Friday, November 18, 2022

Russia hits Ukrainian energy, defence targets; heavy fighting in east November 18, 2022 at 02:21AM

With the capital Kyiv seeing its first snow flurries of the winter, authorities said they were working to restore power nationwide after Russia earlier this week unleashed what Ukraine said was the heaviest bombardment of civilian infrastructure of the nine-month-old war.

Beijing says testy Xi-Trudeau exchange sparked by leak to media November 18, 2022 at 01:50AM

A tense exchange between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at this week's G20 summit was triggered by the leaking of details of a conversation between the two, China's foreign ministry said on Friday. A video published by Canadian broadcasters on Wednesday showed Xi telling Trudeau, via a translator, that "everything we discussed was leaked to the paper(s), that's not appropriate."

Iran protesters set fire to Khomeini's ancestral home November 18, 2022 at 12:49AM

Protesters in Iran have set on fire the ancestral home of the Islamic republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, images showed on Friday. The house in the city of Khomein in the western Markazi province was shown ablaze late Thursday with crowds of jubilant protesters marching past, according to images posted on social media.

Gaza fire kills 17 from one family during birthday party November 18, 2022 at 12:40AM

Officials in Hamas-run Gaza have said Thursday night's blaze in a three-storey residential building in the Jabaliya refugee camp was apparently fueled by stored gasoline. They said it was not clear how the gasoline ignited, and that an investigation is underway.

नॉर्थ कोरिया ने दागी US तक पहुंचने वाली बैलिस्टिक मिसाइल:जापान की समुद्री सीमा में गिरी, कमला हैरिस भड़कीं November 17, 2022 at 10:55PM

अमिताभ की बोलती बंद करने वाले बच्चे:अल्फा जनरेशन की सबसे ज्यादा संख्या एशिया में, रंगभेद-नस्लवाद से बेफ्रिक क्रांतिकारी होंगे ये बच्चे November 17, 2022 at 01:35PM

War, North Korea missile tests loom over Asia-Pacific summit November 17, 2022 at 11:37PM

The missile test was a stark reminder of persisting risks of conflict in the region and beyond, on top of frictions between the big powers that threaten to unravel the global order. US Vice President Kamala Harris and the leaders of Japan, South Korea, Canada, Australia and New Zealand convened an emergency meeting on the missile launch.

Traces of explosives found at Nord Stream pipelines, Sweden says November 17, 2022 at 11:16PM

Investigators have found traces of explosives at the site of the damaged Nord Stream pipelines, confirming that sabotage had taken place, a Swedish prosecutor said on Friday. Swedish and Danish authorities are investigating four holes in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines which link Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea and have become a flashpoint in the Ukraine crisis.