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Ukraine’s territory is shrinking as Kiev indulges in military illusions — Mendel
According to Yulia Mendel, all the country’s authorities can offer under these circumstances is evacuation
‘If this works, it will be the first real ceasefire across a large stretch of the front’: Russia and Ukraine maintain truce in occupied Oleshky for more than two days
Russia and Ukraine have halted hostilities around the occupied city of Oleshky since October 27. The Verkhovna Rada’s human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, confirmed on the …
Russian Deputy PM names key areas of cooperation with Africa
Alexander Novak indicated agriculture, transport, mineral resources mining and electric power as key areas for cooperation with African nations
China’s Hainan boosts its international trade in services by 11.7% in nine months
The province’s services exports increased to around $6.02 billion in the reporting period
US and Japan agree to establish a Japanese facility for joint missile production
The announcement Wednesday is the latest action by the allies, who have repeatedly expressed alarm over China's growing assertiveness in Asia.
China elevates a military general to the Politburo and seeks to strengthen party discipline
This move comes about a year before President Xi Jinping is expected to secure his fourth five-year term.
Thai PM revokes chief rabbi’s citizenship over use of US passport – report
Bangkok said to withdraw naturalization of Chabad Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor, who has lived in Thailand since 1993, under law that bans continued usage of other nationality
Israel’s election yielded a stalemate. Which means Netanyahu has won
The anti-Netanyahu parties won a Knesset majority, but they do not have the means to translate that into even a minority government. The failure is staggering, and may echo long i…
Moscow Judge Sentences Exiled Libertarian Mikhail Svetov to One Year in Prison
Svetov, who left Russia in 2021, was found guilty in absentia of violating the country’s “foreign agent” law.
Russia sends Ebola testing systems to all DR Congo neighbors — watchdog
Russia shares its testing systems with other countries whenever such a situation arises, Russian Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare chief Anna Po…
Who benefits when massive AI data centers come to town?
The battle over data centers is hitting the ballot box. Brookings scholar Darrell West talks about how the backlash against the AI boom, flock cameras and tech companies is crossi…
Iran yet to respond to Vance’s letter to security council secretary — Tasnim
According to the agency, the Iranian side has received the letter
The Lasting Price of Mbappé’s Apology to China
The commercial fallout for Real Madrid may be temporary, but the precedent for censoring speech beyond China’s borders is far more consequential.
‘I went to prison while he played video games’: Sofia Sapega, arrested alongside journalist Roman Protasevich after Belarus forced their Ryanair flight to land in Minsk, tells her side of the story
On May 23, 2021, Belarusian security services tricked a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius into landing in Minsk. On board were Roman Protasevich (Raman Pratasevich) and his gi…
NATO becoming official arms store for Kiev — Russian envoy
Dmitry Polyansky noted that European countries continue to buy weapons for Ukraine
What are the election fraud allegations roiling Israel? Could they change the results?
Election panel head Noam Sohlberg has told the Shin Bet to probe allegations of foreign influence, reported to involve Qatari funding for an Arab get-out-the-vote effort. Why is t…
State Duma approved draft federal budget for 2027-2029 in first reading
Budget expenditures and revenues are planned in 2027 at the level of $600 bln and $532.9 bln respectively
Rights Group Uncovers North Korean Forced Labor Network in Russia
Global Rights Compliance said that North Korea reaps funds from the operation, taking much of the wages earned by its workers who are sent to Russia and made to stay under threat …
With Europe’s Doors Closed, Russians Are Flocking to Vyborg for a Taste of the West
Vyborg, a city with centuries of Swedish and Finnish heritage, is experiencing a tourism boom. But reminders of the war in Ukraine are never far away.
Russia’s OSCE envoy says West creates permanent military channel for Kiev
The United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden joined the financing
Nvidia CEO reportedly targeted by Chinese spy
Jensen Huang reported to have had close relationship with tech company executive suspected of passing intel to ChinaUS intelligence agencies believe the Nvidia chief executive, Je…
Russia, NATO moving closer to direct military clash — envoy
Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE Dmitry Polyansky highlighted that the alliance "continues to rely on hybrid warfare, in which a bleeding Ukraine fights on everyone’s …
Russia remains true friend to Africa — daughter of former Zambian president
Musata Kaunda Ndlovu recalled that Russia had provided invaluable support to her country in its struggle for independence and in training national specialists
RusHydro eyeing cooperation expansion with African countries
Deputy CEO of the Russian hydropower company Sergey Machekhin said that RusHydro is studying the potential of more than twenty African countries