• CNN

    Zelensky signs law overhauling Ukraine’s mobilization rules

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a key piece of legislation overhauling the country’s mobilization rules. The legislation places a new requirement on all men between 18 and 60 to register with Ukraine’s military and to carry their registration documents on them at all times. The aim is to make recruitment processes more efficient and more transparent, the government says. Men of service age who are living abroad will not be able to renew their passports at Ukrainian...

  • Russia, Russia, Russia!: Watch As Democrats Go Full Russia-Tard During Hearing Over China's "Political Warfare"

    Russia, Russia, Russia!: Watch As Democrats Go Full Russia-Tard During Hearing Over China's "Political Warfare" While China has spent decades conducting deep espionage throughout US institutions - mostly in the form of plucky PhD candidates handling sensitive projects at American universities, and places like Los Alamos National Laboratory, Congressional Democrats simply can't shake their fixation with Russia. Point in case, during a Wednesday House Oversight hearing on defending...

  • More than 4,000 people evacuated in Russia after dam bursts

    Water levels continue to rise after dam burst near Kazakhstan border after torrential rainThousands of people have been evacuated from the Orenburg region, in the southern Urals near Kazakhstan, due to flooding after a dam burst.Emergency services had been working through the night after the dam burst in the city of Orsk on Friday after torrential rain. Continue reading

  • Man arrested in Poland over alleged Russia plot to kill Zelensky

    Prosecutors say the man was tasked with getting information on an airport used by Ukraine's leader.

  • Coventry people urged to sign up for £40 waste collections or return their bins

    Coventry City Council has introduced a yearly fee of £40 due to 'serious funding pressures'

  • Russia Now Says It Expects 'Unconditional Capitulation Of Zelensky Regime' Before Peace

    Russia Now Says It Expects 'Unconditional Capitulation Of Zelensky Regime' Before Peace Ukrainian cities and especially the country's energy infrastructure have been getting pounded by intensified Russian missile and airstrikes over the past several days and weeks, leading to widespread power outages across the country. Russia's defense ministry said Friday, "Russian troops delivered 48 precision strikes at Ukrainian energy and military-industrial sites, army and mercenaries’...

    • WNYC

    Newshour, Zelensky: We need US weapons aid or Russia wins war

    Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has pleaded for more weaponry, such as air defences and artillery, from his western allies to fend off Russian attacks. He has warned that if the US Congress continues to hold up a 62 billion dollar military aid package then Ukraine will lose its war against Russia.Also in the programme: US officials say retaliation from Iran in response to Israeli strikes of its consulate could happen as soon as today; and we find how a long lost silent film featuring...

  • Listen to Zelensky: Pass Ukraine aid NOW or watch it fall to Russia

    As lawmakers return from their Easter break this week, they need to take Volodymir Zelensky’s latest warning seriously: Without US military aid, he said Sunday, Ukraine “will lose the war.”

  • GPs will no longer be able to sign people off sick under controversial new plans

    GPs could lose the right to sign people off sick under controversial new plans being touted by the government.

  • Poland Arrests Man Suspected Of Spying For Russia To Aid Zelensky Assassination Plot

    A Polish man has been arrested on allegations of being ready to spy on behalf of Russia’s military intelligence in an alleged plot to assassinate Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Polish prosecutors said Thursday. The office of Poland’s National Prosecutor said in a statement that the man, identified only as Pawel K. under Polish privacy laws, […]

  • Brussels proposes return to pre-Brexit mobility for UK and EU young people

    Commission to seek approval from leaders to start talks with UK on visa-free exchanges for 18- to 30-year-oldsThe European Commission has proposed opening negotiations with the UK to allow mobility enjoyed before Brexit to millions of 18- to 30-year-olds in a major concession.It said it would now seek approval from individual EU leaders to start the talks, which could partly eliminate one of the most controversial elements of Brexit, a block on the right to live in one another’s countries,...

  • Ukrainian president signs controversial law to boost conscription to fend off Russia's aggression

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a controversial law Tuesday, days after it was passed by parliament, potentially helping Kyiv to boost conscription to replenish depleted forces to fend off Russia's continued aggression. The mobilization law, published on Ukraine’s Parliamentary website, is expected to take effect in a month and make