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WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian shelling kills five in Ukrainian regions, one dead on Russian side of border Russian shelling killed at least five civilians on Saturday in separate regions of Ukraine, officials said. In the Kherson region, in Ukraine's south, officials said three people were killed, one in the administrative centre also called Kherson, one outside the city and one near the city of Beryslav, to the north. Kherson region was occupied in the first days of Russia's February 2022 invasion, but Ukrainian troops recaptured large swathes of it later in the year. Russian troops continue to shell Ukrainian-held areas from…
Netanyahu meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, offering measured optimism on a Gaza cease-fire Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked to mend ties with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday and offered measured optimism about progress toward a cease-fire deal for Gaza as he neared the end of a contentious U.S. visit that put on display the growing American divisions over support for the Israeli-Hamas war. At Trump’s Florida Mar-a-Lago estate, where the two men met face-to-face for the first time in nearly four years, Netanyahu told journalists he wanted to see U.S.-mediated talks succeed for a cease-fire and release…
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia deploys cheap drones to locate Ukraine's air defences Russia has begun including new, cheaply-made drones in its long-range attacks on Ukraine, to try to identify air defences, film any damage and act as decoys, a Ukrainian military spy official said. The two new types of drone, which Russia has used in five drone attacks in the last two to three weeks including an overnight strike on Thursday, are produced from materials like foam plastic and plywood, the official told Reuters. One type carries a camera and a Ukrainian mobile phone SIM card to send images back to…
Battered Hamas confounds Israel's bid to declare victory Senior figures in Israel's government have said it is closing in on its war aims of defeating Hamas militarily and the return of hostages seized on Oct. 7. But Hamas' survival as a guerrilla force and its sway in Gaza may overshadow any deal. After nine months of pummelling by one of the most powerful militaries in the Middle East, Hamas is much weakened from the force that carried out the cross-border attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Early in the war, Hamas propaganda videos showed well-drilled fighters in body armour and…
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Kremlin names barriers to Ukraine peace talks Russia is open to peace talks with Kiev but there are numerous issues that must first be resolved, including Vladimir Zelensky’s status and Ukrainian law, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a press briefing on Thursday. According to the spokesman, a number of points need to be clarified before negotiations can become possible. “First, we need to understand how ready the Ukrainian side is and whether the Ukrainian side has permission for [peace talks] from its backers. So far, we are seeing very different statements,” Peskov stated, referring to Kiev’s Western…
Israeli forces recover bodies of four hostages from Gaza, military says Israeli forces recovered on Wednesday the bodies of four hostages killed in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack and held in Gaza since then, the Israeli military said. Maya Goren, a 56-year-old kindergarden teacher was killed during the attack on her kibbutz, Nir Oz, according to Israeli Army Radio, one of the communities worst-hit in the deadly Hamas attack through southern Israel that triggered the devastating war in Gaza. The three other hostages were a reserve soldier and two conscript soldiers who were killed in combat during the Oct. 7 attack,…
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Kremlin says Ukraine's signal on talks appears to be in unison with Russia's position The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Ukraine's signal on talks with Moscow appeared to be in unison with Russia's own position, but that more details were needed. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Kyiv was ready for talks with Russia if Moscow was prepared to negotiate in good faith, though he said that Ukraine has seen no sign of that. "The message itself can be said to be in unison with our position," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about Kuleba's remark,…
Israel tanks advance deeper in southern Gaza as more ceasefire talks expected Palestinian residents of eastern neighbourhoods of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip fled their homes on Tuesday as Israeli tanks advanced deep into the area after Israel ordered the population to evacuate. The tanks pushed into the Khan Younis town of Bani Suhaila and several districts nearby were bombed for a second day, forcing tens of thousands of civilians to seek refuge elsewhere. Israel said its action - the latest in a series of major assaults in recent weeks in parts of Gaza where it had long…
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Poll says 32% of Ukrainians open to territorial concessions for quick peace Nearly a third of Ukrainians would accept some territorial concessions to Russia for a quick end to the war, a more than three-fold increase over the past year, although most still oppose giving up any land, a poll showed on Tuesday. The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology said its poll of 1,067 people on Ukrainian-held territory from May 16-22 found that 32% would agree to some form of territorial concessions, up from just 10% a year earlier and 19% at the end of last year. It…
Israel declares two more Gaza hostages dead Israel declared dead on Monday two more of its hostages being held in Gaza, as talks to secure a ceasefire deal that would include the release of some 120 captives there were set to resume later this week. The Israeli military said it was still investigating the deaths in captivity of the two hostages, Yagev Buchshtab, a 35-year-old sound technician and Alex Dancyg, 76, a historian, who were abducted from their homes in kibbutzim near the border with Gaza during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. An Israeli negotiation team was due…
December 20, 2024

Naira expected to weaken further, says CBN business survey

Nigerian businesses anticipate further depreciation of the naira through early 2025, despite maintaining overall optimism…
December 20, 2024

Atiku questions alleged hack of NBS website, says timing suspicious

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised concerns over the recent claim that the website…
December 22, 2024

How to know if your memory lapses are serious or not

The older I get, the more panicked I become when something slips my mind. Is…
December 21, 2024

‘Professional Back-Scratchers’ charge up to $130 per hour

The Scratcher Girls is an unconventional relaxation therapy studio that charges clients up to $130…
December 21, 2024

NAFDAC busts illegal rice repackaging operations in Nasarawa, Abuja

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cracked down on…
December 22, 2024

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 443

Israel and Hamas appear close to a ceasefire deal. These are the sticking points Israel…
December 20, 2024

OpenAI launches voice and text access to ChatGPT through new phone service

OpenAI has introduced a novel way to interact with its popular ChatGPT artificial intelligence system…
December 17, 2024

Ademola Lookman named 2024 CAF Men’s Player of the year. These players won in other…

Ademola Lookman, the Super Eagles winger, was crowned the 2024 CAF Men’s Player of the…

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