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☆ Australian Senate censures Indigenous member for King Charles protest
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Australia’s Senate on Monday censured an Indigenous woman parliamentarian over her protest against King Charles during his visit to the parliament last month when she accused the British monarch of genocide. Thorpe’s protest was disruptive and she did not respect the democratic institutions, the motion said. “I’ll do it again, and I’ll do it every time,” Thorpe shouted in parliament when Simon Birmingham, the opposition leader in the Senate, was making his comments on the motion. She was told to recite the affirmation — a form of parliamentary oath that omits a reference to God — as written. Their ancestors arrived on the continent some 50,000 years before British colonists yet were marginalized during colonial rule and are not mentioned in Australia’s 123-year-old constitution.

Persons: King Charles, Lidia Thorpe, Charles ’, ”, “, ” Thorpe, Simon Birmingham, Thorpe, Queen Elizabeth II, — Organizations: Independent, Labor, Senate Locations: Australia’s, British, Australia

King Charles III was heckled in Australia on Monday by an Indigenous senator who shouted “you’re not my king” as the British monarch finished a speech at Parliament House. The king, who is the first reigning British monarch to visit Australia in 13 years, was addressing lawmakers and other dignitaries in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra, the Australian capital. “If he is the successor, then he needs to answer.”Queen Camilla and King Charles III during a ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Monday. “Nothing stands still.”Earlier on Monday, a traditional Aboriginal welcoming ceremony was held for the royal couple outside Parliament House. “I can only say how much my own experience has been shaped and strengthened by such traditional wisdom.”The king arrived in Australia last Friday.

Persons: King Charles III, “ you’re, ”, Queen Camilla, ” Lidia Thorpe, Charles, Anthony Albanese, “, ” Thorpe, Thorpe, “ We’ll, ” Queen Camilla, Victoria Jones, Queen Elizabeth II, ” Albanese, Albanese, we’ve, Australia’s, ” Charles Organizations: House, of Parliament House, Sky News, Getty Images Australia, Australia’s Aboriginal, Torres Strait, Nations, Australian Locations: Australia, British, Canberra, Commonwealth, Victoria, Pacific, Samoa

☆ Australian lawmaker Lidia Thorpe confronts King Charles: ‘You are not my king’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The interjection came as King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the Australian capital Canberra to meet the nation’s leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe stages a protest as Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla attend a Parliamentary reception in Canberra, Australia on October 21, 2024. “Throughout my life, Australia’s First Nations people have done me the great honor of sharing so generously their stories and cultures,” King Charles said. Before she yelled at the King, Thorpe turned her back during a recital of “God Save the King,” Australian media reported. King Charles III and Queen Camilla take part in a tree planting at Government House in Yarralumla on October 21, 2024 in Canberra, Australia.

Persons: Australia CNN — Britain’s King Charles III, “, ”, Lidia Thorpe, King Charles, Queen Camilla, Anthony Albanese, Victoria Jones, Australia’s, ” King Charles said, King Charles III, Ngunnawal Elder, Serena Williams, Saeed Khan, Thorpe, Queen Elizabeth II, Dorinda Cox, Thorpe’s, Hephner, Brook Mitchell, Chloe Pailthorpe, Albanese, King, CNN’s Angus Watson Organizations: Australia CNN, Reuters, Nations, House, Defence, Fairbairn, Canberra Airport, British Crown, State, CNN, Greens, “, Australian Monarchist League, Getty, Agence France, Presse, Botanic, Sydney, Opera, Government Locations: Brisbane, Australia, Canberra, British, Commonwealth, Sydney, Yarralumla, AFP, Samoa

