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ABIDJAN | Xinhua | Ukraine on Thursday inaugurated an embassy in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, in an attempt to expand its diplomatic presence in Africa. “The opening of the embassy in Cote d’Ivoire, a country rightly considered one of the leaders in the West African region, is explained above all by …

MOSCOW | TASS | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to China on April 8-9, during which he will discuss a number of ‘hot topics,’ including Ukraine, with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “On April 8-9, top Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov …

KIEV, RUSSIA | Xinhua | At least 10 people were killed and dozens of others wounded in Russian attacks on Ukraine in the past 24 hours, local authorities said Saturday. Four people were killed and 23 injured in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia in missile strikes, said Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan …

BERLIN | TASS | The majority of Bundestag MPs voted against a new resolution of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union bloc, demanding that Germany send Taurus missiles to Ukraine. As many as 495 parliamentarians out of 690 present voted to reject the resolution, 190 voted in its favor and …

This month, a bakery in Nairobi became a ‘Grain from Ukraine’ pop-up in a bid to showcase a “humanitarian ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Amid a debilitating war and dwindling resources, Ukraine’s embattled government is embarking on an ambitious African charm offensive. It promises more grain and investment for Africa, the opening …

It is a combination of factors, including the U.S. strategic interests for global dominance and the lucrative war business. BEIJING | Xinhua | Over the weekend, the full-scale war in Ukraine has hit a two-year mark, and the Palestinian death toll in the Gaza conflict is nearing 30,000. Two ongoing …

DMYTRO KULEBA | PROJECT SYNDICATE |  February 24, 2022, when Russia marched hundreds of thousands of troops into Ukraine, marked the beginning of a major geopolitical earthquake. For two years, Europe has been living with the grim reality of the continent’s largest war of aggression since World War II, and with …

MOSCOW | TASS | The situation around Ukraine is a matter of life and death for Russia, while the West doesn’t care as much, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments on his interview with US journalist Tucker Carlson. Putin made the comments in an interview with All-Russia State Television …

MOSCOW | TASS | Ukrainian troops retreated from Avdeevka because the regime of President Vladimir Zelensky knows how to fight only for money and only against civilians, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote in her Telegram channel. “No, not for that reason. But because ZePresident and the gang know …

Both need his principled-pragmatism to combine fidelity to the goal with a concrete analysis of the situation COMMENT | SLAVOJ ZIZEK | It is now a century since Vladimir Lenin’s death, and more than three decades since his Bolshevik project collapsed. But while much of his political life was highly problematic …