News/World (Page 158)

Inside the air traffic control tower at Tallinn Airport in Estonia’s capital, a team tracks pilots in training as they fly above the Tartu airport, which lies about 200 kilometres south of Tallinn, and about 45 kilometres west of Russia.  As the screen displays the location of the flights underway, a voice comesContinue Reading

World A decision by Ukraine’s government to allow some prisoners to join the fight against Russia is an indication that the state is willing to cast a wider net to fulfil its wartime personnel needs. State appears willing to cast a wider net to meet its wartime personnel needs Geoff NixonContinue Reading

World Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that his country’s armed forces had secured “combat control” of areas where Russian troops staged an incursion this month in northern parts of Kharkiv region. Border region has faced stepped-up, ongoing Russian attacks since May 10Thomson Reuters · Posted: May 24, 2024 4:42Continue Reading

World The extreme heat smothering much of Mexico has already killed dozens of people, but the hottest temperatures are yet to come, officials say. The extreme heat smothering much of Mexico has killed dozens of people across multiple statesThomson Reuters · Posted: May 24, 2024 3:54 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 24 The sunContinue Reading

World From September to May, across Mexico, 34 candidates or aspiring candidates have been assassinated. Security analysts say the killings are mostly linked to drug cartels seeking to influence local elections. Since September, 34 candidates or aspiring candidates have been assassinated Lizbeth Diaz · Thomson Reuters · Posted: May 24,Continue Reading

World Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor. Governor expected to sign bill into law, with Supreme Court expected to weigh inContinue Reading

World The bodies of three more hostages killed on Oct 7. were recovered overnight from Gaza, Israel’s army said Friday, as the top United Nations ordered Israel to immediately halt its military operations in the enclave’s city of Rafah. Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum and Orion Hernandez Radoux returned to familiesContinue Reading

World Spinal surgeries needed for 22 on board turbulent Singapore Airlines flight, hospital saysSeveral of the more seriously injured people who were on the Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence earlier this week will need spinal surgery, a Bangkok hospital said Thursday. Staff say 6 others on board Boeing 777 needed brain surgeryThe Associated PressContinue Reading

World A furious China launched “punishment” drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to “separatist acts,” sending up heavily armed warplanes and staging mock attacks as state media denounced newly inaugurated President Lai Ching-te. President Lai Ching-te has been branded by Beijing as a ‘separatist’Continue Reading