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Ukraine has conducted “coordinated strikes” overnight against a military airbase inside Russia, targeting Russian fighter planes, a Ukrainian source has told Sky News.The operation, which took place early on Friday morning, included attacks against Russian SU-34 fighter-bombers, which have been used by the Russian military to hit Ukrainian forces in Ukraine, the military source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Image: Map showing the Morozovsk airfield “The Morozovsk military airfield hosts potent fast jet capabilities, SU-34s, which launch strikes on to frontline Ukrainian troops,” the source said.”This strike will impede Russia’s ability to conduct such strikes in the future and…

Can someone who committed genocide ever be reintegrated into society? The people convicted of genocide in Rwanda have served the maximum sentence and have been released.  The authors of DW’s Science unscripted podcast, Conor Dillon and Gabriel Borrud, discussed this with Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira, professor of sociology at Ohio State University. She interviewed 168 convicted Rwandans before and after they were released from prison. DW: How were the individuals who once used a machete against former neighbors welcomed home in Rwanda? Or, what exactly is a successful reintegration into society after genocide? Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira: It’s a dual process. As they’re coming back from prison, they…

The trunks worn by boxing legend Muhammad Ali in his famous “Thrilla in Manila” boxing match with rival Joe Frazier are now on auction at Sotheby’s in New York. Ali’s shorts are expected to be sell for more than $6 million (€5.5 million). The auction of the Muhammad Ali’s shorts from an iconic fight comes as Sotheby’s has decided to auction off a bunch of sporting items. Bids have been arriving online since March 27, and the auction is open until April 12. The white shorts with black stripes have an inscription by Ali’s assistant trainer and corner man, Drew “Bundini” Brown…

This is the type of message one might come across on Ukrainian Telegram channels:  “The Armed Forces of Ukraine are recruiting homeless people.” “Ukrainians are going to surrender Kharkiv.” “Ukrainian border guards were allowed to open fire on those trying to flee Ukraine.” These messages, monitored by the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation, are distributed by allegedly pro-Russian Telegram channels apparently to sow panic and disinformation about Ukraine’s military affairs and political establishment. The speed and anonymity of Telegram have heightened the debate over whether to block the platform in Ukraine. This issue has reached political circles, with discussions now…

Many South Koreans, including President Yoon Suk-yeol, cast their ballots on Friday on the first of two days of early voting for next week’s parliamentary elections. More than 3.5 million people, or some 8% of eligible voters, had voted as of 1 p.m., according to the National Election Commission — the highest turnout in the time period since early voting was introduced in 2013. Surveys have shown that the April 10 election will be a close-run affair, with Yoon’s People Power Party (PPP) seeking to win a majority in the 300-seat assembly. The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) currently holds a a 167-seat majority, enabling…

A dog missing from California has been reunited with its owners after turning up almost nine months later – and more than 2,000 miles away from the family home.Terrier mix Mishka went missing from San Diego in mid-July last year and her owners’ social media pleas for information failed to deliver any leads. Fast forward nearly nine months and just before Easter, authorities in suburban Detroit, Michigan, responded to a call about a stray dog.Police in Harper Woods picked the pooch up and contacted animal welfare group The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society.They soon discovered three-year-old Mishka had been chipped…

One of the accomplices in the deadly Christmas market attack in Strasbourg was handed 30 years in prison, a French court ruled Thursday.  The 42-year-old accomplice from the Ivory Coast, Audrey M., went to trial in February along with three others over their roles assisting in the attack. He was the main defendant in the trial, and is accused of helping the perpetrator of the attack with a firearm.   The 29-year-old attacker, Cherif Chekatt, was shot dead by police after a massive manhunt. He killed five people and wounded 11 others when he opened fire on the open-air market. What did the court rule?  The court…

Yet another horrific event in the Gaza Strip: Seven members of the international aid organization World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli attack. The aid workers were trying to reduce the suffering of the estimated 2.4 million people in the Gaza Strip. The shocking news, which drew international condemnation, has again highlighted the difficulty of getting international aid, including aid from Germany, to those trapped in the war zone. For weeks, German aid groups have increasingly voiced their concern that the help they are able to provide is extremely limited. Gerda Hasselfeldt, president of the German Red Cross (DRK), is not prone…

During the first months of the war in Gaza, deaths were counted through a network of computers connecting morgues across the territory. It was a system that, in the years beforehand, had won the trust of human rights groups, the UN and the World Health Organisation.But amid repeated Israeli attacks on hospitals and chronic fuel shortages, this system has now effectively collapsed.Of the eight major hospitals responsible for collating morgue data, just three are still providing information to the health ministry.As a result, the morgue monitoring system is now only capturing a small fraction of deaths across the territory. Datawrapper…

Skip next section US is stronger with NATO, Stoltenberg tells DW04/04/2024April 4, 2024US is stronger with NATO, Stoltenberg tells DWNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has rejected suggestions that some lawmakers in the United States are turning their backs to the miliary alliance. “The US is stronger with NATO than without NATO. There’s a strong bipartisan support for NATO in in the United States,” Stoltenberg said in an interview with DW’s Alexandra von Nahmen in Brussels. “And we have to remember that the criticism from former President Donald Trump and also from others in the United States has not been mainly against…