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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.

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.

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.

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.

Sri Lanka's president seeks unity government to resolve crisis

Published On: April 4, 2022 01:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

COLOMBO, April 4: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa called on Monday for a unity government to deal with the country's economic crisis after cabinet ministers and the central bank governor offered to resign.

Ukraine accuses Russia of massacre, city strewn with bodies

Published On: April 4, 2022 07:16 AM NPT By: Associated Press

BUCHA, Ukraine, April 4: Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area. Ukrainian authorities accused the departing forces on Sunday of committing war crimes and leaving behind a “scene from a horror movie.”

Pakistan president dissolves Parliament at PM’s request

Published On: April 3, 2022 04:02 PM NPT By: Associated Press

ISLAMABAD, April 3: Pakistan’s president dissolved Parliament on Sunday setting the stage for early elections after the prime minister sidestepped a no-confidence move earlier in the day.

Pakistan PM Khan gets reprieve as move to oust him blocked

Published On: April 3, 2022 02:04 PM NPT By: Reuters

ISLAMABAD, April 3: Imran Khan survived a move to oust him as Pakistan's prime minister on Sunday, getting a reprieve when the deputy speaker of parliament blocked a no-confidence motion as unconstitutional.