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'Help us': Last few residents hold on in Donbas ghost town
'Help us': Last few residents hold on in Donbas ghost town
World
by  AFP

In the eastern Ukrainian village of Bohorodychne -- which means 'where God was born' -- the golden domes of the church have fallen down. The church was blown up in one of the many shellings the village has seen as it was taken and retaken several times by Russian and Ukrainian troops fighting for the Donbas.

'Calm before the storm': London readies for queen's send-off
'Calm before the storm': London readies for queen's send-off
World
by  AFP

Workmen set up barriers and thousands of police were mobilised as London geared up Tuesday for its grand farewell to Queen Elizabeth II. The late monarch's coffin arrived in the British capital from Scotland, where she died last Thursday, before hundreds of thousands are expected to pay their respects as it lies in state.