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May 31, 20242 min read
Ukraine concludes long-term security deals with Sweden and Norway
STOCKHOLM/KYIV -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy concluded long-term security agreements with Sweden and Norway on Friday, a sign...
May 29, 20243 min read
Factbox-Seven political groups fighting in European Parliament election
BRUSSELS - Voters in the 27 countries of the European Union will elect 720 lawmakers to the European Parliament for the next five years...
May 19, 20242 min read
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico still in serious condition, officials say
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia -Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in serious condition and still faces risks of complications but has...
May 19, 20242 min read
Pope says tension and debate are inevitable, embrace them
VERONA, Italy - Arguments and tensions are inevitable in modern society and should not be brushed under the carpet, Pope Francis said on...
May 19, 20241 min read
Georgian president vetoes 'foreign agents' bill, TASS reports
TBILISI - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has announced that she has vetoed a draft law on foreign agents, Russia's state-run...
May 18, 20242 min read
Russian activist in Georgia warns 'foreign agent' law will kick-start crackdown on dissent
TBILISI - Grigory Sverdlin says he has seen this story before. A Russian activist now living in exile in the Georgian capital Tbilisi,...
May 17, 20242 min read
French police kill Algerian who set fire to Rouen synagogue
ROUEN, France -French police shot dead a knife-wielding Algerian man who set fire to a synagogue and threatened police in the city of...
May 17, 20242 min read
German defence industry says it will need government help to reduce dependence on China
BERLIN - German arms producers will need help from the government if they are to reduce their dependency on Chinese materials and still...
May 16, 20241 min read
Putin signs decrees appointing government ministers
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Tuesday appointing all members of the government and planned a late-evening meeting...
May 16, 20243 min read
Putin arrives in China to deepen strategic partnership with Xi
MOSCOW/BEIJING -Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing early on Thursday for talks with Xi Jinping that the Kremlin hopes...
May 15, 20243 min read
Gunmen ambush French prison van to free drug dealer, killing two guards
PARIS - Gunmen wearing balaclavas ambushed a prison van in northern France on Tuesday to free a drug dealer known as "The Fly," killing...
May 15, 20243 min read
Explainer-Why is Russia holding nuclear exercises - and what to watch for?
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to practise the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons after what...
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