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Russian President Putin creates special fund for soldiers fighting in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree creating a special fund to support soldiers fighting in Ukraine and their…
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Erdogan in poll campaign heat targets US as envoy meets political rival
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said upcoming elections should be a “lesson to the United States,” his most explicitly anti-western…
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Burkina Faso expels two journalists working for French newspapers
Burkina Faso has expelled two French journalists working for newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, the two newspapers said on Sunday,…
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UK home secretary says Rwanda is safe for asylum seekers
Britain’s interior minister, Suella Braverman, says she is convinced Rwanda is a safe country for the resettlement of asylum seekers,…
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Japan’s foreign minister urges China to release jailed national
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing and urged the government there to promptly release…
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Reformist bloc leads Bulgaria parliamentary election: Exit polls
A pro-Western reformist bloc has won most of the votes in Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, according to exit polls, but it…
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Finland’s NCP narrowly leads PM Marin in early election count
Finland’s opposition right-wing National Coalition Party (NCP) is holding a narrow lead in the country’s parliamentary election, with 20.8 percent…
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Prominent Russian military blogger killed in cafe blast
Well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky has been killed in a blast in a cafe in St Petersburg, according to…
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IMF board approves $15.6bn Ukraine loan package
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $15.6bn support package for Ukraine to assist with the conflict-hit country’s economic…
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Taiwan says Chinese jets carried out ‘combat readiness’ patrols
Ten Chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, normally an unofficial barrier between the two sides, Taiwan’s…
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