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Venezuela's fall deepens under Maduro's rule
Oped, Published on 15/05/2025
» What was akin to a celebration of global dictators and political rogues, Venezuela's Marxist dictator, Nicholas Maduro, visited Moscow to join Vladimir Putin in celebrating Russia's May 9 Victory Day Parade, the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's triumph over Nazi Germany. Mr Putin's pantheon included communist China's leader Xi Jinping and Brazil's President Lula da Silva, among others.
Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine after 3 years of war
Published on 11/05/2025
» MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Turkey that he said should be aimed at bringing a durable peace, an initiative welcomed by US President Donald Trump.
European leaders arrive in Kyiv after Putin's parade
Reuters, Published on 10/05/2025
» KYIV — The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland arrived in Kyiv on Saturday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a show of unity a day after Russia's Vladimir Putin hosted his allies in a Victory Day parade on Red Square.
Putin says Russia to win Ukraine ‘victory’ as Trump seeks truce
Published on 09/05/2025
» President Vladimir Putin said Russia would achieve its strategic goals in Ukraine as he insisted the country was united behind his war.
Putin gears up to host world leaders at lavish army parade
AFP, Published on 09/05/2025
» MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin will host a lavish World War II Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday, an event the Kremlin hopes will rally patriotism at home and project strength abroad as its troops fight in Ukraine.
Xi and Putin meet in Moscow as Ukraine reports truce violations
AFP, Published on 08/05/2025
» MOSCOW - China’s Xi Jinping was in Moscow on Thursday for a state visit ahead of the Kremlin’s grand Victory Day celebrations, as Ukraine accused Russia’s army of launching air strikes just hours into a supposed truce.
Putin gears up for 'grandest' Victory Day amid Ukraine conflict
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the "grandest" ever annual Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday, evoking the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II to rally support for his troops fighting in Ukraine.
South Asian nuclear war would hit globe
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/05/2025
» India and Pakistan have had several shooting matches since they carried out a total of nine underground nuclear weapons tests in 1998. However, they don't make Putin-style thinly veiled threats to use their nukes (around 170 nuclear warheads each at the moment), and they do understand that escalation from smaller, "conventional" wars is the real danger.
Vietnam: Fifty years since the Fall of Saigon
Oped, Published on 30/04/2025
» Fifty years ago, on April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese military units surged into Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, forcibly reuniting the country, thus ending 20 years of conflict.
Conflicts spur 'unprecedented' rise in military spending
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Worldwide military expenditure saw its steepest rise in 2024 since the end of the Cold War, reaching US$2.7 trillion as wars and rising tensions drove up spending, researchers said on Monday.