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Southeast Asia's Russian dilemma as summits loom
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» Southeast Asian countries look set to maintain ties with Russia as a trio of global summits loom, despite United States-led efforts to isolate Moscow over its Ukraine invasion.
Russia's war in Ukraine: Latest developments
AFP, Published on 06/03/2022
» Here are the latest developments in Russia's war in Ukraine:
Putin threatens Ukraine 'statehood' as Moscow sanctions tighten
AFP, Published on 06/03/2022
» KYIV: Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened the existence of Ukrainian statehood as his army's invasion of the neighbour faces stiff resistance and his economy is increasingly asphyxiated by sanctions.
ExxonMobil, Apple, Boeing latest US giants to cut ties with Moscow
AFP, Published on 02/03/2022
» NEW YORK: Apple, ExxonMobil and Boeing announced Tuesday in rapid succession steps to withdraw or freeze business in Russia as more US corporate giants take action after the Ukraine invasion.
Contact lost with passenger plane in Russia's Far East
AFP, Published on 06/07/2021
» MOSCOW: Contact has been lost with a passenger plane carrying more than two dozen people in Russia's remote Far Eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, local officials said Tuesday.
Germany-Russia flights resume after tit-for-tat cancellations
AFP, Published on 03/06/2021
» BERLIN - Airline companies said flights between Germany and Russia had resumed Wednesday evening, after each country blocked the other's incoming flights as part of the fall-out from tensions over Belarus.
Russia reports record virus cases but shuns new restrictions
AFP, Published on 10/10/2020
» MOSCOW - Russia registered its highest-ever number of new coronavirus infections on Friday after officials warned that tight restrictions could be put back in place if people continued to flout restrictions.
Stay or go? French fly home from Russia amid pandemic
AFP, Published on 05/04/2020
» MOSCOW - Christian Querouix, a 69-year-old pensioner, who shares his time between France and Russia, had a difficult choice to make.
Companies hit pause button as coronavirus infects economy
AFP, Published on 19/03/2020
» PARIS - Layoffs, cutting costs and halting dividends... companies are scrambling to adapt as the coronavirus emergency hits demand and draconian measures taken to contain the illness undercut production and demand.
Russia probes pilot error after deadly plane blaze
AFP, Published on 07/05/2019
» MOSCOW - Russian investigators were on Tuesday considering pilot error as the cause of a crash-landing that saw a plane erupt in flames at Moscow's busiest airport and kill 41 people, media reported.