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Published by Mongabay In Sin City, the illegal tiger-farming business is thriving. In new, covert drone footage, tigers and bears pace inside prison-like cement and corrugated steel cages near a casino complex — a newly built, expanded commercial captive-breeding facility on the banks of the Mekong River in Laos. The video, obtained by the Environmental […]

Published by Reuters UK By Max Hunder and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces intensified their assault on the largest city held by Ukrainian forces in the Donbas region in the east on Sunday as Kyiv said it was hopeful longer-range weapons it desperately needs from Western allies could soon arrive. Slow, solid Russian gains

Published by Reuters UK By Humeyra Pamuk, Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will not block China from growing its economy, but wants it to adhere to international rules, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday in a long-awaited speech on U.S. strategy to address China’s rise as a great

Published by Reuters By Natalia Zinets and Jonathan Landay KYIV/SLATYNE, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian forces intensified their offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region using artillery, rocket-launchers and aircraft to damage defences around Donetsk, Ukraine’s general staff said on Friday. “The Russian enemy carried out massive artillery shelling of civilian infrastructure, including multiple rocket-launchers,” it said in

Staff Report Government on Wednesday issued advisory over misuse of identities of senior level government functionaries through emails, telephone numbers on platforms like whatsapp and other messaging applications for conveying instructions and directions by cyber criminals. “Instances of cyber crimes like hacking, phishing, identity theft etc are being reported on a daily basis from every

Published by DPA The situation in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbass remains “very difficult” for Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “Russian troops are still trying to show at least some victory. On the 80th day of the full-scale invasion, it looks especially insane, but they do not stop all these efforts,” Zelensky asserted.

Published by Reuters By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka lifted a nationwide curfew for 12 hours on Saturday, further easing tight curbs as new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe sought to form a government after clashes with anti-government groups killed nine people. More than a month of predominantly peaceful protests against

Published by Reuters UK (Reuters) – Moscow will take adequate precautionary measures if NATO deploys nuclear forces and infrastructure closer to Russia’s border, Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko as saying on Saturday. “It will be necessary to respond … by taking adequate precautionary measures that would ensure the viability of deterrence,”

Published by Al-Araby G7 industrialised nations are “strongly united” in backing Ukraine until its “victory” against Russia, France said Friday, as Britain urged more weapons for Kyiv to keep up the pressure against Vladimir Putin. “It is very important at this time that we keep up the pressure on Vladimir Putin by supplying more weapons