NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine

Published On: March 24, 2022 07:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine, March 24:  NATO estimated on Wednesday that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in four weeks of war in Ukraine, where fierce resistance from the country’s defenders has denied Moscow the lightning victory it sought.

One ‘black box’ found in China Eastern plane crash

Published On: March 23, 2022 05:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press

A Chinese aviation official said Wednesday that one of the two “black box” recorders had been found in severely damaged condition, two days after a China Eastern flight crashed in southern China with 132 people on board.

JAKARTA, March 23: Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to attend a G20 summit in Indonesia later this year, Russia's ambassador to Indonesia said on Wednesday, dismissing suggestions by some G20 members that Russia could be barred from the group.

KYIV, Ukraine, March 23: Ukrainian forces battled continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia’s Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights.

UN General Assembly to vote again on Ukraine

Published On: March 22, 2022 05:27 PM NPT By: Republica

NEW YORK, March 22: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) will vote Wednesday on a draft resolution on Ukraine, the second such resolution since the start of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, a spokesperson said Monday.

KUNMING, China, March 22: No survivors have been found as rescuers on Tuesday searched the scattered wreckage of a China Eastern plane carrying 132 people that crashed a day earlier on a wooded mountainside in China’s worst air disaster in more than a decade.

Ukraine rejects ultimatums as conflict intensifies

Published On: March 22, 2022 08:36 AM NPT By: Republica

MARIUPOL/LVIV/KYIV, Ukraine, March 22: Ukraine said on Monday it would not obey ultimatums from Russia after Moscow demanded it stop defending besieged Mariupol, where hundreds of thousands of civilians are suffering through Russian bombardments laying waste to their city.

GUANGZHOU, China, March 22: A China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in southern China on Monday after a sudden plunge from cruising altitude at about the time when it would normally start to descend ahead of its landing.

Biden to visit Poland to discuss Ukraine crisis

Published On: March 21, 2022 03:22 PM NPT By: Republica

WASHINGTON, March 21: US President Joe Biden will travel to Poland during his Europe trip to discuss international efforts to support Ukraine and impose "severe and unprecedented costs" on Russia for its invasion, the White House said in a statement.

China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on board crashes in China

Published On: March 21, 2022 03:19 PM NPT By: Reuters

BEIJING, March 21: A China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) aircraft with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in south China on Monday while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, China's Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.