In civilian life, Dmytro was a bicycle repair man in western Ukraine.. New Western equipment that Ukraine hopes can turn the conflict decisively in its favour is expected to arrive in the coming weeks.
Air raid sirens howled as US President Joe Biden walked alongside Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky during a historic visit to war-time Kyiv on Monday.. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said: "This is a historic visit, unprecedented in modern times, to have the President of the United States visit the capital of a country at war where the United States military does not control the critical infrastructure."
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva flew in Monday to tour the resort region turned disaster zone where floods and landslides killed at least 36 people just as Brazil celebrated carnival, where dozens were still missing.. - Holiday tragedy - The disaster struck just as Brazil celebrated carnival weekend, which draws huge numbers of tourists to Sao Sebastiao and the surrounding area.
Fighting flared on Monday between the DR Congo's army and M23 rebels in the country's troubled east, just days after African leaders called for a ceasefire and a pullback by armed groups.. The meeting called for a ceasefire and for all armed groups to withdraw from occupied territory by March 30.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said Turkey would build almost 200,000 new homes in the country's southeast region, devastated by a massive earthquake two weeks ago.. Experts say that while Turkey has the right regulations, construction companies often build homes of poor quality that are unable to withstand strong tremors.
Perhaps the most intensely scrutinized person on the planet, President Joe Biden left the world's media and the Washington rumor mill in complete darkness as he made his secret trip into wartime Kyiv.. "We did notify the Russians that President Biden will be traveling to Kyiv.
Mauritius was battening down the hatches on Monday as an intense tropical cyclone moved closer, with flights cancelled and normal life at a standstill in the Indian Ocean island nation.. About a dozen storms or cyclones occur each year in the southwest Indian Ocean during the November-April season. strs-txw/lc
Novelist Salman Rushdie led condemnations Monday of Roald Dahl's children's books being re-edited for a modern audience, calling it "absurd censorship" by "bowdlerising sensitivity police".. "Roald Dahl was no angel but this is absurd censorship.
The first Chinese delegation to visit Taiwan since the pandemic enjoyed a "warm reception", the opposition-led Taipei city government said on Monday.. The Shanghai delegation also said they felt a warm reception," Taipei's city government said in a statement on Monday.
Japan will offer Ukraine fresh financial support worth $5.5 billion, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday, days before the first anniversary of Russia's invasion.. "We have decided to provide additional financial support of $5.5 billion."
