Tag: crisis
China’s Two-Year Tech Crackdown Winds Up: What’s Changed? | Tech News Briefing Podcast | WSJ
Beijing appears to be nearing the end of a two-year crackdown on the county’s big tech companies. Some of China's most well-known and influential internet companies have been forced to make significant changes.
Ukraine's 58th brigade in the heart of the Bakhmut mire • FRANCE 24 English
In the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, 15 kilometres from the positions held by Russian forces, an artillery unit from the 58th motorised infantry brigade...
War in Ukraine: One of the heaviest battles to come for Kherson • FRANCE 24 English
Officials in Ukraine are bracing for one of the heaviest battles to come for the Russian occupied province of Kherson. Ukraine's counter-offensive reportedly hasn't gained much ground since early October, and Russia's military is preparing for any advance...
Can positivity help tackle the global climate emergency? | The Stream
Growing numbers of people are experiencing climate anxiety as scientists, campaigners, and diplomats speak with increasing alarm about the unparalleled scale of the global climate breakdown and news reports cover the impact of extreme weather and the loss...
Belarus' Lukashenko warns Ukraine, forms joint military group with Russia • FRANCE 24 English
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Belarus and Russia will deploy a joint military task force in response to what he called an aggravation of tension on the country's western borders, the state-run Belta news agency reported on Monday. Lukashenko...
Ukraine says recaptured vast tracts of key Kherson region • FRANCE 24 English
kraine said Thursday it had recaptured swathes of fresh territory from Russian troops as Kyiv urged Europe to help its forces expel Moscow's army once and fo...
Ukrainian forces recapture more territory in southern Kherson region • FRANCE 24 English
Ukrainian forces have broken through Moscow’s defenses in the strategic southern Kherson region, the Russian military acknowledged Monday, an achievement that delivers a sharp blow to one of the four areas in Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Ukrainian troops continue offensive, claim new gains in Russia annexed region • FRANCE 24 English
Ukrainian troops continued to push forward Monday with their offensive that has embarrassed Moscow, with Kyiv officials and foreign observers hinting at new gains in the strategic southern region of Kherson that the Kremlin wants to annex.
Putin’s New Plan in Ukraine
I mapped every day of the war in Ukraine to try and understand who’s winning, what the goal is, and what happens next.
Russian men flee to Turkey to avoid Putin’s mobilisation for Ukraine war • FRANCE 24 English
Russian men have been fleeing in large numbers since the Kremlin announced a partial military draft to sustain its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Turkey, where some 50,000 Russian nationals have applied for residency since February, is one of their desti...
'Putin is a fool': New York Times reveals audio of Russian soldiers phoning home • FRANCE 24
The New York Times obtained intercepted calls made by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, including damning accounts of the execution of civilians. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert tells us more.
Ukraine counteroffensive: Slow advances near the eastern hub of Lyman • FRANCE 24 English
The British military said Ukrainian advances near the eastern hub of Lyman have been slower than previously. “Units are making slow advances on at least two axes east from the line of the Oskil and Siverskyy Donets rivers, where forces had consolidated fo...
When Mozart teases Wagner: US volunteers work to 'save lives' in Ukraine • FRANCE 24 English
A volunteer organisation run by ex-soldiers, Mozart says it wants to save lives in Ukraine by offering aid and military training -- choosing its name as a "tongue in cheek" nod to notorious Russian paramilitary group Wagner. The two might both be named fo...
‘New generation war’: Ukrainian 'geeks' turned guerrillas make frontline drones • FRANCE 24
A group of young Ukrainian 'geeks' make drones in the basement of a house near the Donbas frontline. A short distance from their base and less than two kilometres from the Russian lines, a navigator and a pilot prepare a drone to drop a bomb on Russian po...
In full: Putin announces partial military mobilisation in address to Russia - President also accused the West of engaging in "nuclear blackmail"
Vladimir Putin has announced a partial mobilisation for the country's military campaign in Ukraine. Speaking to his nation for the first time since Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February, the President also accused the West of engaging in "nuclear bla...