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Ukraine says Abu Dhabi talks with Russia 'substantive and productive'
AFP, Published on 05/02/2026
» ABU DHABI - A first day of talks between Ukraine, Russia and the United States seeking to broker an end to the war in Ukraine concluded Wednesday in Abu Dhabi with Kyiv describing the negotiations as "substantive and productive".
Oil smugglers' Cook Islands office enabling sanctions-busting 'shadow fleets'
Steven Trask of AFP, Published on 02/12/2025
» CANBERRA - Dozens of oil tankers suspected of smuggling contraband crude for Russia and Iran have been using a beachside office in the tropical South Pacific to cover their tracks, an AFP analysis of sanctions data has revealed.
Iran, US to hold new round of high-level nuclear talks
AFP, Published on 26/04/2025
» MUSCAT (OMAN) - The United States and Iran were to hold a fresh round of technical and high-level nuclear negotiations in Oman on Saturday, after both sides reported progress in previous meetings.
Pope kicks off Christmas under shadow of war
AFP, Published on 25/12/2024
» ROME - Christmas revellers around the world donned red and white Santa hats, offered meals to the homeless and lit candles on Wednesday, as Pope Francis launched observation of the global holiday with a sombre mass in the Vatican.
Russia short of 4.8 million workers in 2023, crunch to persist
Reuters, Published on 24/12/2023
» MOSCOW: Russia was short of around 4.8 million workers in 2023 and the problem will remain acute in 2024, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Sunday, citing experts and research from the Russian Academy of Science's Institute of Economics.
Light or new materials tipped for Nobel Physics Prize
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» STOCKHOLM - Research into light, new materials and cosmic exploration are seen as possible contenders for Tuesday's Nobel Physics Prize, though experts warn it is difficult to predict a winner in the vast field.
Ukraine presses for war 'reparations' from Russia
AFP, Published on 19/09/2023
» THE HAGUE - Ukraine on Tuesday said the International Court of Justice should impose reparations on Russia for its "war of annihilation", arguing that international law itself was at stake.
Russia seeks to erase border with occupied Ukraine
AFP, Published on 14/09/2023
» AVILO-USPENKA, Russia - To enter Russia from occupied Ukraine, all Tatiana has to do is arrive at the edge of the war-battered Donetsk region, show guards her Russian passport, say "thank you" and cross.
Relief and sympathy as rebels stand down in Russian city
AFP, Published on 25/06/2023
» ROSTOV-ON-DON (RUSSIA) - Residents of a Russian city at the heart of a brief rebellion against army top brass expressed relief on Sunday but also voiced some sympathy for the mutiny and questions about what exactly happened.
The Ukrainian troops collecting the enemy's dead
AFP, Published on 09/04/2023
» SYNYKHA (UKRAINE) - An enemy soldier's badly decomposed remains, still in his green uniform and black boots, had lain for months on the edge of a northeastern Ukraine village but a special unit was about to gather them.