2022-03-27

France

Protesters interrupt €4.2 million auction of "stolen" 19th-century Gabonese mask

Protesters demanded the return of a ‘stolen’ 19th-century Gabonese mask sold at auction for €4.2 million.

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Lviv volunteers adapt vehicle for military use

In a welding shop just a few hundred metres from Russia's latest airstrike in the western city of Lviv, volunteer workers add steel plates to a donated pickup truck so another volunteer can drive it to the frontline.

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Ukrainians sandbag Kharkiv monuments to protect against bombing

Municipal workers in Kharkiv pile sandbags around major monuments in the centre of Ukraine's second city to protect them from Russian bombardment.

27/03/2022

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Kyrgyz town mourns Russian soldier killed in Ukraine

A funeral is held in the provincial Kyrgyz town of Kara-Balta for Rustam Zarifulin, 26, who died fighting for Russia in Ukraine on 14th March.

27/03/2022

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Ukrainians and Lebanese rally against Russia invasion in Beirut

Ukrainian citizens living in Lebanon and supporters rally against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in downtown Beirut's Martyrs Square.

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Russians in Cyprus rally in support of their country as Ukrainians protest war

A group of around 150 Russians living in Cyprus, along with Cypriots, took to the streets to show support for their country on Saturday, at the central Foinikoudes area in the coastal city of Larnaca.

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Subway stations become home for Kharkiv residents

Thousands of residents continued to hunker down in the underground train stations of Ukraine's second most populous city on Saturday as Russia continued its aerial assault above.

27/03/2022

Afghanistan

Dozens protest in Kabul, demanding the Taliban reopens girls’ secondary schools.

"Why is it happening to them just because they're girls? Why can't they be studying? Why can’t they be learning?”

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27/03/2022

Iran

US to maintain sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary Guard even if nucelar deal is reached

US to maintain sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary Guard even if nucelar deal is reached says Robert Malley, US special envoy for Iran

27/03/2022

Culture news

What's in the Oscars swag bag that's causing controversy in Scotland?

Scott Wortley, a lecturer in commercial law at the University of Edinburgh Law School, gives us the lowdown.

27/03/2022

India

Tuberculosis death rate in India has increased because of the COVID pandemic

Around half a million people died from Tuberculosis in India in 2020. That's a third of the global toll. It's the first time the death rates from TB rose in more than a decade. It follows the two-year COVID-19 pandemic when people in India were too worried about getting tested according to a doctor

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Firefighters battle huge blaze at Lviv oil facility

A chemical smell still lingered in the air early Sunday as firefighters in Lviv sprayed water on a burned section of an oil facility hit in the Russian attack.

27/03/2022

Malta

Malta: Victory for incumbents Labour in parliamentary elections

Voters in Malta went to the polls on Saturday in a general election, and the Labour Party have claimed victory, and the Nationalists conceding defeat.

27/03/2022

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27/03/2022

USA

US scrambles to clarify Biden's Russia 'regime change' message

The White House, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, have been trying to explain Joe Biden's controversial comments about Vladimir Putin and insisting it's not a call for 'regime change.'

27/03/2022

Ukraine

Five people are wounded after fuel storage facility near Lviv was hit

An explosion targeted a fuel storage facility near Lviv not far from residential areas. Thick black smoke could be seen from the city centre. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continues to call for more military aid

27/03/2022

Ukraine

Zelenskyy calls on US to provide fighter jets for Ukraine's military

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has used a new video message to call on America to provide fighter jets for his country's military.

27/03/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine: Macron warns against escalation after Biden speech

French President Emmanuel Macron warns against escalation of rhetoric, after Joe Biden appeared to suggest regime change in Russia during a speech - something the White House has had to clarify.

27/03/2022

Ukraine

Mariupol residents bury neighbours in makeshift graves

Mariupol residents say chaos is rife in the besieged Ukrainian city as locals bury their neighbours in makeshift graves

27/03/2022

Green News

Euroviews. Why is climate change being eclipsed by ‘bigger’ news stories?

While the media is busy covering the war in Ukraine, crucial climate reporting is going under the radar.

27/03/2022

Green News

4,000 animals are caught in the crossfire at Ukraine’s biggest zoo

The animals are threatened by bombs every day in this southern Ukrainian city.

27/03/2022

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