Russia hits Ukraine with drones and missiles Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, on Saturday with drones, missiles, and injured at least eight people, the city’s mayor said. Images shared online captured thick smoke pouring from the rooftop of one apartment block, while flames erupted from another nearby building as emergency crews directed powerful jets of […]
Ukraine, aftermath of attack (AP) KYIV: Russia launched a missile and a barrage of drones targeting the Ukrainian capital before dawn on Wednesday, leaving at least two people dead, Ukrainian officials said. Eight people were also wounded in the attack, including four children, the Kyiv City military administration said in a post on Telegram. The […]
_Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba (AP) JACKSON: The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city, who’s under indictment on federal bribery and conspiracy charges, is fighting to keep his job. In a matchup Jackson voters have seen before, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, seeking a third term, faces state Sen. John Horhn in a Democratic primary runoff on Tuesday. […]
Representative image (Picture credit: AP) CAIRO: The head of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces admitted in a speech to fighters on Sunday that the group had withdrawn from the capital Khartoum, which rival army forces have retaken.The comment from RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo came three days after the group said there would be […]
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney announced cancelling the proposed increase to the amount of capital gains subject to taxation. The move reversed a major element of the 2024 federal budget, to support small businesses and encourage private investment.“Cancelling the hike in capital gains tax will catalyze investment across our communities and incentivize builders, innovators and […]
Reporting from the frontline, The New York Times’s Africa chief correspondent, Declan Walsh, details the fierce struggle for the bridges over the Nile and its tributaries that divide the Sudanese capital. Source link
