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Ukraine Police Chief Ihor Klymenko is the new Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs | Brovary helicopter crash | 18 Jan 2023

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Chief of the National Police Ihor Klymenko will serve as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs following Brovary helicopter crash Earlier on Wednesday, a helicopter crash near a kindergarten in the Kyiv region killed Ukrainian Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky and the leadership team of Ukraine’s interior ministry who were traveling on the aircraft.  According to the statement from the Ukrainian Prime Minister on Wednesday,  Ihor  Klymenko had officially been appointed to the role of  Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs,  but would fulfil the responsibilities of the minister.  Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal  announced the appointment hours after the previous Minister, Denys Monastyrskyi, was killed in a helicopter crash near Kyiv.  WK News, Kyiv.
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New Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern to step down from office in February

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New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced in an emotional press briefing that she will step down from her role as PM, saying "it's time."  New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced in an emotional press briefing on Thursday that she would be stepping down from her role as Prime Minister by February 7 after five and a half years of service.  Prime Minister Ardern said she had taken time to consider her future over the summer break, hoping to find the heart and energy to go on in the role. "But unfortunately I haven't, and I would be doing a disservice to New Zealand to continue," she told reporters on Thursday.  "This has been the most fulfilling 5 1/2 years of my life, but it has also had its challenges," Ardern said, citing crises from the COVID-19 pandemic to the deadliest mass shooting in New Zealand's history. "But I'm not leaving because it was hard," she said. "I am leaving because with s...
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Govt. of Canada has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankan state officials, including former presidents | January 10, 2023

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Government of Canada has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankan state officials, including former presidents   The Government of Canada has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankan government officials, including former presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa.   According to the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the sanctions are over human rights violations committed during the armed conflict from 1983 to 2009. Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa oversaw the forces that were accused of targeting Tamil civilians. The Sri Lankan government has taken “limited meaningful and concrete action” to uphold its human rights obligations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada said on Tuesday in a press release. In addition to former presidents, sanctions have also been imposed on Staff Sergeant Sunil Ratnayake and Lt Commander Chandana P Hettiarachchithe, the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.   Former President Gotabaya Rajapaks...
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