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Russia offers to extend nuclear arms limits with US by 1 year
AFP, Published on 22/09/2025
» MOSCOW - Russia offered Monday to keep abiding by the nuclear warhead limits in a key treaty with the United States once it expires in February, but only for one year and if Washington did the same.
Russia brands Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov a 'foreign agent'
AFP, Published on 02/09/2023
» MOSCOW - Russia on Friday added respected journalist and Nobel Prize co-recipient Dmitry Muratov to its list of foreign agents, a label authorities commonly use to stifle critics.
World readies to ring in 2023
AFP, Published on 31/12/2022
» SYDNEY - The world's eight billion people on Saturday prepared to usher in 2023 and farewell a turbulent 12 months marked by war in Europe, stinging price rises and Lionel Messi's world cup glory.
Iceland's thriller-loving PM pens first crime novel
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» REYKJAVIK - Like many around the world, Iceland's prime minister delved into her hobby during the pandemic. Now, the crime novel she co-wrote with one of Iceland's most popular authors has just been published.
Putin 'will not attend Gorbachev's funeral'
AFP, Published on 01/09/2022
» MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev due to scheduling issues, his spokesman said on Thursday.
To Ukrainians, Gorbachev remains an 'imperialist'
AFP, Published on 01/09/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Mikhail Gorbachev could have been celebrated for involuntarily opening a path towards Ukraine's independence, but his support for Crimea's annexation and silence in the face of Russia's invasion have stained his reputation.
Gorbachev's love-hate relationship with Putin
AFP, Published on 31/08/2022
» MOSCOW: Mikhail Gorbachev struggled to make up his mind about Vladimir Putin.
World hails 'one-of-a-kind' ex-Soviet leader Gorbachev
AFP, Published on 31/08/2022
» PARIS: Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union who played a major role in ending the Cold War, died in Moscow on Tuesday aged 91.
Gorbachev: the man who let the Soviet empire go
AFP, Published on 31/08/2022
» MOSCOW - Mikhail Gorbachev changed the course of modern history by triggering the demise of the USSR and allowing Eastern Europe to free itself from Soviet rule, earning him accolades in the West but the scorn of many Russians.
Mikhail Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, dead at 91
AFP, Published on 31/08/2022
» MOSCOW: Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died in Moscow aged 91, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday.