The fight for Bakhmut has been raging for months but, according to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, a Russian victory over the Donetsk city would not prove all that strategically advantageous for Moscow. “I think it is more of a symbolic value
Comment on this story Comment For many, living in a city means facing tedious traffic, packed subways and imposing buildings amid the sprawl. But the increasingly popular urban planning concept known as the “15-minute city” has revived the abiding idea that they
Ukraine’s defence of Bakhmut is becoming “more and more difficult”, President Volodymyr Zelensky says. He warned Moscow generals were adopting a strategy of “exhaustion and total destruction” as they throw even more soldiers to their deaths. “The enemy is constantly destroying everything
At least one person was killed and several were injured when the main hospital in a disputed city in East Africa’s Somaliland region came under mortar fire during an upsurge of violence Tuesday, a doctor said. Dr. Ahmed Abdi told The Associated
New York City’s Department of Transportation made an embarrassing mistake when it misspelled Jackie Robinson’s name on a road sign. The road sign for Jackie Robinson Parkway was spelled “Jakie Robinson Parkway” under a picture of the legendary baseball player, according to
A fire has broken out in Birmingham after footage showed plumes of smoke emerging from a street. The footage showed smoke rising from New Summer Street in the city centre as cars waited at traffic lights nearby. West Midlands Fire Service tweeted:
Residents talk about life near Davidstow Creamery Residents living near the Cathedral City cheese factory have had their lives blighted by its pollution and smell. The Environmental Agency (EA) says it records multiple permit breaches at the plant and says “unacceptable impacts” are
Plumes of smoke have been sighted above Cardiff as fire crews attend a fire in a scrap yard. Firefighters were called to the scene at around 11.15am on Friday, February 24, and the fire was put out by 12.35pm. The fire affected
Meteorologists were left stunned as a US city faces its first blizzard warning in decades. Los Angeles – famed for its warm weather – has been buffeted by a brutal winter, with flooding striking California throughout January. And now the Golden State’s
The 2023 NBA All-Star was less a basketball game and more a dunk contest, and it appears the audience was not impressed. Viewership for the All-Star Game in Salt Lake City saw a significant drop from the previous two years. Team LeBron