumes for the rest of the day. The Edinburgh team will work with The Royal Infirmary and The Western General Hospital in Edinburgh to thank key workers and also team up with Street Soccer Edinburgh who...
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Much-vaunted US-supplied glide bombs given to Ukraine “didn’t work” due to a combination of mud and Russian signal jamming, the Pentagon has admitted. ]]>
Ukrainian troops have fallen back to new positions west of Berdychi and Semenivka near Avdiivka
Putin's forces have targeted a hotel housing “English-speaking mercenaries”
Shafaqna English- Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud chaired a meeting in Riyadh with representatives from six Arab countries to discuss the situation in Gaza, the Saudi Press Agency has reported. The meeting was attended by Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi, Egypt’s top diplomat Sameh Shoukry,
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MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. After weeks of drawn-out congressional debate over how much the United States should spend on conflicts abroad, President Joe Biden signed a $95.3 billion aid package into…
Missiles delivered this month have been used to strike Russian targets in Crimea, US media say.
US spokesperson says no envoy will attend because Russian president’s election was not ‘free and fair’. What we know on day 804The US and most EU nations will boycott a Kremlin ceremony to swear in Vladimir Putin for a new six-year term as president on Tuesday, but France and some other EU states were expected to send an envoy despite a plea by Kyiv. “No, we will not have a representative at his inauguration,” Matthew Miller, a US state department spokesperson, said. “We certainly did not...
Philip Morris International has supported non-smoking programmes around the world ‘to advance its own interests’, say health professionalsThe tobacco company Philip Morris has sponsored courses for doctors in multiple countries, in what critics have called a “grotesque” strategy.Medical education programmes on quitting smoking and harm reduction in South Africa, the Middle East and the US have been supported by Philip Morris International (PMI) or its regional subsidiaries, according to...