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May 17, 20242 min read
Panama weighs more checkpoints in treacherous jungle increasingly crossed by migrants
PANAMA CITY - Panama's next government is considering erecting new checkpoints along a stretch of thick jungle on its southern border...


May 17, 20241 min read
Putin queries political legitimacy of Ukrainian President Zelenskiy in absence of elections
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin queried the political legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday when...


May 17, 20241 min read
Putin says Russia is carving out a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv region
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russian forces advancing in Ukraine's Kharkiv region were creating a "buffer...


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...


May 15, 20242 min read
Georgian parliament passes 'foreign agent' bill, prompting US anger, new protests
TBILISI -Georgia's parliament on Tuesday passed the third and final reading of a "foreign agents" bill, prompting a warning from the...


May 14, 20243 min read
Blinken, in Kyiv, says U.S aid arriving at 'challenging' time for Ukraine
KYIV - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a trip to Kyiv on Tuesday that part of a major...


May 14, 20243 min read
Analysis-West, Russia manage limited cooperation in Arctic despite chill in ties
OSLO - When Arctic nations simulated a large oil spill for a virtual training exercise in March off northern Norway, Russia also took...


May 13, 20242 min read
US, China meet in Geneva to discuss AI risks
WASHINGTON -The U.S. and China will meet in Geneva to discuss artificial intelligence on Tuesday and U.S. officials stressed that...


May 13, 20242 min read
Factbox-Putin changes his defence minister, moves Patrushev
MOSCOW -Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed changing his defence minister and moving him to replace the powerful secretary of...


May 12, 20242 min read
Lithuanian presidential hopefuls vow to stand up to Russian threat
VILNIUS - Lithuanians vote on Sunday in a presidential election expected to hand a new term to incumbent Gitanas Nauseda, a staunch...


May 12, 20242 min read
Seven killed in Ukrainian missile strike on Russian apartment block
MOSCOW -At least seven people were killed and 17 injured when a whole section of a Russian apartment block collapsed after it was struck...


May 12, 20242 min read
Indonesia's Prabowo reiterates 'Asian Way' to defuse tension, Al Jazeera says
JAKARTA - As Indonesia’s president elect Prabowo Subianto prepares to enter office in October, he looks set to take a more assertive...
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