UN to take first step towards ‘historic’ plastic treaty
NAIROBI, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations is to launch formal negotiations on Wednesday for a global treaty to…
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Don’t discriminate against civilians fleeing Ukraine – UN chief
Africans at Lviv-Holovnyi railway station in Lviv, Ukraine, as displaced Ukrainians flee to Poland UNITED NATIONS, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Russia-Ukraine conflict: No weapons deliveries to Ukraine via Hungary, says President Orban
Hungarian President Viktor Orban BUDAPEST, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Western weapons deliveries to Ukraine will not be allowed to transit…
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Five killed in Russian strike on Kyiv TV tower
KYIV, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An apparent Russian airstrike aimed at Kyiv’s main television tower killed five people on…
Russia-Ukraine conflict: 677,000 refugees have fled Ukraine, says UN
GENEVA, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some 677,000 refugees have fled the conflict in Ukraine for safety in neighbouring countries,…
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Indian student killed by Russian shelling in Ukraine
NEW DELHI, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Indian student was killed amid shelling in Kharkiv, the second biggest…
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russian, Belarusian skaters banned from ISU competitions; FIVB stripped Russia of men world championship
(Annika Byrde/NTB scanpix via AP)The Associated Press Members of the Russian cross-country ski national team stand outside the Radisson Blu…
Six migrants found dead off Greece’s Lesbos
LESBOS ISLAND (Greece), March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greek authorities said Tuesday the bodies of six people believed to be possible…
Russia-Ukraine conflict: World Taekwondo revokes Putin’s honorary black belt
Putin does not actually do taekwondo, but is instead accomplished in judo SEOUL, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir…
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Tanzania’s Zanzibar sheltering stranded Ukrainians for free amid Russian invasion – Zanzibar Pres Mwinyi
Zanzibar is a tourist hotspot in Tanzania and East Africa as a whole ZANZIBAR, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzanian archipelago…