Ukraine moves official Christmas Day holiday to 25th December, denouncing Russian-imposed traditions
Kyiv, Ukraine AP Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday signed a law moving the official Christmas Day holiday to 25th December from 7th January, the day when the Russian Orthodox Church observes it. The explanatory note attached to the law said its goal is to “abandon the Russian heritage,” including that of “imposing the celebration […]
Turks ask how a boom town came crashing down in quake
Nurdagi, Turkey Reuters Almost every apartment tower in Nurdagi collapsed or was shattered beyond repair in last month’s earthquake in Turkey – and people are now asking if a building boom in the town in recent decades may have to led to the deaths of thousands of residents. The town’s population swelled in recent years to […]
Death toll from strike on Ukraine apartment block rises to 40
Dnipro/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 40 on Monday, with dozens more missing, making it the deadliest civilian incident of Moscow’s three-month campaign of firing missiles at cities far from the front. Ukraine says the mass civilian deaths, which it describes as […]