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By Dan Peleschuk KYIV, April 30 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s top general on Thursday ordered a mandatory two-month time limit for front-line troops serving in forward positions, aiming to address a key challenge for Kyiv’s outmanned military in the fifth year of war with Moscow. Oleksandr Syrskyi’s decree comes amid frequent and often harrowing reports of Ukrainian soldiers serving for months at a time under fire as they struggle to hold […]

By Sergiy Karazy MYROTSKE, Ukraine, April 30 (Reuters) – Near the village of Myrotske in central Ukraine, a dozen mine clearers moved painstakingly forward in rows, sweeping metal detectors before them in time with one another, like reapers scything wheat. They are working to make the woods and fields safe from mines and unexploded ordnance left behind after Russia occupied the area, some 40 km (25 miles) northwest of Kyiv, […]

By Naveen Thukral and Panarat Thepgumpanat SINGAPORE/BANGKOK, April 30 (Reuters) – Rice supply is expected to fall this year as farmers cut planting acreage across Asia because of fertiliser shortages and soaring fuel costs from the Iran war, with an emerging El Nino also set to squeeze output of the world’s most consumed staple. Rice is central to global food security, and even modest supply disruptions can ripple through countries, […]

NAIROBI, April 30 (Reuters) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir fired his foreign and trade ministers and senior security officials, a decree on Wednesday said, the latest in a series of government changes. • The South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation announced late on Wednesday that Kiir had relieved Semeya Kumba of his post as foreign minister, and had sacked Atong Kuol Manyang as trade minister. • No explanation was given for […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Years after a lead acid battery recycling plant shut down in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, residents of Owino Uhuru say they are still suffering from lead poisoning, a growing public health risk as Africa’s clean energy boom drives a surge in battery use. Faith Muthama, 40, a mother of four, says her health has never recovered. “Life has never been the same,” she said, wiping […]

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hezbollah has launched a new weapon against northern Israel in the latest round of fighting: small drones controlled with fiber-optic cables the width of dental floss that avoid electronic detection. These drones — used widely in the war in Ukraine — are small, hard to track and potentially lethal. Many drones are susceptible to electronic jamming by air defenses. Jamming can cause a drone to […]

HAVELTE, Netherlands (AP) — Their faces daubed with camouflage, the troops emerge almost silently from a forest with Colt C7 rifles slung across their chests. They scan their surroundings for potential threats. The soldiers are members of the 10th Infantry Battalion Guard Security Corps National Reserve on a weekend exercise to hone their skills as the Netherlands bolsters its military with new recruits and volunteers. The Dutch government and top […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Rapid military adoption of artificial intelligence is becoming essential to Ukraine’s survival, even as full integration across the battlefield may still be several years away, according to a senior AI official. Danylo Tsvok said AI is already helping Ukraine hold territory, while reducing risks to its soldiers as it faces a larger, better-resourced adversary. “We need to be faster than the enemy in decision-making,” he told […]

David Allan Coe, the country singer-songwriter who wrote the working class anthem “Take This Job and Shove It″ and had hits with “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” and “The Ride” among others, has died. He was 86. Coe’s wife, Kimberly Hastings Coe, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone on Wednesday. She described him as one of the best singers and songwriters of our time. “My husband, my […]