By NEWS WIRES Armed troops in Sri Lanka blocked a Sunday opposition protest march staged in defiance of an emergency curfew to protest the island nation’s worsening economic crisis, after authorities imposed a social media blackout to contain public dissent. Source: Sri Lankan opposition lawmakers defy curfew to stage protest amid economic crisis Category: Asia […]
By FRANCE 24 Russian forces are continuing to bomb residential areas in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, on a daily basis. The shelling has reduced much of the city to a wasteland and nearly all the residents have fled. France 24’s Catherine Norris-Trent went to meet some of them. Source: On the ground: Residents of Ukraine’s Kharkiv caught in the line of fire […]
By NEWS WIRES After a tense campaign dominated by Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, Hungarians will vote in a general election on Sunday with polls giving the edge to incumbent nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Source: Hungarian PM Orban faces stern test in parliamentary election Category: Europe