Kherson resident describes a ghost town of exhausted people
A resident of Russian-occupied Kherson city told CNN the situation there is tense, with people “emotionally exhausted” and the streets empty by mid-afternoon.
CNN reached the woman through a third party and spoke with her shortly before the Russian-appointed administration in the city ordered civilians to leave — the latest evacuation notice over the oncoming Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Previously the authorities recommended people leave; Saturday’s announcement appeared to go beyond that.
“Unfortunately, many residents of Kherson had to consider leaving the city,” the woman, who CNN is not identifying for security reasons, said Friday. “Everyone had their own reasons, worries and fears. But I am 100% sure that no one wanted to go.”
She said Kherson has become a ghost-town. Tens of thousands of its residents have left since the Russian occupation began in March.
Hu Jintao: The mysterious exit of China's former leader from party congress
Footage of China's former leader, Hu Jintao, being asked to leave the stage at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during the Communist Party Congress is drawing global attention as people try to work out what has just happened.
There are a lot of questions and no answers so far from the Chinese government.
Mr Hu, 79, appeared reluctant to move. If that is the case, why?
What did he say to the man who replaced him, Xi Jinping, which prompted a nod from China's current leader? And what did he say to his protégé, Li Keqiang, as he tapped him on the shoulder before being ushered off stage?
Modi employs new tool in India’s war against the English language: Hindi medical degrees
Narendra Modi’s government is intensifying its efforts to relegate English to the margins of Indian life where it believes it belongs as a “colonial relic” by offering medical degrees in Hindi for the first time.
Ever since he came to power eight years ago, Modi, along with home minister Amit Shah and other Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, have taken intermittent pot shots at the English language and talked up Hindi, the language of north India.
Modi has spoken frequently of freeing Indians of the “colonial mindset” left by the British empire and of removing the relics of that rule. Just this week, Modi spoke of the “slavish mentality” surrounding English.
Is Meloni a far-right firebrand or moderate?
As Giorgia Meloni becomes Italy’s first female premier, the world is watching closely to see if she will emerge as a firebrand leader of a far-right party with neo-fascist roots or the more moderate right-wing politician who succeded in capturing 26% of the vote
As Giorgia Meloni becomes Italy’s first female premier, the world is watching closely to see whether she will emerge as a firebrand leader of a far-right party with neo-fascist roots or the more moderate right-wing politician who succeeded in capturing 26% of the vote.
Here is a look at some of the issues facing Meloni’s new government, formed of her far-right Brothers of Italy Party, along with the right-wing populist League led by Matteo Salvini and the center-right Forza Italia headed by three-time former premier and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi:
THE ENERGY CRISIS
The squeeze facing Italian industry and households will require urgent attention, as concerns grow that astronomically high bills will force business closures and household rationing.
FIFA slams TV offers for 2023 Women's World Cup
FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Saturday hit out at what he said were unacceptably low offers for rights to screen next year's Women's World Cup.
Infantino said soccer's world governing body had rejected bids of just 1% of the value of men's World Cup rights deals for the women's tournament, which will take place in July and August in Australia and New Zealand.
Ahead of the tournament draw, Infantino told a news conference in Auckland, New Zealand, that FIFA had rejected offers of "100 times less — even more than 100 times in some occasions."
Hope in cards for victims of scams by Unification Church
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 22, 2022 at 15:38 JST
In a rare show of unity, lawmakers from the ruling coalition and main opposition camps agreed to pass legislation in the current Diet session to help victims of scams perpetrated by the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, better known as the Unification Church.
The Oct. 21 move came on the heels of daily attacks by opposition parties over ties between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the religious group that surfaced in the aftermath of the July 8 slaying of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Agreement was reached after a meeting among key officials from the LDP and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, and their counterparts from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party).
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