☆ See Lidia Thorpe, Australian lawmaker, heckle King Charles
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the state's criminal investigation agency, said Wednesday it is looking into allegations against an Erwin plastics factory where several workers died and some went missing after they were swept away by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene. Relatives of the missing and deceased workers and factory employees who survived have alleged they were made to show up to work despite the hurricane moving through the area. Fernando Ruiz, the son of Lidia Verdugo, one of the plant workers, also confirmed to NBC News that his mother had died. Impact Plastics has expressed sympathy for the missing and deceased workers but said in a statement that workers were given time to leave the factory. The company said five workers and a contractor were on a truck that was tipped over in the floodwaters.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, Steve Finney, Leslie Earhart, Finney, Robbie Jarvis, Jarvis, Brianna Paciorka, Network Bertha Mendoza, Guillermo Mendoza, Fernando Ruiz, Lidia Verdugo Organizations: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Erwin, Judicial, Impact Plastics, NBC News, Attorney General's, NBC, Plastics, Impact Plastics Inc, Sentinel, USA, Network Locations: Hurricane, Erwin, Tenn

Bertha Mendoza made a final call to her husband of 38 years as raging Hurricane Helene floodwaters trapped her and others at a Tennessee plastics plant. In a call to her husband, Elias Mendoza, Bertha, 56, said she loved him, her son Guillermo Mendoza told NBC News. Meanwhile, survivors lashed out at the company for failing to warn workers and making them go to work that day. Fernando Ruiz, the son of Lidia Verdugo, one of the plant workers, confirmed to NBC News that his mother had died. ... It’s about more than just providing Spanish fliers or interpretation but having specific outreach efforts to the community.”At an afternoon news conference, Tennessee Gov.

Persons: Bertha Mendoza, Elias Mendoza, Bertha, Guillermo Mendoza, ”, Mendoza, Hurricane Helene, Saul Young, Robbie Jarvis, “, ” Jarvis, Helene, Fernando Ruiz, Lidia Verdugo, we've, Myron Jones, Lisa Sherman Luna, Bill Lee, Lee, Jacob Ingram, ” Guillermo Mendoza, Araceli Mendoza, Ingram, ” Mendoza, Francisco Javier Guerrero, Rosa Andrade Reynoso Organizations: Workers, NBC, First Baptist Church, Erwin, News Sentinel, USA, Network, Impact Plastics, Authorities, NBC News, Tennessee, Hazard Incident Management, Refugee Rights Coalition, Tennessee Gov, Tennessee Bureau of, Knoxville News Sentinel Locations: Tennessee, Erwin, Riverview, Tenn, Hurricane, Michoacán, Mexico, Knoxville

SAN ANTONIO — In the three weeks since Texas’ attorney general executed raids at the homes of several Latino election activists, the state’s oldest civil rights organization has been marshaling members to step up voter registration for what they say is a stand against voter suppression. A voter at news conference to respond to allegations by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, on Aug. 26 in San Antonio. A contingent of LULAC members and other Hispanic activists attended the hearing in support of Medina. Texas LULAC President Gabriel Rosales said in a phone interview that along with the fear, the raids “kind of lit a fire from Hispanics around Texas. “Councils have been doubling their efforts to engage Latino voters across Texas and across the country,” Proaño said.

Persons: ANTONIO —, “, ”, Juan Proaño, Paxton, Ken Paxton, Eric Gay, Juan Manuel Medina, Geoffrey Goldstein, ” Medina’s, Medina, Lidia Martinez, Martinez, ” Martinez, Gabriel Rosales, ” Rosales, Houston, LULAC, Proaño, ” Proaño, Lidia Organizations: ANTONIO, League of United Latin American, Texas, NBC, Tejano Democrats, LULAC, American GI, Latinos Locations: Texas, South Texas, Frio County, county's, San Antonio, Medina, America, “, Mexican

☆ Russia's Drone Attack on Odesa Damages Agribusinesses, Ukraine Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( March | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Russian air attacks damaged agricultural enterprises and destroyed several industrial buildings in the Black Sea port of Odesa overnight, Ukraine's forces said on Sunday. Russia launched 16 drones and seven missiles, Ukraine's air force posted on the Telegram messaging app. Russia's attacks come as Ukraine launched 35 drones against broad areas of Russia, including Moscow, on Sunday, the final day of Russia's presidential vote. The Latest Photos From Ukraine View All 96 ImagesThe south command of Ukraine's armed forces, whose area includes Odesa, said two agricultural enterprises were damaged in Odesa district. It was not immediately clear whether the damage was caused by falling drone debris or drones that were not downed.

