
-
Kenyan women jockey for place at DJ turntables
-
Dalai Lama suggests institution to continue at 90th birthday launch
-
Late fashion icon Lagerfeld's discreet villa near Paris goes under hammer
-
Tougher Singapore crypto regulations kick in
-
Russia bets on patriotism to address demographic crisis
-
Dalai Lama prays at landmark 90th birthday launch
-
India-Pakistan conflict hits shared love of film, music
-
China's top diplomat visits Europe pitching closer ties in 'volatile' world
-
Kiss urges under-strength Reds to 'rip in' against Lions
-
Canada rescinds tax on US tech firms in hopes of Trump trade deal
-
Most Asian stocks rise as investors eye US trade talks
-
Jury retires to decide verdict in Australia's mushroom murder trial
-
Farrell expects Reds to be 'big step up' for Lions
-
UN conference seeks boost for aid as US cuts bite
-
Sweet-smelling fungi at centre of Australian triple-murder trial
-
All Blacks lose injured prop Williams for France series
-
The players to watch at women's Euro 2025
-
England's nemesis Spain bid to add Euro title to world crown
-
Vinicius rallying as Mbappe eyes Real Madrid return
-
After outcry, rugby-inspired collision sport seeks new markets
-
Alcaraz, Sabalenka in spotlight as Wimbledon gets underway
-
Tour de France contenders and dark horses
-
Pogacar seeks century as Tour de France returns to its roots
-
Injured scrum-half Williams ruled out of Lions tour
-
US Senate edges towards vote on Trump's divisive spending bill
-
Ice-cold Freese to the rescue as US down Costa Rica in Gold Cup
-
Chile's left nominates Communist Party's Jara to be presidential candidate
-
Itoje back as captain as Lions ring changes for Reds clash
-
Jury set to deliberate Sean 'Diddy' Combs's fate
-
Meta spending big on AI talent but will it pay off?
-
Reed wins four-man playoff to capture first LIV Golf title
-
South African Potgieter wins playoff on fifth hole for PGA Detroit title
-
Thousands block roads in another night of Serbian protests
-
Kane double fires Bayern into Club World Cup last eight
-
Togo groups say recent protests left 7 dead
-
Backers of Brazil's Bolsonaro hold mass protest in Sao Paulo
-
Fires break out as southern Europe heatwave intensifies
-
Hall of Fame trainer Lukas, four-time Kentucky Derby winner, dies at 89
-
Chelsea to sign Brighton forward Joao Pedro - reports
-
Beating Messi's Miami 'harder than it may seem': PSG's Luis Enrique
-
Netanyahu eyes hostage breakthrough as Gaza families mourn victims
-
Iran voices 'serious doubts' over Israel commitment to ceasefire
-
England hit Jamaica for seven in perfect Euros preparation
-
Bogdanovic retires after 10 NBA seasons due to foot injury
-
PSG rout Messi's Inter Miami to reach Club World Cup quarters
-
Chennai clinch inaugural Sevens title as rugby touches down in India
-
Brad Pitt's 'F1' cruises to top of N.America box office
-
Kvitova relishes chance for farewell at 'special' Wimbledon
-
Eubank, Benn set for September rematch
-
Hamilton salutes Ferrari for 'mega-progress' with updates

'We are not Nazis': Kyiv quietly marks Victory Day
As Lera Nelyub walked alongside her grandfather Nikolai, she admitted it was difficult to find a way to talk about the ongoing Russian invasion with the 97-year-old World War II veteran.
At Kyiv’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Monday, she held on to him as he bent to lay a bouquet of flowers to honour the memory of his friends and comrades from the Soviet Army who died fighting the Nazis in World War II.
"It is difficult for him to talk about it. At first when he was watching the news, he couldn't believe what was happening," said Nelyub when asked how her grandfather felt about Russian President Vladimir's Putin's ongoing war to "de-Nazify" Ukraine.
"It is completely idiotic what's happening... Putin has an alternative history," she said.
As Ukrainians flocked to the city's World War II monument, Putin was in Moscow's Red Square giving a speech for Russia's Victory Day celebrations, where he derided Ukraine and sought to justify his invasion as an extension of Moscow's war against the Nazis in the 1940s.
But the argument held little water in Kyiv, where a steady stream of relatives of those who fought and died fighting the Nazi invasion paid their respects to the fallen.
Tetyana Levchenko, 65, bristled at Putin's diatribes as she laid her own flowers at the monument.
"This is a holiday for me -- a big, bright holiday. It's the day of victory over fascist Germany," said Levchenko.
"This concerns me personally and my family… We are not Nazis," she insisted.
Between eight and 10 million Ukrainians are believed to have died in the brutal fighting of World War II that saw the Soviet Union repel the Nazi invasion of its territory that helped defeat Hitler's Third Reich.
- Honouring the recent dead -
Earlier in the day, President Volodymyr Zelensky invoked the ghosts of the war to lambast Russia, saying Ukraine was "proud" of its role in defeating the Nazi forces.
"We will not allow anyone to annex this victory. We will not allow it to be appropriated," he said in a video address.
For months, Putin has sought to link Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine to the events of World War II, describing the authorities in Kyiv as neo-Nazis.
But Sergiy Marmuzin, a 46-year-old labourer, shrugged off the ongoing political wrangling over the conflict, saying it would not stop him from commemorating what he considers a sacred day.
"Sure, this holiday is used in political games of some sort, but it remains a holiday to me," Marmuzin told AFP, saying his great-grandfather died in the war.
Others were visiting Kyiv's World War II monument to honour Ukraine's latest martyrs -- those killed in the ongoing fight against the Russian invaders.
"I wanted to commemorate our warriors, warriors who defend us," said retired teacher Nina Mironova, 72.
"I want this war to end so much, because it has brought us so much grief."
A.Jones--AMWN