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  • Russian Attack On Dnipro Kills 2 Women, Injures At Least 16

    Russian Attack On Dnipro Kills 2 Women, Injures At Least 16

    A Russian drone attack killed young woman and an elderly woman and injured at least 16 others on April 16 in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the regional governor said.

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  • Israeli troops in Gaza find dog that disappeared for 18 months after Hamas attack and return her to family

    Israeli troops in Gaza find dog that disappeared for 18 months after Hamas attack and return her to family

    BINYAMINA, Israel (AP) — Rachel Dancyg never thought she would see her dog again after it disappeared in the Hamas attack that sparked the ongoing war with Israel.

    Her ex-husband and brother were abducted…

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  • Aboard the ‘silver train’, China’s retirees do their bit to offset Trump’s tariffs

    Aboard the ‘silver train’, China’s retirees do their bit to offset Trump’s tariffs

    Stephen McDonell

    China correspondent

    BBC/Benjamin Begley A group of four people - two men and two women - carrying bags in their hands, the front two wearing hats and blue tops, walk along the platform of a train with stripes of blue, white and yellowBBC/Benjamin Begley

    The ‘silver train’ initiative aims to get retirees to visit remote parts of China and boost the local economy

    Beijing insists it will stand firm in the face of Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese…

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  • Star of Philippines cinema dies aged 71

    Star of Philippines cinema dies aged 71

    Nora Aunor, one of the Philippines’ most celebrated film stars, has died at the age of 71.

    Ms Aunor’s death on Wednesday was announced by her children on social media, but no further details were provided about her cause of death.

    “She touched…

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  • Why China curbing rare earth exports is a huge blow to the US

    Why China curbing rare earth exports is a huge blow to the US

    Getty Images Annealed neodymium iron boron magnets sit in a barrel prior to being crushed into powder at Neo Material Technologies Inc.'s Magnequench Tianjin Co. factory in Tianjin, China, on Friday, June 11, 2010Getty Images

    Neodymium is used to make the powerful magnets used in loudspeakers and computer hard drives

    As the trade war between China and the US escalates, attention has been focused on the increasingly high levels of tit-for-tat tariffs the two…

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  • Trans women not legally ‘women’ under Equality Act, rules UK Supreme Court

    Trans women not legally ‘women’ under Equality Act, rules UK Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in a landmark judgement ruled on Wednesday that the term “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 refers strictly to biological females, and not transgender women. The unanimous verdict by five judges is…

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  • Historical artefacts of 16-17 centuries found in Moscow

    Moscow [Russia], April 17 (ANI/ WAM): Near the Church of Elijah the Prophet of Obydenny in the centre of the capital, archaeologists have discovered the rarest find of the 16th-early 17th century – a double-sided seal-matrix. This is reported by…

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  • ‘Massive Blackout’ Leaves All of Puerto Rico Without Power

    ‘Massive Blackout’ Leaves All of Puerto Rico Without Power

    More than 1.4 million customers in Puerto Rico lost electricity on Wednesday when all of the island’s power plants were knocked out of service, the latest frustrating blackout for residents who have suffered years of them.

    A preliminary review…

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