Persons: Lidia Kelly, Edmund Klamann, William Mallard Organizations: Reuters, Kharkiv Locations: Black, Odesa, Russia, Donetsk, Chernikhiv, Ukraine, Moscow, Odesa district, Melbourne

☆ Putin Says Russia Ready for Nuclear War, but 'Not Everything Rushing to It'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( March | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) - Russia remains in a state of combat readiness and is fully ready for a nuclear war, but not "everything is rushing to it" at present, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks published on Wednesday. "From a military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready," Putin told Rossiya-1 television and news agency RIA in response to a question whether the country was really ready for a nuclear war. The Latest Photos From Ukraine View All 96 Images"Therefore, I don’t think that here everything is rushing to it (nuclear confrontation), but we are ready for this." If the United States conducted nuclear tests, Russia might do the same, he added in the wide-ranging interview. However, Putin said Russia had never faced a need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, where the conflict has raged since February 2022.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Rossiya, Lidia Kelly, Christopher Cushing, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Reuters Locations: Russia, Ukraine, United States, Melbourne

☆ Russian Embassy in US in Contact With State Department Ahead of Elections, Ambassador Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( March | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - The Russian embassy in Washington is in "close contact" with the U.S. State Department ahead of the presidential election in Russia this week to ensure the security of the diplomatic mission, ambassador Anatoly Antonov said on Monday. President Vladimir Putin, who launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago, is set to win a new six-year term in the March 15-17 vote. This would enable him to overtake Josef Stalin and become Russia's longest-serving leader for more than 200 years. "We are in close contact with the secret service of the State Department. We expect that the Americans will fulfil their obligations to ensure the security of the diplomatic mission."

Persons: Anatoly Antonov, Vladimir Putin, Josef Stalin, Antonov, Joe Biden's, Biden, Putin, Lidia Kelly, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Reuters, U.S . State Department, State Department, Union Locations: Russian, Washington, Russia, Ukraine, U.S, Moscow, Melbourne

☆ Russia's Parliament to Vote on Suspending Moscow's OSCE Participation
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) - Russia's parliament will vote on Feb. 21 on suspending the country's participation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE), Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Tuesday. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the organisation has been largely paralysed by Moscow's ongoing use of the effective veto each country has. "It's time for us to say goodbye to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly," Volodin said at a meeting of the Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament, according to a statement on the Duma's website. The Latest Photos From Ukraine View All 91 ImagesBoth chambers of the Russian parliament, the Duma and the Federation Council, will vote simultaneously on suspending participation and on stopping Moscow's payments to the OSCE, Volodin said. Ukraine and its Baltic allies, which are Russia's neighbours, refused to attend the OSCE annual foreign ministers meeting late last year over the presence of Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov there.

Persons: Vyacheslav Volodin, Volodin, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Lavrov, Lidia Kelly, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Sonali Paul Organizations: Reuters, Organization for Security, OSCE, Soviet, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Duma, Federation Council, United, Russia's Locations: Parliamentary, Ukraine, U.S, Russia, Washington, United Russia, Baltic

☆ Russia Downs 9 Ukraine-Launched Drones, RIA Agency Reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Russia's air defence systems destroyed nine Ukraine-launched drones over Russia's Belgorod and Voronezh regions, as well as over the Black Sea, RIA state news agency reported on Wednesday, citing the Russian defence ministry. Two of the drones were downed over the Belgorod region and one over the Voronezh region, RIA reported. Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region, said on social media that one woman was hospitalised with injuries as a result of the attack. There was no information from Gladkov or the Russian defence ministry on potential damage. The Latest Photos From Ukraine View All 91 ImagesReuters was not able to independently verify the reports.

