Author: Bijoy Daniel

– 202404APTOPIX Russia Ukraine War 71777

Ukraine has reduced the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an attempt to refill its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion. The new mobilization law went into effect Wednesday, a day after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed it. Ukraine’s parliament passed it last year. Zelenskyy didn’t specify how many new soldiers the country expects to gain by lowering the conscription age. But Oksana Zabolotna, an analyst with the Center for United Actions, a government watchdog in Kyiv, estimates it might add 50,000 troops. Conscription has been a sensitive issue amid Ukraine’s growing shortages of infantry and ammunition, which have helped give Russia the edge on the battlefield.

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The Constitutional Court has announced today that it will review a request to dissolve the opposition Move Forward party. The Election Commission (EC) filed a complaint and application after the court previously ruled in January that the party and its then leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, violated the law by proposing changes to Section 112 of the Criminal Code and advocating for the amendment bill.

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– 202404Train Derailment Ohio 01174 1

By JOSH FUNK (Associated Press) The consequences of last year’s train accident with fire in eastern Ohio do not meet the criteria for a public health crisis because there is no evidence of widespread health issues and continued exposure to chemicals, according to federal authorities. The Environmental Protection Agency did not grant this status following the Norfolk Southern derailment in February 2023, despite the […]

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