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Apple has become the latest major firm to halt all product sales in Russia, in a widening corporate backlash to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The iPhone giant said it was “deeply concerned” about the Russian invasion and stands with those “suffering as a result of the violence”. Apple Pay …

A Cameroonian student has described how he and his friends have been forced to hide in a basement in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson to escape air raids. Christophe said that “every five minutes we are hearing bombardments”. “Sometimes we can hear airplanes passing through the sky, mostly bombardments …

United States President Joe Biden is delivering his State of the Union address which is dominated with a response to Russian aggression against Ukraine. The State of the Union Address is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to the U.S. Congress near the beginning of …

Ukraine’s president has signed a decree temporarily lifting the requirement for entry visas for any foreigner willing to join Ukraine’s International Defence Legion and fight on Ukraine’s side against invading Russian troops. The decree by President Volodymyr Zelensky takes effect on Tuesday and will remain in effect as long as martial law …

According to Kharkiv officials, Russian missile attacks hit the centre of Ukraine’s second-largest city, including residential areas and the city administration building. The strike was reported at 8am local time. There have been no reports of injuries or casualties yet. Meanwhile, a massive Russian military convoy was seen earlier on Tuesday (March 1) …

  Up to 70 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in a Russian artillery strike on the north-eastern city of Okhtyrka on Sunday, according to a local official. Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, the head of the Sumy region’s state administration, says the strike destroyed a Ukrainian military unit, and rescuers and volunteers have …

Two short video clips in which Vladimir Putin can be seen delivering a televised speech in Russian with subtitles in English and allegedly threatening military action against Ghana and Kenya is causing some uneasiness on social media. However, the claims being made in the videos are FAKE. Viewed more than …

Pope Francis called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday and expressed his “most profound pain” for the country’s suffering, the Ukrainian Embassy to the Vatican said. The embassy announced the conversation in a tweet and an embassy official told Reuters the conversation took place at about 4 p.m. (1500 GMT) …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would be willing to hold talks with Russia but rejected the Russian proposal for a meeting to be held in Belarus, a staging ground for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “We’ve heard a lot of talk about a meeting between Ukraine and Russia that might …

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was rocked by several explosions early Friday on the second day of Russia’s military intervention in the country. The series of blasts were heard at 4.20 am local time (0220GMT). On Thursday, similar explosions occurred in the cities of Kharkov, Kramatorsk, Mariupol, Mykolaiv and the port city …