Persons: Vyacheslav Gladkov, Lidia Kelly, Kim Coghill Organizations: Reuters Locations: Ukraine, Belgorod, Voronezh, Russia's, Russia, Melbourne

☆ Russia Suspends Annual Payments to Arctic Council, RIA Agency Reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) - Russia has suspended annual payments to the Arctic Council until "real work" resumes with the participation of all member countries, Russia's RIA state news agency reported, citing the country's foreign ministry. "At the moment, Russia's payment of annual contributions to the budget of the Arctic Council has been suspended until the resumption of real work in this format with the participation of all member countries," the ministry told RIA. Cooperation between the Western Arctic states of the intergovernmental body and Moscow came to a freeze after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago. The Arctic Council was created in 1996 to discuss issues affecting the polar region, ranging from pollution to local economic development to search-and-rescue missions. For now, Russia does not consider leaving the Council, the foreign ministry told RIA.

Persons: Maria Zakharova, Lidia Kelly, Jacqueline Wong, Stephen Coates Organizations: Reuters, Arctic Council, RIA, Cooperation, Arctic, Council, TASS, Duma, Organization for Security Locations: Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, United States, Melbourne

☆ Russia's Airstrikes Hit Hospital, Injuring Several in East Ukraine, Governor Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) - Russia launched several missile attacks on the town of Selydove in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, damaging a hospital, destroying a dozen residential flats and injuring several people, Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said on Wednesday. "Reportedly, three people, including a child, are under the rubble (of the hospital)," Filashkin said on the Telegram messaging app, adding that 100 patients were evacuated to hospitals in nearby towns. The 1 a.m. Wednesday strike (2300 GMT Tuesday) damaged a wing of the hospital, Filashkin said. The Latest Photos From Ukraine View All 91 ImagesReuters was not able to independently verify the reports. Photos You Should See View All 22 ImagesBoth Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians in strikes on each other's territories.

Persons: Vadym Filashkin, Filashkin, Lidia Kelly, Himani Sarkar Organizations: Reuters Locations: Russia, Selydove, Ukraine's, Donetsk, Ukraine, Russian, Melbourne

☆ Russia Launches Drone Attacks on Kyiv, Southern Ukraine - Ukraine's Military
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) - Russia launched drone attacks overnight on Kyiv and southern Ukraine, injuring at least one civilian and damaging a gas pipeline and residential buildings in the river and sea port of Mykolaiv, Ukraine's military said on Sunday. Photos You Should See View All 21 ImagesAt least one civilian was injured in the southern Ukraine attack, the military said. Falling debris from a downed drone and the blast wave damaged residential buildings and a gas pipeline in Mykolaiv, the military command said. Four drones downed over the Black Sea port of Odesa, the military said. Both Russia and Ukraine have increased their air attacks away from the frontline in recent months, targeting each other's critical energy, military and transport infrastructure.

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Lidia Kelly, William Mallard, Sonali Paul Organizations: Reuters, Ukraine's Air Force, Kyiv Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Ukraine, Mykolaiv, Skies, Odesa, Melbourne

☆ Russia Closes Presidential Race Candidate Registration With Putin, 3 Others -TASS
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Russia's registration of candidates for the March presidential election has closed, TASS reported on Sunday, with a list including President Vladimir Putin, who is expected to win, and three politicians who all support Moscow's war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has said it does not see him as a serious rival to Putin. Photos You Should See View All 21 ImagesNadezhdin said on Thursday he would challenge the CEC's decision in Russia's Supreme Court. The war, which the Kremlin calls a "special military operation", is nearing the end of its second year. It has killed thousands on both sides, displaced millions of Ukrainians, and turned scores of cities and villages into rubble.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Boris Nadezhdin, Vladislav Davankov, Leonid Slutsky, Nikolai Kharitonov, Putin, Nadezhdin, Elaine Monaghan, Lidia Kelly, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Reuters, Commission, CEC, Russian Duma, New People, Kremlin, Liberal Democratic Party, Communist Party, United Russia, Putin Locations: Ukraine, Russian

