Aid agencies are struggling to reach civilians in Ukrainian cities blocked by the Russian military, Jakob Kern, an emergency coordinator with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Saturday. “The challenge is to get to the cities that are encircled or about to be encircled,” Kern told the …
Read More »Russia planning coups in major Ukrainian cities, UK claims
British spies believe that Russian-backed agents and saboteurs are hatching a plan to stage uprisings across Ukraine in the wake of an all-out invasion, according to the latest slew of allegations handed to the media by anonymous officials. The Guardian reported on Sunday that UK intelligence is claiming that Moscow …
Read More »What do the 12 US cities with record murder rates all have in common?
A pandemic is tearing a path of pain and suffering across the American heartland, where the very bonds that hold communities together are being tested like never before. Yet this malignancy requires no microscope to witness. From Toledo, Ohio to Albuquerque, New Mexico, people are having their lives cut tragically …
Read More »Tens of thousand march ‘for freedom’ in Australian cities (VIDEOS)
In Melbourne, Sky News reporter Sophie Elsworth described “tens of thousands of people streaming through the streets.” The march in Melbourne came after a week of smaller protests, aimed at Victoria Premier Dan Andrews’ controversial pandemic bill, which if approved by the state’s legislature would allow Andrews and Health Minister …
Read More »Moscow ranks among top four cities in world to live, work & do business, as report labels Russian capital a ‘cultural gold mine’
However, in a major new analysis of the best places across the world to move to, spend money or take up a job, the Russian capital has come out in fourth place, losing out only to the metropolises of London, Paris and New York. The report, produced by research consultancy …
Read More »1 dead, 2 missing as deluge floods cities in several German states (VIDEOS)
Storms and heavy rainfall between Tuesday and Wednesday prompted the German Weather Service to issue severe weather warnings for the states of Saxony, Thuringia, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and Bavaria. A fireman was killed while performing rescue work in Altena, North Rhine-Westphalia, with police on Wednesday calling his death a “tragic …
Read More »Confronted with the fact their policies are ruining US cities and killing thousands, Dems give the usual reply: ‘Shut up, racist!’
And here’s one of the most predictable parts of the gaslighting: If you dare to say that violent crime is rising, and especially if you suggest that it’s scary and out of control, you’re a flaming racist. Of course. Might as well don the white hood. That was the message …
Read More »Cities have unique ‘microbial signature,’ scientists say, as study discovers thousands of new viruses and bacteria
In a study published on Wednesday in the journal Cell, researchers from around the world presented a global atlas of 4,728 metagenomic samples from mass-transit systems in 60 cities. The study contains data gathered by more than 900 scientists and volunteers on six continents, from London to Sydney and Santiago …
Read More »Security forces make arrests as protesters take to streets of cities across Russia in support of jailed opposition figure Navalny
Footage from the center of the Russian capital, where the unauthorized rally was set to be held on Wednesday, showed riot police erecting barricades, while uniformed officers asked crowds – with many protesters shouting anti-Kremlin slogans – to disperse. Moscow authorities had rejected an application for a protest, and gatherings …
Read More »Americans more concerned with violent protests in US cities than Capitol riot, more certain pro-Trump rioters get convicted – poll
Polling nearly 1,800 people in the last week of February, the Harvard/Harris survey found 55 percent of respondents were “more concerned” with violence in US cities – specifically over the summer of 2020, when many turned to rioting and violence – than with the riot at the US Capitol, while …
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