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The United States of America says western leaders are set announce a further set of sanctions against Russia today. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the measures will target Russian financial and state-owned bodies, as well as some officials, adding that the move will "hold accountable the Russian government that funds and supports Putin's war". Psaki further told newsmen during a news conference in Washington DC that the sanctions, […]

Two members of a British family have died and two others are critically injured after a landslide in Australia.The man, who is 49years, and his nine-year-old son were killed by falling rocks in the Blue Mountains near Sydney yesterday while a 50 year old woman and her son, were taken to hospital with serious head and abdominal injuries with her daughter, also treated for shock.Authorities said the family were on […]

The nationalist Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban has won a fourth term by a landslide in the country's general election. Near-complete results showed that his right-wing Fidesz party had 53.1% of votes with 98% counted, preliminary results show, while the opposition alliance led by Peter Marki-Zay was far behind with 35%. In his victory speech, Orban criticized Brussels bureaucrats and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, calling them opponents. Zelensky […]

Fresh efforts are under way to evacuate civilians trapped by Russian forces in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister, Iryna Vereshchuk said a convoy of 45 Ukrainian buses was on its way to the besieged southern city. Vereshchuk said the International Committee of the Red Cross had confirmed that Russia had agreed to open a humanitarian corridor to Mariupol, where tens of thousands of civilians have remained […]