☆ Russia Launches Missile Attack on Kyiv, Other Ukrainian Cities -Ukraine's Air Force
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV (Reuters) - Russia launched a missile strike on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during Wednesday morning rush hours, Ukraine's Air Force said, with several blasts heard in the country's capital when air defence systems were engaged in repelling the attack. The loud blasts were heard in Kyiv just before 7 a.m. (0500 GMT), Reuters' witnesses reported. Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app that air defence systems were engaged. All of Ukraine was under an air raid alert, starting at around 6 a.m., with Ukraine's Air Force warning on Telegram of a risk of a Russian missile attack. Oleh Sinehubov, governor of the Kharkiv region in Ukraine's northeast, said Russian missiles struck non-residential infrastructure in Kharkiv city, the administrative centre of the region.

Persons: Vitali Klitschko, Oleh Sinehubov, Pavel Polityuk, Lidia Kelly, Kim Coghill, Tom Hogue Organizations: Ukraine's Air Force, Kyiv's Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Ukraine, Russian, Kharkiv, Ukraine's, Kharkiv city, Melbourne

☆ Russian Attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv Kills 2-Month-Old Baby - Governor
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - A Russian attack overnight on a village in the northeastern Ukrainian Kharkiv region killed a 2-month-old boy and injured his mother, the regional governor said on Tuesday. Two other women were injured and were taken to a hospital with shrapnel wounds, Synehubov said. The National Police said more than 30 buildings, including private houses, a cafe, shops and private cars were damaged in the attack. Both Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians in their attacks that they say are aimed at destroying each other's military and other critical infrastructure. The Latest Photos From Ukraine View All 91 Images(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne.

Persons: Oleh Synehubov, Synehubov, Lidia Kelly, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Reuters, The National Police Locations: Ukrainian Kharkiv, Russia, Ukraine, Melbourne

☆ Russia Says It Downs Seven Ukraine-Launched Drones Over Belgorod Region
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Russia's air defence systems destroyed seven Ukraine-launched drones over the southwestern region of Belgorod, the Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday after the region's governor said that the city of Gubkin was under a drone attack. There were no casualties from the attack on Gubkin but four houses were damaged by drone debris, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. Belgorod and other regions bordering Ukraine have often come under attack from Ukrainian forces in the two-year war that started with Russia's full-scale invasion on Ukraine. The Latest Photos From Ukraine View All 91 ImagesKyiv has said that targeting Russia's military and transport infrastructure undermines Moscow's overall war efforts. In January, Moscow accused Ukraine of deliberately shooting down a military plane carrying 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers over the region.

Persons: Vyacheslav Gladkov, Russia's, Lidia Kelly, Stephen Coates Organizations: Reuters, Telegram, Kyiv Locations: Ukraine, Belgorod, Gubkin, Ukrainian, Moscow, Melbourne

☆ Russia Accuses Biden of Seeking Election Boost With Syria, Iraq Strikes
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia accused President Joe Biden on Monday of carrying out strikes in Iraq and Syria to boost his image as the presidential election campaign "is heating up" - not in retaliation for a deadly attack on U.S. soldiers. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, at a meeting of the Security Council on the strikes which was requested by Moscow, said there was no justification for the U.S. action. And we are not seeking a direct conflict with Iran. He added that the strikes in Syria and Iraq were a "separate and distinct" operation from U.S. and British strikes against the Iran-aligned Houthi group in Yemen in response to the Houthi targeting of shipping in the Red Sea. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols in New York, Lidia Kelly in Melbourne and Nandita Bose in Washington; Editing by Stephen Coates)

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☆ Russia Says Death Toll in Ukraine Shelling of Lysychansk Rises to 28
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - The death toll from what Russia said was a Ukrainian attack on Lysychansk - a city in the Moscow-controlled Ukrainian region of Luhansk - has risen to 28, including a child, Russia's emergencies ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said 10 people were rescued from under the rubble following what it said was a Ukrainian attack on a building housing a bakery in Lysychansk. The Russian-controlled Luhansk Information Centre said on its Telegram the shelling by U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) occurred on Saturday afternoon. Russia took control of Lysychansk in July 2022 after months of heavy fighting. Only about a tenth of Lysychansk's pre-war population of 110,000 remain in the city, according to Ukrainian officials.

