Thursday, May 11, 2023

Russia denies reports of Ukrainian breakthroughs along front lines May 11, 2023 at 05:20PM

Russia's defence ministry has denied claims that Ukrainian forces have broken through in places along the frontlines and insisted that the situation is under control. Moscow responded to reports on Telegram that Ukrainian counteroffensives had taken place in the east of Ukraine.

Two Indians on final list of Rs 2 crore global nursing award May 11, 2023 at 02:31PM

Electric vehicle maker Polestar cuts production guidance, jobs May 11, 2023 at 02:49AM

Finland PM Sanna Marin divorces husband May 11, 2023 at 12:34AM

Finland's outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin has filed for divorce jointly with her husband of three years Markus Raikkonen. Marin and Raikkonen, who until recently worked at a venture capital firm, share a 5-year-old daughter. They married in 2020 while Marin was in office dealing with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

71 million people internally displaced worldwide May 10, 2023 at 08:52PM

With the reported increase of nearly 20 percent from the previous year, the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) around the world reached 71 million as of the end of 2022, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)'s annual report.

Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs time before counter-offensive May 10, 2023 at 11:10PM

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his military needs more time to prepare for a highly anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces, according to an interview published by the BBC on Thursday. "With (what we have) we can go forward and be successful. But we'd lose a lot of people. I think that's unacceptable. So we need to wait. We still need a bit more time," he was quoted as saying.