Author: Jamey Keaten
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UN aid chief says warring Sudan generals agreed to talk on humanitarian issues. He’s still waiting
A top U.N. official says that two generals in Sudan whose forces have been at war for the last 10 months assured him recently that they would attend a meeting in Switzerland to discuss humanitarian issues and Sudan’s beleaguered civilians
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Panel seeks to allow re-exports of Swiss weaponry to Ukraine
GENEVA • A parliamentary panel in Switzerland has recommended waiving a law that bars countries from re-exporting Swiss armored vehicles, weapons and other war materiel to Ukraine for its defense against Russia, insisting the move would not violate the country’s much-vaunted neutrality. The Security Policy Committee of the lower house of Switzerland’s parliament voted 14-11…
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Zelensky urges allies to speed up push vs. Russia
DAVOS, Switzerland • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told political leaders at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos that supplies of Western weapons must come quicker than Russia’s attacks, urging the world to move faster because “tragedies are outpacing life; the tyranny is outpacing democracy.” Zelensky, speaking by video link from Kyiv, said the world…
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At Davos, Ukraine’s first lady urges support for her nation
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukraine’s first lady on Tuesday pressed world leaders and corporate executives at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering to do more to help her country at a time when Russia’s invasion is leaving children dying and the world struggling with food insecurity. As the anniversary of the war nears, Olena Zelenska…
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Ukraine’s ‘Invincibility’ centers offer refuge, resilience
BUCHA, Ukraine • Retired Ukrainian construction worker Borys Markovnikov is on the move again: This time, just a few steps from his home in the town of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, to seek shelter and warmth at a “Point of Invincibility” — a government-built help station that serves food, drinks, warmth and ultimately, resilience, in…
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U.N. cites possible crimes vs. humanity in China’s Xinjiang
GENEVA • China’s discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights office said in a long-awaited report released Wednesday. The report calls for an urgent international response over allegations of torture and other rights violations in Beijing’s campaign…
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Number of Ukraine refugees passes worst-case U.N. estimate
MEDYKA, Poland • The number of people who have fled Ukraine since Russian troops invaded has surpassed 4 million, the United Nations reported Wednesday as shelling continued in places where Moscow had vowed to ease its military operations. “I do not know if we can still believe the Russians,” refugee Nikolay Nazarov, 23, said as…
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Could Ukrainian ‘neutrality’ help end Russia war?
GENEVA • In talks between Russia and Ukraine toward a possible cease-fire after three weeks of intense fighting, negotiators are exploring prospects of possible “neutrality” for Ukraine, a former Soviet republic that has been moving closer to NATO in hopes of membership — infuriating Moscow. The discussions this week have brought a glimmer of hope…
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‘I will go back to help’: Women head home to aid war effort
PRZEMYSL, Poland • While over 3 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, a small but growing number are heading in the other direction. At first they were foreign volunteers, Ukrainian expatriate men returning to fight and people delivering aid. Now, increasingly, women are also going back. Motivated by a desire to help loved…
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After Trump complaints, WHO promises to review decisions on virus
GENEVA • The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday lamented the U.S. decision to halt funding for the U.N. agency, promising a review of its decisions while sidestepping President Donald Trump’s complaints about its alleged mismanagement, cover-up and missteps. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was on the defensive after Trump announced a halt…