As Russia continues to build up soldiers on its border with Ukraine, Australia has ordered all remaining embassy workers in Kyiv to depart, according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison. The evacuation comes after similar announcements from the US and Canada, and after a flurry of phone diplomacy failed to defuse rising regional tensions on Saturday. …
In announcing new sanctions on Thursday, the US accused Russia of recruiting current and former Ukrainian government officials in an attempt to seize control of the Ukrainian government. “Russia has directed its intelligence services to recruit current and former Ukrainian government officials in preparation for an occupying Russian force to take over the government of …
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South Africa, the United Kingdom and Denmark are three of the countries where the Omicron variant is now surging, less than a month after it was first detected. The UK is seeking to vaccinate itself out of the crisis, with an accelerated campaign to give a third Covid-19 vaccine dose to all eligible adults by …
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Due to a new surge in Covid-19 cases in South Africa, Johannesburg’s Rivers Church, a trendy Christian community for the city’s hip and spiritual, has suspended in-person services indefinitely. “We love and miss you, but please be safe,” the church’s senior pastor, Wilma Isabel Olivier, wrote on Instagram. An event popular with teenagers graduating from …
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According to a senior defense official, the Pentagon will prioritize the construction of bases in Guam and Australia in order to better prepare the US military to counter China. The moves were prompted by the Defense Department’s global posture review, which President Joe Biden directed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to conduct shortly after taking …
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