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Russia’s brutal advances strain Ukrainian front-line troops just as mobilization law comes into force

Russia’s brutal advances strain Ukrainian front-line troops just as mobilization law comes into force

Posted by | May 24, 2024

A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine came into force on May 11, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on Ukraine’s second-largest city. The legislation, which was watered down from its original draft, will make it easier to identify every conscript in the country. It also provides incentives to soldiers, such as cash bonuses or money toward buying a house or car, that some analysts say Ukraine cannot afford. Lawmakers dragged their feet for months and only passed the law in mid-April, a week after Ukraine lowered...

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A 98-year-old Ukrainian woman escaped Russian occupation by walking in slippers for miles to safety

A 98-year-old Ukrainian woman escaped Russian occupation by walking in slippers for miles to safety

Posted by | May 24, 2024

A 98-year-old woman in Ukraine who escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking almost 6 miles alone, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane has been reunited with her family days after they were separated while fleeing to safety. Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska and her family decided to leave the front-line town of Ocheretyne, in the eastern Donetsk region, last week after Russian troops entered it and fighting intensified. Russians have been advancing in the area, pounding Kyiv’s depleted, ammunition-deprived forces with artillery, drones, and bombs. “I woke up surrounded by shooting all around — so scary,” Lomikovska said...

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The health of America’s growing economy is increasingly dependent on immigrants eager to work

The health of America’s growing economy is increasingly dependent on immigrants eager to work

Posted by | May 23, 2024

Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car, and send money home to her parents. Reaching the United States was a harrowing ordeal. Silva, 25, her husband and their then-7-year-old daughter braved the treacherous jungles of Panama’s Darien Gap, traveled the length of Mexico, crossed the Rio Grande, and then surrendered to the U.S. Border Patrol in Brownsville, Texas. Seeking asylum, they received a work permit last year and found jobs in Rock Hill, South Carolina....

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will appeal extradition order to U.S. after London court ruling

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will appeal extradition order to U.S. after London court ruling

Posted by | May 22, 2024

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against extradition to the United States on espionage charges, a London court ruled on May 20, a decision likely to further drag out an already long legal saga. High Court judges Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson said Assange has grounds to challenge the United Kingdom’s government’s extradition order. Assange, 52, has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of a trove of classified U.S. documents almost 15 years ago. WHAT ASSANGE IS CHARGED WITH Assange, 52, an Australian computer expert, has been indicted in...

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War crimes prosecutor seeks warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu one year after pushing for arrest of Putin

War crimes prosecutor seeks warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu one year after pushing for arrest of Putin

Posted by | May 22, 2024

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on May 20 he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in connection with their actions during the seven-month war between Israel and Hamas. Karim Khan said that he believes Netanyahu, his defense minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders — Yehia Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh — are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel. The prosecutor must request the warrants from a pre-trial panel of three judges, who take on average two...

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Why the International Criminal Court considered arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders

Why the International Criminal Court considered arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders

Posted by | May 22, 2024

The International Criminal Court announced on May 20 that it would soon issue arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, more than seven months into the war between the two sides, based on a request by the court’s chief prosecutor. Karim Khan said that he believed Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders — Yehia Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh — are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel. The ICC was established in 2002 as the permanent court of last resort to...

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