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Moscow detached from the fighting
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 18/09/2022
» On a recent evening in Red Square, a corps of elite paratroopers dressed in camouflage performed a battle-like dance with pyrotechnics. An Egyptian performer dressed as a pharaoh rode back and forth in a chariot wielding an ankh, the ancient Egyptian symbol of life, as a band played Katyusha, a Soviet-era patriotic war song.
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UK says three Iranian boats tried to block tanker in Gulf
Reuters, Published on 11/07/2019
» LONDON: Three Iranian vessels attempted to block the passage of an oil tanker, the British Heritage, through the Strait of Hormuz, but withdrew after warnings from a Royal Navy warship, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
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‘Alien fever’ fuels grave robbing in Peru
Published on 06/04/2024
» NAZCA, Peru - Leandro Rivera says he chanced upon the cave in Peru’s remote Nazca region that contained hundreds of pre-Hispanic artifacts — including human bodies with elongated heads and what appeared to be only three fingers on each hand.
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Putin warns West of nuclear war risk
Published on 29/02/2024
» MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin warned Western countries on Thursday that there was a genuine risk of nuclear war if they sent their own troops to fight in Ukraine, and he said Moscow had the weapons to strike targets in the West.
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Navalny’s widow fears arrests at Friday funeral
Published on 28/02/2024
» MOSCOW - The funeral of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny will take place in Moscow on Friday, his spokesperson said, as his widow pleaded with European lawmakers to find better ways to punish Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his "mafia" allies.
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Ukraine worn down as war enters third year
Published on 21/02/2024
» KRAMATORSK, Ukraine - As the Ukraine war enters its third year, the infantry of 59th Brigade are confronting a bleak reality: they’re running out of soldiers and ammunition to resist their Russian invaders.
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Top Putin critic Navalny dies in prison at 47
Published on 16/02/2024
» Alexei Navalny, the most formidable opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, collapsed and died on Friday after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony where he was serving a three-decade jail term, the Russian prison service said.
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Prabowo claims victory in Indonesian poll
Published on 14/02/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto is poised to be the country’s next leader on his third try for the presidency.
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Russia’s richest man in $9bn divorce fight
Published on 31/01/2024
» LONDON - A British legal dispute between Russia’s richest man, Vladimir Potanin, and his ex-wife over a multi-billion-dollar share of his mining assets is set to continue in one of the world’s largest divorces.
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Under-fire Harvard president quits
Published on 03/01/2024
» Claudine Gay is stepping down as president of Harvard University, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure marred by allegations of plagiarism and a campus controversy over antisemitism.
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