Europe could ban Russian coal imports
Europe is considering banning imports of coal from Russia as part of a new round of sanctions triggered by recent evidence of atrocities in Ukraine. Source: Latest CNN News
Map shows Russia's strategy in eastern Ukraine
Former NATO Supreme Allied Supreme Commander Gen. Wesley Clark explains what Russia's objectives are in Eastern Ukraine and how Ukrainian forces can stop them. Source: Latest CNN News
New Finnish ambassador to Seychelles promises deeper ties in economics and politics
Finland and Seychelles will look at opportunities for bilateral cooperation in economics and politics, said the newly accredited ambassador. The ambassador of Finland to Seychelles, Pirkka Tapiola, presented his credentials to President Wavel Ramkalawan on Tuesday. Tapiola told reporters that the two countries would like to "deepen our relationship, a very non-complicated, very like-minded relationship [...]
Seychelles forges ahead in fight against marine plastic – national action plan under discussion
Seychelles' environment department is developing a national action plan to identify key sources, pathways, hot spots and impacts of plastic pollution including microplastics in the island nation. Key partners who will be involved in the project met last week to share knowledge on marine litter and plastic pollution, learn more about action plans from a global [...]
US, Britain to seek Russia's suspension from UN Rights Council
The United States and Britain announced plans Monday to seek Russia's suspension from the UN Human Rights Council following allegations that Russian troops systematically executed civilians in Bucha, Ukraine. "The images out of Bucha and devastation across Ukraine require us to now match our words with action," US ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield [...]
The West is running out of ways to punish Putin
Western outrage, new sanctions, and promised state-of-the-art weapons came too late to save the man found shot dead next to his bike on a grassy bank outside Kyiv. Source: Latest CNN News
CNN crew survives close call in area under Russian assault
CNN's Ben Wedeman details the harrowing experience when his entire crew came close to a Russian artillery fire ear Mykolaiv, Ukraine. Source: Latest CNN News
In Russia's military, a culture of brutality runs deep
The grotesque pictures emerging from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha are some of the strongest evidence yet of apparent war crimes by Russian forces in Ukraine: Dead civilians on the street, some with hands bound and shot execution-style, others apparently mowed down at random. Source: Latest CNN News
Sri Lanka opposition rejects unity offer, demands president resign
Sri Lanka's opposition on Monday dismissed the president's invitation to join a unity government as "nonsensical" and instead demanded he resign over the country's worsening shortages of food, fuel and medicines. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's overture came as armed troops looked to quell more demonstrations over what the government acknowledges is the country's most severe economic [...]
'The Russians are gone': What this image says about Russia's strategy
Retired US Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton says that satellite images showing the absence of Russian troops at an airport near Kyiv indicates that Putin is shifting his strategy to focus on the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. Source: Latest CNN News