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Russia declares early termination of membership of UN Human Rights Council
Published On: April 8, 2022 06:50 PM NPT By: Republica
MOSCOW, April 8: Russia has made a decision on the early termination of its membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
UN assembly suspends Russia from top human rights body
Published On: April 8, 2022 01:22 PM NPT By: Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, April 8: The U.N. General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the world organization’s leading human rights body over allegations that Russian soldiers in Ukraine engaged in rights violations that the United States and Ukraine have called war crimes.
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Russian retreat reveals destruction as Ukraine asks for help
Published On: April 8, 2022 08:10 AM NPT By: Associated Press
CHERNIHIV, Ukraine, April 8: Russian troops retreating from this northern Ukrainian city left behind crushed buildings, streets littered with destroyed cars and residents in dire need of food and other aid — images that added fuel to Kyiv’s calls Thursday for more Western help to halt Moscow’s next offensive.
Ukraine seeks arms from NATO as fight looms on eastern front
Published On: April 7, 2022 02:34 PM NPT By: Republica
KYIV, Ukraine, April 7: Ukraine was bracing to battle for control of its industrial east and appealing for more help from the West after Russian forces withdrew from the shattered outskirts of Kyiv to regroup.
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Mariupol’s dead put at 5,000 as Ukraine braces in the east
Published On: April 7, 2022 07:42 AM NPT By: Associated Press
ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine, April 7: The mayor of the besieged port city of Mariupol put the number of civilians killed there at more than 5,000 Wednesday, as Ukraine collected evidence of Russian atrocities on the ruined outskirts of Kyiv and braced for what could become a climactic battle for control of the country’s industrial east.
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Zelenskyy at the UN accuses Russian military of war crimes
Published On: April 6, 2022 08:25 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BUCHA, Ukraine, April 6: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Russians of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that those responsible should immediately be brought up on war crimes charges in front of a tribunal like the one established at Nuremberg after World War II.
Sri Lanka's newly-appointed finance minister resigns
Published On: April 5, 2022 05:00 PM NPT By: Republica
COLOMBO, April 5: Sri Lanka's newly-appointed Finance Minister Ali Sabry resigned on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after his appointment on Monday. Sabry said he had accepted the portfolio only as an interim measure.
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Suddenly, Twitter’s biggest stakeholder is Tesla’s Elon Musk
Published On: April 5, 2022 11:37 AM NPT By: Associated Press
April 5: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has acquired a 9% stake in Twitter to become its largest shareholder while joining other critics in questioning the social media platform’s dedication to free speech and the First Amendment.
Zelenskyy to address UN amid outrage over civilian deaths
Published On: April 5, 2022 11:19 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BUCHA, April 5: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy planned to speak Tuesday to U.N. Security Council diplomats outraged by growing evidence that Russian forces have deliberately killed civilians, many of them shot in yards, streets and homes, and their bodies left in the open.
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Russia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine’s streets
Published On: April 5, 2022 08:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BUCHA, Ukraine, April 5: Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets, buildings and yards strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, many of them evidently killed at close range.
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