Category: Asia
Byjus, Meta, Twitter: India tech workers fight back amid mass layoffs
Thousands of young Indians are suddenly staring at an uncertain future as technology companies and start-ups announce mass layoffs due to global head [...]
Ukraine war: Russia denies responsibility for Poland blast
US President Joe Biden has said it is "unlikely" that a missile that killed two people in Poland on Tuesday was fired from Russia.
Polish official [...]
Three Israelis killed by Palestinian in West Bank knife and car attack
Three Israelis have been killed by a Palestinian in a knife and car-ramming attack near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, the military s [...]
Biden steps into G20 aiming to unite leaders in opposition to Russia’s war on Ukraine
President Joe Biden is confronting competing issues at home and abroad while he’s at the Group of 20 Summit in Bali this week, using the moment on th [...]
Alaa Abdel Fattah: Jailed British-Egyptian activist ends hunger strike – letter
British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has told his family in a letter that he has ended a seven-month hunger strike in prison in [...]
Russian anger as UN calls for reparations over invasion of Ukraine
Russia has angrily rejected international calls for it to pay for war damage it has inflicted in Ukraine.
It comes after the UN General Assembly p [...]
Ukraine accuses Russia of pushing Africans to fight
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has accused Russia of pressuring imprisoned Africans to join the war against Ukraine.
In a tweet, ministry spokesman Ol [...]
Kherson: Locals’ trepidation as Russians prepare withdrawal
When the Russians drove into Kherson in March, virtually unopposed, they cannot have imagined they would be getting ready to leave a mere eight month [...]
Kherson: Russia to withdraw troops from key Ukrainian city
Russia's military has been ordered to pull out of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, the only regional capital it captured after invading in February.
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North Korea launches ballistic missile, says South Korean military
North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile towards waters off its east coast on Wednesday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff [...]