The Russian attack on Ukraine is also particularly directed against the country’s culture, according to the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk. “Our theatres are being deliberately bombed, as it happened in Mariupol, our libraries and museu…
Zelensky: Allies now better understand our weapons needs
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that allies appear to be better understanding his country’s needs for more heavy weapons after days of pleads for more arms deliveries. “And I am very pleased to say, with cautious optimism, that our part…
Zelensky denies Russian claim of having offered negotiated peace
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied receiving a proposal for a negotiated peace from Russia. “I have heard nothing, I have seen nothing. I am convinced that they have handed us nothing,” Zelensky said at a press conference alongside Europ…
UN’s Guterres wants to visit Moscow, Kiev in ceasefire bid
UN Secretary General António Guterres wants to visit Moscow and Kiev to help facilitate a ceasefire in Ukraine. Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Guterres had sent letters to the UN missions of Russia and Ukraine asking “President (Vladimir) Putin to…
London’s Florence Nightingale museum to reopen on Nurses’ Day in May
The director of the Florence Nightingale Museum has said fighting to re-open after the pandemic has been an “emotional roller-coaster”. The London museum celebrating the most famous figure in nursing history will open again on May 12. It marks the 202n…
Djokovic cleared to play at Italian Open even without vaccine
Novak Djokovic will be allowed to compete at the Italian Open in Rome even if he is still not vaccinated against the coronavirus, the president of the Italian Tennis Federation said Wednesday. According to Angelo Binaghi, the tournament on May 8-15 wil…
Netflix’s ‘Russian Doll’ tries to outrun its past in second season
If the first season of “Russian Doll” was protagonist Nadia Vulvokov’s own personal “Groundhog Day,” the second season is “Back to the Future.” More than three years after Harry Nilsson’s track “Gotta Get Up” was permanently seared into your brain as i…
The Bitcoin era gets off to a rocky start in El Salvador
Six months ago, Bitcoin was introduced as legal tender in El Salvador, partially in an effort to boost tourism by drawing international cryptocurrency fans. And yet it’s been a rocky beginning for the country’s new legal tender. El Salvador is the firs…
Police shut down unauthorized right-wing Israeli march in Jerusalem
Police stopped an unauthorized flag march by right-wing nationalist Israelis planning to trace the walls of Old Town Jerusalem on Wednesday, with Israeli-Palestinian tensions over the city’s holy sites spiking once again. Authorities had prohibited the…
Russian and Belarusian tennis players banned from Wimbledon
Tennis players from Russia and Belarus are to be banned from competing at Wimbledon this summer due to the invasion of Ukraine, organizers confirmed on Wednesday. “In the circumstances of such unjustified and unprecedented military aggression, it would…