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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 …

Ukraine sought to prove that the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic are terrorist organizations, and Russia gave them funding and weapons THE HAGUE | TASS | The UN International Court of Justice has found most of Ukraine’s complaints against Russia in a lawsuit over potential violations of …

MOSCOW | Xinhua |  The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that Ukraine launched two missiles at an Il-76 military transport aircraft, killing all 74 people on board. “Today at 11:15 a.m., the Kiev regime committed a terrorist act, as a result of which a Russian military transport aircraft was shot …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has reiterated the urgency for administrative reforms at the global body and the independence of Palestine. Speaking at the closing of the 19th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Kampala, Guterres noted that the persistent violations of the rights of the poorer …

BRUSSELS | TASS | The North Atlantic Alliance has promised Ukraine billions of euros in “major military, economic, and humanitarian assistance” in 2024, according to the statement of the NATO-Ukraine Council meeting held in Brussels at the ambassadorial level. Nevertheless, the document has no information about new arms deliveries, and …

KIEV | Xinhua |  Ukraine and Russia carried out their largest prisoner swap since February 2022, the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said Wednesday. Under the exchange, 230 Ukrainian captives, including six civilians, had been returned from Russian custody, the agency said. Among those freed are …

MOSCOW | TASS | Over the past 24 hours, Russian air defense systems have intercepted 14 HIMARS and Olkha shells, and also destroyed 31 Ukrainian drones, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. “During the day, air defense systems intercepted 14 rockets fired from the HIMARS and Vilkha multiple launch rocket systems. …

KIEV, UKRAINE | Xinhua | At least seven people were injured in a missile attack on the Ukrainian capital here on Friday morning, the city’s mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. The building of the Lukyanivska metro station in central Kiev was damaged by the explosion, Klitschko said, noting that …

WASHINGTON, USA | Xinhua | The U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced this year’s final package of weapons and equipment to aid Ukraine, exhausting existing funding still at the Biden administration’s disposal. The arms and equipment in the package are worth up to 250 million U.S. dollars and are being …

BRUSSELS | Xinhua |  More than two months into the Israel-Hamas conflict, violence in the Middle East has no end in sight and Europe as a neighbor is still struggling to unify around a call for ceasefire in Gaza. The European Union (EU) summit ended December 15  without a much-expected …