US general suspended over snarky tweet

A retired three-star army general lost his ‘senior mentor’ job for apparently mocking US First Lady Jill Biden The US Army’s former top spokesman, Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky, has been relieved of his duties as an adviser to active-duty officers amid a probe into his controversial response to Jill Biden’s claim that the rights of…

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Zelensky postpones regular military draft and discharge

Kiev has already carried out multiple waves of mobilization since the start of Russia’s offensive Ukraine will not call up new conscripts as part of a regular yearly draft, a decree issued by President Vladimir Zelensky on Friday says. Those drafted last year will remain on active duty until Kiev announces a demobilization, the document…

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WTO warns of ‘polycrisis’

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says the world is facing a food and fuel crisis and export controls are making it worse Export restrictions are pushing up food prices and could further exacerbate the global “polycrisis,” World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said at the opening of the 12th WTO ministerial conference in Geneva on Sunday.

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