Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia launched a massive barrage of missiles and drones targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Wednesday, hitting a thermal power plant and prompting Ukrainians to take shelter in metro stations on Christmas morning, Ukrainian officials said. People take shelter at a metro station during an air raid alert, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, … Read more
England 280 (Brook 123, Pope 66, Smith 4-86) and 427 for December 6 (Root 106, Bethell 96, Duckett 92, Brook 55) beat New Zealand 125 (Atkinson 4-31, Carse 4-46) and 259 (Blundell 115, Stokes 3-5) by 323 points The winds howled over Wellington, off Cook Strait, but they only blew one way. England cruised through … Read more
Australia 86 for 1 (McSweeney 38*, Labuschagne 20*, Bumrah1-13) trail India 180 (Reddy 42, Rahul 37 Starc 6-48, Cummins 2-41) by 94 runs Mitchell Starc‘s sizzling spell with the pink ball grabbed the headlines on the opening day of the day-night Test in Adelaide as Australia responded to their 295 points beaten in Perth dismissing … Read more
Beirut — Israel carried out its first airstrike on Lebanon on Thursday since a truce with Hezbollah announced this week, claiming to have targeted the militant group’s activity at a rocket storage facility in southern Lebanon that violated the ceasefire. Lebanese authorities reported scattered incidents of Israeli mortar attacks, strikes and gunfire that injured two … Read more
It’s been 1,000 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. A day after the United States approved Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles against Russia, a Russian strike killed seven people in the Sumy region. The United States has authorized the use of missiles on targets deep inside Russia, some with a range of nearly 200 miles.