Why it is unlikely that a few baubles will attract Putin to adopt his strategy to befriend Russia to isolate China COMMENT | VIJAY PRASHAD | U.S. President Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin and told him that the U.S. government is committed to a peace process in Ukraine. …
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | French President Emmanuel Macron has been trying on new Napoleonic armor for a long time and aspires to lead the European “war party”, said Leonid Slutsky, the head of the State Duma’s committee on international affairs and leader of the LDPR Party. “The French leader’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | New details have emerged showing how two daughters of the elusive rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader, Joseph Kony, were held captive for four months by Wagner Group mercenaries in the Central African Republic (CAR). Reliable information obtained by Uganda Radio Network indicates that …
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MOSCOW | Xinhua | Russia’s Progress MS-30 cargo spacecraft, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Friday, successfully docked with the International Space Station on Sunday, Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos said. Carrying a total of 2,599 kg of supplies, the Progress MS-30 delivered 1,179 kg of equipment, clothing, food supplies, …
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Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | The Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over a peace deal with Russia got heated. After niceties, here is where it got off the rail as captured by @Last_DayWithYou on twitter ZELENSKY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What …
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WASHINGTON | BBC | The day began with the same cordial routine the White House reserves for visiting foreign dignitaries. Ukraining President Volodymyr Zelensky was welcomed by President Donald Trump at the door of the West Wing with an honour guard, and the leaders shook hands politely. We were in …
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PARIS | Xinhua | French President Emmanuel Macron, following extensive discussions with European leaders over the past few days, met with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in the White House on Monday in a bid to let the collective voice of Europe on the Ukraine crisis be heard. Despite …
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UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution appealing for a swift end to the conflict and urging a lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine, as the world marked the third anniversary since the full escalation of the crisis. The resolution received 10 …
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BEIJING | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that history and reality show that China and Russia are good neighbors that cannot be moved away, and true friends who share weal and woe, support each other and achieve common development. He made the remarks when having a …
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BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | High-level delegations from the United States and Russia met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, agreeing to work toward ending the three-year Russia-Ukraine conflict and restoring bilateral relations. It marked the first face-to-face interaction between senior U.S. and Russian officials since the outbreak of the …
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