Mariupol theatre: 'We knew something terrible would happen'
By Hugo Bachega & Orysia Khimiak
BBC News, Lviv, Ukraine
Civilians are said to be emerging alive from the ruins of a theatre bombed by Russia in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Despite pictures of devastation at the scene, many who were sheltering there are thought to have survived in a basement that withstood Wednesday's attack.
For 10 days, that basement was a refuge for Kate, a 38-year-old Mariupol native, and her son, who is 17. Their own home, like many others in the besieged city, had been destroyed by Russian attacks, and they thought the Donetsk Regional Theatre of Drama was a place where they would be relatively safe.
Mother and son squeezed in the building's dark rooms, corridors and halls with dozens of other families. Some women, Kate said, carried babies that were just four or five months old.
Foreign Office urged Richard Ratcliffe not to make ‘song and dance’, says MP
Tulip Siddiq said decision by Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband to be ‘so public and vocal’ had been vindicated
Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent
Campaigners pushing for the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe were told by the Foreign Office not to make a “song and dance” about her plight, according to an MP.
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, whose Hampstead and Kilburn constituency was where Zaghari-Ratcliffe lived before she was detained in Iran, said the decision by Nazanin’s husband, Richard Ratcliffe, to be “so public and vocal” had been the right strategy.
Russian fast-food chain backed by parliament to replace McDonald’s reveals near-identical branding
Moscow has invested in domestic fast-food chains after McDonald’s shut its restaurants in Russia
A Russian restaurant chain billed as a replacement for McDonald’s has reportedly revealed a logo that is extremely similar to the fast-food giant’s famous gold arches.
A trademark registration for the Uncle Vanya franchise was filed last week with Russian authorities, according to media reports.
McDonald’s last week said it would temporarily close all 847 of its restaurants in Russia as global brands face consumer pressure to oppose Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Lebanon judge arrests central bank head's brother
A Lebanese judge on Thursday arrested the brother of Central Bank governor Riad Salameh, both of whom are suspected of embezzlement and money laundering, judicial sources said.
Judge Ghada Aoun arrested Raja Salameh "after questioning him for three hours", a court official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Riad Salameh himself has so far ignored a warrant issued by Aoun, who is the Mount Lebanon public prosecutor and has turned up the heat on the Salameh brothers and on banks withholding small depositors' savings.
S. Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases top 600,000, deaths more than double
Cases shoot past government projections
South Korea’s daily COVID-19 infections surged to surpass 600,000 for the first time, the country’s health authorities reported Thursday.
According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, the country added 621,328 new COVID-19 infections during the 24 hours of Wednesday. The total caseload also jumped to 8,250,592.
South Korea has been the world‘s largest COVID-19 hot spot in recent days. According to statistics-tracking website Worldometer, the country’s daily COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, accounted for 23.3 percent of the world‘s total caseload. South Korea’s share in the global caseload for Wednesday is expected to go up given the sharp increase in one day.
‘I await divine justice’: Rebels bring woes to Ethiopia’s Amhara
Amhara residents say Tigrayan fighters unleashed a campaign of horror during a five-month occupation of the area.
On September 10, 2021, three young men routinely tending to cattle on the main road in the Doro Gibir farming community on the outskirts of the northern Ethiopian city of Woldia, paused to check on crops their family was growing at a site near the country’s A2 highway.
It was their last act alive, a heartbroken Tiru Mengesha, mother of 17-year-old son Demissie Wubo, aunt to Ayele Aragie, 18, and cousin to 38-year-old Yimer Tadesse, told Al Jazeera.
“I can’t even eat those papayas any more,” she said, referring to crops harvested at a plot of farming land outside their home, a tukul structure made from a combination of straw and dried soil, in Doro Gibir. “My boys planted them.”
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