Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants

Even as we empathise with these intelligent animals, our relentless push for resources kills them in their thousands, just as whalers once hunted them to the brink of extinction For weeks now, a humpback whale has been trying to die. Entangled in ropes, it had wandered into the shallow Baltic Sea. Unable to feed, it is now subject to extreme dehydration, since whales satisfy their thirst through the fish they eat. In such a parlous situation, the whale’s last resort was to strand itself on Po...

By Philip Hoare and Jeroen Hoekendijk

Ukraine destroys Russian Solntsepyok flamethrower system on Zaporizhzhia front – video

Ukrainian troops destroyed a Russian TOS-1A Solntsepyok – a heavy Russian flamethrower multiple-launch rocket system – in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 18 April.

By Alona Mazurenko

Ukraine strikes Baltic Sea port, Volga river industrial sites - The Straits Times

Ukraine strikes Baltic Sea port, Volga river industrial sites  The Straits Times

Ukraine strikes two Russian refineries, Baltic Sea port

Ukrainian drones struck a handful of Russia's oil facilities overnight, including two oil refineries in the Samara region and a Baltic ⁠Sea port that exports petroleum products, Russian local governors and a Ukrainian army official said.

Russian drone hits meat processing plant in Kharkiv region, three injured

Russian forces attacked a meat processing plant in the town of Bohodukhiv in the Kharkiv region using a Molniya-type drone, leaving three female employees with acute stress reactions.