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Putin seen greeting crowd, with Kremlin insisting he has ‘astounding’ support
The Kremlin said on Thursday that footage, which could not be verified, apparently showing President Vladimir Putin greeting adoring supporters…
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Kremlin gives no detail on fate of ‘General Armageddon’ Surovikin after Wagner mutiny
The Kremlin declined on Thursday to give any details about the fate of Russian General Sergei Surovikin, whose status and…
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Satellite images appear to show build-up at Wagner base in Belarus
Satellite images of a military base southeast of the Belarus capital Minsk appear to show new facilities set up in…
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EU’s top diplomat warns ‘a weaker Putin is a greater danger’
The EU’s top diplomat warned Thursday that a “weaker” Russian President Vladimir Putin would pose a “greater danger” after Wagner’s aborted…
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Russia: Two generals, up to 50 officers killed in strike on Ukraine’s Kramatorsk
Russia on Thursday claimed its forces had killed two Ukrainian generals and “up to 50 officers” in a strike on…
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Russia’s Wagner fighters will no longer take part in Ukraine war: Report
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, has been told that he will be deprived of financing if his…
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Afghanistan’s Taliban denounces burning Quran outside Stockholm mosque
Afghanistan’s Taliban government reacted angrily Thursday to Swedish authorities allowing a man to burn a copy of the Quran outside a…
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France to deploy 40,000 policemen across France after deadly police shooting of teen
Forty-thousand policemen will be deployed across France on Thursday evening after riots spread across France overnight, set off by the deadly…
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Three French airports paralyzed by strike over working conditions
France’s civil air authority said Thursday it had ordered airlines to cancel flights to and from three airports because of…
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China’s top diplomat says new law to counter foreign ‘hegemony,’ and ‘bullying’
China’s top diplomat said on Thursday a new foreign relations law would help counter “bullying” from abroad after Beijing approved…
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