Thursday, November 21 2024

Day: August 4, 2024

The US and Russia are celebrating the prisoner swap as a success, yet the way the deal is perceived varies widely.

President Vladimir Putin made a rare public appearance at the airport to welcome home intelligence operatives who were part of a significant prisoner swap with the West, the largest such exchange since the Cold War. “The Motherland hasn’t forgotten about you,” Putin told the operatives, warmly embracing them as they disembarked from the jetliner that […]

The US warns that famine in Sudan is on track to become the deadliest in decades, even as global attention shifts elsewhere.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The famine now confirmed in one of the large camps for war-displaced people in Sudan’s Darfur region is rapidly worsening as combatants block aid, raising concerns that it could surpass the severity of the last major famine, which occurred 13 years ago. U.S. officials issued this warning on Friday. The U.S. Agency […]