The moment part of Beirut’s port grain silos collapsed has been caught on camera, following recent fires and warnings from officials. The buildings were badly damaged in the 2020 port explosion, which killed more than 200 people – with the second anniversary
Western officials clearly don’t believe it. Without directly blaming Russia, Britain’s ambassador in Kyiv, Melinda Simmons, tweeted on Saturday that the incident at Olenivka looked like part of an increasingly worrying pattern of human rights abuses, and possible war crimes, committed in
With independent journalists not able to access the site, there’s little anyone can do at the moment to verify the claims. Ukraine says it has a mountain of evidence, including an intercepted radio conversation between Russian-backed separatists, in which they talk about
“If you look at our job market, consumer spending, business investment – we see signs of economic progress,” Mr Biden said Thursday, noting the historic post-pandemic gains the US experienced last year. “There’s no doubt we expect growth to be slower than
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg said the firm would reduce its hiring “steadily” over the next year, a response to the downturn and the company’s plans to shift investment into new areas, including its virtual reality platform, Horizon, in a bet that the
Mr Sunak, who resigned as Boris Johnson’s chancellor as part of the cabinet mutiny against him earlier this month, had qualified for the final round of the leadership contest with the most votes from Tory MPs. But opinion polls have suggested Ms
“When we met on Zoom last Friday, my son was healthy and smiling. He asked me to send his reading glasses, dictionary and some money to use in prison, so I brought those things to the prison today,” Khin Win May told
Fires began burning in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, on Thursday. The fires have affected several towns, and changes in the wind have complicated work to extinguish them. Some residents in Tenerife have been evacuated, bringing their animals with them.
Musically, we can expect more of the resonant drums and choral chanting that permeated Jackson’s films. Series composer Bear McCreary, who conducted a live orchestra and choir at the panel event, said he wanted to honour the original score – and indeed,
The arrival of sophisticated Western equipment has given Ukraine a renewed sense of optimism. Yesterday, the head of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service MI6, Richard Moore, predicted that Russia’s campaign would soon run out of steam, giving Ukraine the opportunity to strike