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Month: April 2022

Ukraine’s Zelensky questions UN Security Council’s mandate in speech on alleged Russian atrocities

CNN By Jennifer Deaton and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian troops of indiscriminately killing civilians “just for their pleasure” in an emotionally-charged address to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, before questioning the very mandate of the Security Council itself. Zelensky’s speech came a day after he visited the Kyiv

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Australia approves $2.6 billion missiles upgrade to counter assertive China

By Brad Lendon, CNN Australia will spend $2.6 billion (3.5 billion Australian dollars) to upgrade its defensive missiles as the security environment in the Asia-Pacific region becomes more challenging due to China’s assertiveness, the country’s defense minister said Tuesday. The plan — which will significantly increase the range of missiles on Australia’s warships and warplanes

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Australia approves $2.6 billion missiles upgrade to counter assertive China

CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN Australia will spend $2.6 billion (3.5 billion Australian dollars) to upgrade its defensive missiles as the security environment in the Asia-Pacific region becomes more challenging due to China’s assertiveness, the country’s defense minister said Tuesday. The plan — which will significantly increase the range of missiles on Australia’s warships and

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West Ham United: She’s faced ‘barriers’ as a female football coach, but Nicole Farley wants to take her career to ‘the highest I can go’

By George Ramsay, CNN Nicole Farley readily admits her industry is “cut-throat,” but that does little to dampen her ambitions of reaching the top. A football coach who has worked with youth and academy teams on both sides of the Atlantic — Chelsea, Arsenal and Reading in England and LA Galaxy and New York Red

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2 workers were shot at a South Carolina industrial plant. Police believe the suspect was a former employee

By Chris Boyette, CNN Two people were injured in a workplace shooting in South Carolina Tuesday night before the suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. One of the victims was in critical condition after the shooting at the Fraenkische industrial plant in Anderson, South Carolina, according to Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore.

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Public anger mounts in locked-down Shanghai with no end in sight. Here’s what you need to know

By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau Millions of people across China’s locked-down financial hub of Shanghai have been desperately seeking medical care and basic supplies like food. Parents have been forcibly separated from young children infected with Covid-19. And public anger is mounting, with no end in sight as China clamps down. Since March,

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