Persons: Lysychansk's, Lidia Kelly, Lincoln Organizations: Reuters, Luhansk Information, U.S, Mobility Artillery Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Moscow, Luhansk, Lysychansk, Russian, Melbourne

☆ Russian Cosmonaut to Set Record Sunday for Most Time Spent in Space -Reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko is expected to set a world record on Sunday for the duration of space flights with nearly 2-1/2 years in total, Russian news agencies reported. Kononenko, who is the commander of the Russian space state agency Roscosmos cosmonaut corps, is conducting his fifth space flight. Upon completion of the current expedition, scheduled for Sept. 23, Kononenko will have logged 1,110 days in space. At the age of 34, Kononenko began training as part of the group of cosmonauts selected for the International Space Station (ISS) programme, according to the European Space Agency's website. In December, Roscosmos said that a cross-flight programme with NASA to the ISS had been extended until 2025.

Persons: Oleg Kononenko, Gennady Padalka, Kononenko, Roscosmos, Lidia Kelly, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Reuters, International Space, NASA, ISS, Washington Locations: Russian, Moscow, United States, Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Melbourne

☆ Russia Destroys 21 Ukraine-Launched Drones Over Crimea and Russian Regions -Reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Russian air defence systems destroyed or intercepted 21 Ukraine-launched drones over the Crimean Peninsula and several Russian regions, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, citing Moscow's defence ministry. Russia's systems downed 11 of the drones over Crimea, RIA state news agency reported. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 in a move condemned by Kyiv's Western allies as an illegal land grab. Bryansk, Kaluga and Tula regions, Russian agencies reported. Kyiv has intensified its air attacks in recent months, in what it says are strikes targeting Russian military infrastructure to undermine Moscow's war efforts.

Persons: Kyiv's, Mikhail Razvozhayev, Vladislav Shapsha, Lidia Kelly, Tom Hogue, Jamie Freed Organizations: Reuters, Telegram Locations: Ukraine, Crimean, Crimea, Russia, Moscow, Sevastopol, Crimea's, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Tula, Kyiv, Melbourne

☆ Three Firefighters Among Six Killed in Gas Truck Explosion in Mongolia - Officials
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - At least six people were killed including three firefighters after a truck carrying 60 tons of liquefied natural gas exploded in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar on Tuesday, according to Mongolia's emergency officials. At least 11 people were injured in the fire near the Dunjingarav market, Mongolia's Emergency Management Office said in a post on Facebook. More than 600 firefighters 100 vehicles were involved in putting the fire out, which was eventually extinguished. According to local online news outlets, the fire quickly engulfed several nearby buildings, including a residential building. "Our thoughts are with the families of all those affected and we wish a fast recovery to those injured in this tragic event."

Persons: Fiona Blyth, Lidia Kelly, Michael Perry Organizations: Reuters, Emergency Management, Facebook, 63rd, Unit, National Fire Service Locations: Mongolian, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Melbourne

☆ NATO's Steadfast Defender Exercises Mark Return to Cold War Schemes, Russia Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - The scale of NATO's Steadfast Defender 2024 exercises mark an "irrevocable return" of the alliance to Cold War schemes, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told the state RIA news agency in remarks published on Sunday. "These exercises are another element of the hybrid war unleashed by the West against Russia," Grushko told RIA. "An exercise of this scale ... marks the final and irrevocable return of NATO to the Cold War schemes, when the military planning process, resources and infrastructure are being prepared for confrontation with Russia." But its top strategic document identifies Russia as the most significant and direct threat to NATO members' security. Moscow, and its chief diplomat Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, have since often accused "the collective West" of conducting a "hybrid war" against Russia by backing Ukraine through financial and military aid.

Persons: Alexander Grushko, Grushko, Sergei Lavrov, Lidia Kelly, Jamie Freed Organizations: Reuters, NATO, West, Russia Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Moscow, Melbourne

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