• Approval of $61bn aid from US shows Ukraine will not be abandoned, says Zelenskiy

    Ukrainian president urges Senate to ratify aid package so that country can strengthen frontline with RussiaUkraine’s president has said the vote by the US House of Representatives to pass a long-delayed $61bn (£49bn) military aid package demonstrated that his country would not be abandoned by the west in its effort to fight the Russian invasion.Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview with US television that Saturday’s vote showed Ukraine would not be “a second Afghanistan”, whose pro-western...

  • Iran, Israel appear to pull back from brink as US approves military aid

    The Palestinian presidency condemned it as “an aggression against the Palestinian people” and a “dangerous escalation”.

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    ‘Our artillery is starving:’ Ukraine holds its breath as US set to approve $60bn of military aid

    By Andy Carey and Tim Lister, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine say the prospect of final approval in the US Congress of a $60 billion military aid package for Kyiv will serve as a giant morale boost as Russia looks to step up its advance. The Ukraine aid

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    ‘Our artillery is starving:’ Ukraine holds its breath as US set to approve $60bn of military aid

    By Andy Carey and Tim Lister, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine say the prospect of final approval in the US Congress of a $60 billion military aid package for Kyiv will serve as a giant morale boost as Russia looks to step up its advance. The Ukraine aid

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    ‘Our artillery is starving:’ Ukraine holds its breath as US set to approve $60bn of military aid

    By Andy Carey and Tim Lister, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine say the prospect of final approval in the US Congress of a $60 billion military aid package for Kyiv will serve as a giant morale boost as Russia looks to step up its advance. The Ukraine aid

  • Three takeaways about the state of Chinese tech in the US

    This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. I’ve wanted to learn more about the world of solar panels ever since I realized just how dominant Chinese companies have become in this field. Although much of the technology involved was…

  • Rep. Pallone calls for US military aid to Armenia

    Congressional Armenian Caucus founding Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) calls for US military aid to Armenia to protect itself. Addressing the Congressional Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on Wednesday, Pallonne also noted that “there has to be a lot more humanitarian assistance for Artsakh, and a way has to be put forward, and the US back …

  • US senators seek $500 million aid for AFP

    Two American senators have filed a measure seeking to boost the alliance of the Philippines and the US through a significant increase in military financing as concerns grow over China’s aggressive acts in the South China Sea.

  • Staging ground for US military aid pier in Gaza attacked

    The Gazan beach staging area for the future American "surge" of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians there has already been attacked, according to official reports.According to U.S. and Israeli sources, United Nations reps who were on the beach prepping the area for the new pier came under limited mortar fire early Thursday. No one was hurt, and there was minimal damage to some engineering equipment. Early reporting from i24 News speculated that Palestinians were targeting Israeli Defense Forces...

  • HCC approves US$2.89 million master plan

    By Ketty NyoniSTAFF [email protected] THE Harare City Council (HCC) has approved the development of a new master plan, setting aside US$2.89 million To access this post, you must purchase a subscription. Please click the button below to visit our subscriptions page to select a package. Subscriptions

  • Washington Fish & Wildlife Commission approve $24 million land acquisition

    (The Center Square) – The Washington Fish & Wildlife Commission voted to approve the acquisition of Springwood Ranch in an effort to save declining salmon populations and secure water supplies. The Friday decision, made possible by $24 million that the state set aside in the capital budget, followed a presentation from the Washington Department of Wish & Wildlife on the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan and its Water Storage Goal. Mike Livingston, WDFW Region 3...

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    US troops set to withdraw from Niger, State Department official says

    By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell met with Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine on Friday and they agreed – after Niger’s demands – that the US would militarily withdraw from the country, according to a State Department official. In the coming days, there will be conversations over