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Could humans become immortal, as Putin was heard telling Xi?
AFP, Published on 05/09/2025
» PARIS - Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have been recorded on a hot mic discussing how organ transplants and other medical advances could let humans live past 150 years -- or even become immortal.
Russian attacks killed 22 in Ukraine after Trump's new deadline
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 29/07/2025
» KYIV — Russian attacks on Ukraine killed 22 people and injured 85 more in the past day after US President Donald Trump set a new deadline for Russia to make progress toward ending the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
Are Russian sanctions working? Debate takes new urgency with Trump
The New York TImes, Published on 02/01/2025
» LONDON — Thousands of far-reaching sanctions have been imposed by dozens of countries on Russian banks, businesses and people since Moscow ordered tanks to roll across the border into Ukraine in the winter of 2022.
Nobel winners stage rare protest in Moscow court
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» MOSCOW - Two Nobel winners staged a rare denunciation of Russia's offensive in Ukraine in a Moscow courtroom Wednesday, as public dissent over the conflict has been all but silenced by a wave of arrests.
'I stand by my opinion': Russian on trial for critical Ukraine interview
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» MOSCOW - A Russian man prosecuted for giving a spontaneous street comment criticising the Kremlin's Ukraine offensive to foreign media said he stood by his words during his trial Wednesday, despite facing up to 10 years in prison.
Russian ruble plunges past 100 against dollar for first time since March 2022
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» MOSCOW - The Russian ruble slid past 100 against the dollar Monday, its lowest level since March 23, 2022 -- weeks after Moscow unleashed full-scale hostilities in Ukraine.
'Very scared': The resistance fighters of liberated Kherson
AFP, Published on 14/11/2022
» KHERSON, Ukraine: The young Ukrainian partisan wanted to be a musician before deciding to risk his life by giving away enemy positions during Russia's occupation of Kherson.
Grim fragments of life seep out from Russian-occupied Ukraine
AFP, Published on 02/08/2022
» KRAMATORSK (UKRAINE) - Collapsed social services, financial woes and fear: only brief snippets filter out of the daily reality for Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territory.
Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine as NATO pushes expansion
AFP, Published on 05/07/2022
» SLOVIANSK (UKRAINE) - Fighting raged Tuesday in and around Ukraine's eastern Donbas region as Russian troops tried to build on recent battlefield gains, while NATO pressed ahead with Finland and Sweden's historic membership bids.
Moody's says Russia defaulted on debt
AFP, Published on 28/06/2022
» PARIS - Moody's ratings agency has confirmed that Russia defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time in a century, after bond holders did not receive $100 million in interest payments.