Daily news stories by LucasOct 9, 20222 min readRussia investigates bridge collapse amid more shelling{O/C} We're learning more about the deadly blast that assailed the Crimea bridge yesterday and killed three people. As Russia has...
Daily news stories by LucasSep 24, 20222 min readReferendums underway in Ukraine {O/C} {Good evening} Ukrainian voters headed to the polls today for Kremlin-spearheaded plebiscites on whether to integrate into Russia....
Daily news stories by LucasSep 23, 20221 min readUS calls for ending Russian reign of terror in Ukraine{O/C} A barrage of accusations enveloped the United Nations as the U.S. and Ukraine united against Russia. While the U.S. accused Russia...
Daily news stories by LucasSep 17, 20222 min readOver 400 corpses found in Izyum mass graves{O/C} {Welcome back} To Ukraine, where workers exhumed over 400 corpses from a mass burial site in recently liberated Izyum. It's now a...
Daily news stories by LucasSep 17, 20221 min readBiden meets with families of Whelen and Griner{O/C} President Joe Biden has met with the families of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, both detained in Russia. {RVO} In a...
Daily news stories by LucasSep 16, 20221 min readUS and South African presidents poised to meet{O/C} President Joe Biden is slated to meet with South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa, at the White House later today. The Ukraine...
Daily news stories by LucasSep 13, 20221 min readPresident Xi embarks on first foreign trip since COVID to promote strategic ambitions{O/C} President Xi Jinping is poised to assert China's strategic role as he heads to Uzbekistan for a summit of the eight-member Shanghai...
Daily news stories by LucasSep 7, 20221 min readPutin-Xi meeting soon{O/C} And word has it that President Xi Jinping will be meeting his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as early as next week at a summt...
Daily news stories by LucasAug 5, 20222 min readBrittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russia{O/C} {Turning overseas} The worst is intimidating American basketball star Brittney Griner after being convicted in Russia of drug...
Daily news stories by LucasJul 28, 20222 min readUS offers Russia prisoner swap deal {O/C} In an about-face on forceful U.S. sanctions against Russia, Washington has presented Moscow with a prisoner swap deal in which...
Daily news stories by LucasJul 7, 20221 min read71 million now in poverty due to inflation{O/C} A staggering 71 million more people around the world are now enduring poverty in light of skyrocketing food and energy prices...
Daily news stories by LucasJul 3, 20221 min readUkraine retaliates as Russia escalates assault in East{O/C} Fighting has intensified in Ukraine's besieged east where Russian forces claimed to have overtaken Lysychansk, the remnants of...
Daily news stories by LucasJun 27, 20222 min readG7 leaders meet amid ongoing Ukraine crisis{O/C} {Turning overseas} Converging upon Germany today, the Group of Seven economies went to bat for Ukraine, with commitments to its...
Daily news stories by LucasJun 20, 20222 min readYellen speaks out on recession{O/C} While making her media rounds, USTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen echoed the president's optimism about dodging a recession amid...
Daily news stories by LucasJun 17, 20222 min readTwo American veterans feared missing in Ukraine{O/C} And two more American military veterans from Alabama are feared missing amid the persisting savagery in Ukraine. We'll also hear...
Daily news stories by LucasJun 10, 20221 min readFive countries to join the UN Security Council{O/C} The United Nations elected five countries to join its Security Council next year. {RVO} They are Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique...
Daily news stories by LucasMay 31, 20221 min readAsian shares mixed as oil prices advance{O/C} The day wound down with mixed Asian stocks as China's sluggish manufacturing engine is gathering steam along with relaxed COVID...
Daily news stories by LucasMay 28, 20221 min readUkrainian troops prepare to retreat from the east{O/C} Fighting has intensified in Ukraine's beleaguered east as Russia rained down artillery fire on the industrial Donbas region,...
Daily news stories by LucasMay 24, 20222 min readIndo-Pacific leaders hold Quad summit{O/C} Now to a quadrilateral meeting between Indo-Pacific leaders in Tokyo where U.S. President Joe Biden garnered support for halting...
Daily news stories by LucasMay 21, 20222 min readRussia claims control of Mariupol{O/C} Mariupol's embattled steel plant is now in the maw of Russia. Russia's Defence Minister has reported the "complete liberation" of...
