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Russian forces have been cut off from vital Starlink satellite services along the frontlines, with Ukraine‘s defence minister confirming the deactivation of terminals used by Russian troops. The terminals allow users access to fast broadband in Ukraine. That was the case up until Elon Musk agreed to disconnect the Russians from this piece of equipment. […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A pilot has been killed after an Nato F-16 fighter jet crashed moments after take-off. The incident took place early on Wednesday morning near a highway in western Turkey. […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch King Harald of Norway has been admitted to a hospital in Spain‘s Canary Islands during a winter vacation there, the royal palace said Tuesday. Harald, who turned 89 on […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Andrei Lankov, a prominent Russian scholar on North Korea who teaches at a Seoul university, was detained in Latvia while delivering a lecture, Russian media reported. Mr Lankov confirmed […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The former CEO of a San Francisco homeless services charity will be arraigned Tuesday on nine felony charges after prosecutors said she stole more than $1.2 million in public […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch An Irish council has approved plans by Donald Trump‘s family to build a ballroom at their golf course in the west of Ireland, with local media reporting the decision […]

Get the Adam Clery Football Column. A newsletter that unpacks the absurdities and oddities of the beautiful game The ACFC newsletter: unpacking football’s absurdities Unpack football’s oddities with the ACFC newsletter PSG and Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi has been ordered to stand trial in a rape case, lawyers confirmed to the Associated Press on Tuesday. […]

When war in Ukraine broke out in 2022, Olena Kutsa was five months pregnant. As Russian troops rolled and explosions echoed across the country, the Head of Emergency Response for the Ukrainian Red Cross Society, who was five-months pregnant, left her home – not knowing If she would ever return. Olena moved into her office […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch France‘s top diplomat Monday requested that U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner no longer be allowed direct access to members of the French government after he skipped a meeting to discuss […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Slovakia on Monday escalated a dispute with Ukraine over oil deliveries by halting emergency electricity supplies to the country suffering from daily blackouts caused by Russia’s bombardment of power […]