Putin’s War Ukraine refugees top five million as assault intensifies

After spending weeks with no electricity or water in the basement of her family’s home in Ukraine, Viktoriya Savyichkina made a daring escape from the besieged city

1975 Vietnam’s President Thieu resigns

The President of South Vietnam has been forced to resign accusing the United States of betrayal. In a TV and radio address, outgoing President Nguyen Van Thieu said his

Citing Russia’s war, IMF cuts global growth forecast to 3.6%

The International Monetary Fund yesterday downgraded the outlook for the world economy this year and next, blaming Russia’s war in Ukraine for disrupting global commerce,

Mexican Senate approves nationalization of lithium mining

Mexico’s Senate passed a bill yesterday to nationalize lithium mining and extraction. The bill was submitted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is expected to sign it

Russia ratchets up battle for control of eastern Ukraine

Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, intensifying assaults on cities and towns along a front hundreds of miles long in

1968 Powell slates immigration policy

Addressing a Conservative association meeting in Birmingham, Mr Powell said Britain had to be mad to allow in 50,000 dependents of immigrants each year. He compared it

UK’s Boris Johnson faces wrath of lawmakers over partygate

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing British lawmakers today for the first time since he was fined by police for attending a birthday party in

Global finance meeting focuses on war-driven food insecurity

Global finance leaders are putting the growing crisis over food insecurity and skyrocketing food prices at center stage as members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank meet

Russian strikes kill at least seven in Lviv, Moscow preps assault on the east

Russian missiles hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv yesterday, killing at least seven people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow’s troops stepped up strikes on

1993 Waco cult siege ends with inferno

At least 70 people are feared to have died in a fire at the besieged headquarters of the Branch Davidian sect near Waco, Texas. The fate of the cult’s

Syrian fighters ready to join next phase of Ukraine war

During a visit to Syria in 2017, Vladimir Putin lavished praise on a Syrian general whose division played an instrumental role in defeating insurgents in the country’s long-running

For Jews fleeing Ukraine, Passover takes on new meaning

Good morning! Happy morning!” Rabbi Avraham Wolff exclaimed, with a big smile, as he walked into the Chabad synagogue in Odesa on a recent morning.

1988 USSR pledges to leave Afghanistan

The Soviet Union has signed an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. The pact, drawn up in negotiations between the United States, the USSR, Pakistan

Ukraine upset by Vatican inviting Russian to carry cross

A close associate of Pope Francis yesterday defended the Vatican’s decision to have a Russian woman and a Ukrainian woman carry the cross together during a Good

Covid plunged 77 million into poverty before Ukraine war

The pandemic plunged 77 million more people into extreme poverty last year and many developing countries can’t recover because of the crippling cost of debt repayments – and

‘It’s not the end’: The children who survived Bucha’s horror

The coffin was made from pieces of a closet. In a darkened basement under a building shaking from the bombardment of war, there were few other

1964 Poitier breaks new ground with Oscar win

The acting profession’s top award has gone to a black actor for the first time. Sidney Poitier won the best actor Oscar for his role in Lilies of the

Sticker shock: US March inflation likely set new 40-year high

With ever-rising costs for food, gasoline, housing and other necessities squeezing consumers and threatening the economy, inflation in the United States likely set yet another four-decade high in

Macron vs Le Pen fight for presidency

French President Emmanuel Macron may be ahead in the presidential race so far, but he warned his supporters that “nothing is done” and his runoff

1961 Soviets win space race

The Soviet Union has beaten the USA in the race to get the first man into space. At just after 0700BST, Major Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin was fired from the

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