The Daily Populous

Thursday November 30th, 2023 evening edition

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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) blew up a freight train in a tunnel on a vital rail link between Russia and China, sources have told Kyiv Post.

The operation, conducted overnight, struck in the Severomuysky Tunnel on the Baikal Amur Mainline deep inside Russia, north of Mongolia.

A source in Ukraine’s military leadership told Kyiv Post four explosions targeted the train as it passed through the tunnel.

The source said Russian security services were investigating at the scene and workers were trying to make the tunnel operational again.

There is currently no information on the extent of the damage to the tunnel itself.

According to their information, on Nov. 29 at 10:18 p.m., a freight train caught fire in the Severomuysky Tunnel.

The Russian Telegram channel Baza reported that fuel tank on the train caught but did not say what caused it. »

Henry Kissinger, who shaped world affairs under two presidents, dies at 100

Authored by washingtonpost.com

Henry Kissinger, who shaped world affairs under two presidents, dies at 100 The diplomat exercised an unparalleled control over U.S. international affairs and policymaking.

Presidential adviser Henry A. Kissinger in June 1972, before leaving on his fourth trip to the People's Republic of China.

While young and still unknown, Kissinger was moving into the world of foreign policy heavyweights, a world he would come to dominate. »

Festivus 2023: When we publish your grievances and complaints

Authored by tampabay.com

It’s your chance to gripe and complain from anywhere in the world about ways you’ve been annoyed this year.

Your most petty peeves about people, businesses, sports teams, your job, your pets — whatever — could be published in the Tampa Bay Times.

It involves an unadorned metal pole instead of a tree (tinsel is “distracting”), feats of strength and the airing of grievances. »

Henry Kissinger, secretary of state to Richard Nixon, dies at 100

Authored by theguardian.com

Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state under Richard Nixon who became one of the most prominent and controversial figures of US foreign policy in the 20th century, has died.

His consulting firm Kissinger Associates announced his death in a statement on Wednesday evening, but did not disclose a cause.

Kissinger was a Harvard academic before becoming national security adviser when Nixon won the White House in 1968. »