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War in Ukraine
Continued Western support is crucial if Ukraine is to succeed. Although the United States has been unequivocal about the fact that it supports Ukraine, it keeps sending mixed messages about what victo
Nov. 15, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russia faced mounting diplomatic pressure to end its war in Ukraine Tuesday, Nov. 15, as G20 leaders meeting in Indonesia rued the high cost of the eight-month-old conflict. In a draft communique, cou
Nov. 15, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson, a strategically important city in the south of Ukraine, has prompted the U.K. Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace to sound an alarm about additional so-called
Nov. 15, 2022
Canada announced Monday, Nov. 14 a doubling of its military aid to Ukraine to US $750 million as well as fresh sanctions against Russian justice and security officials. “This additional military assis
Nov. 15, 2022
War in Ukraine
France’s President Emmanuel Macron will urge his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to “pressure” Russia to return to the negotiating table over the war in Ukraine, a French official said Monday, Nov. 14.
Nov. 14, 2022
War in Ukraine
US President Joe Biden hailed Monday, Nov. 14, Ukraine’s recapture of Kherson as a “significant, significant victory”, but said fighting would now slow going into winter and the war’s outcome “remains
Nov. 14, 2022
Russia
A senior U.S. official said on Monday, Nov. 14, that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stressed the “irresponsibility” of nuclear threats throughout a summit in Cambodia, suggesting Beijing is feeling nervou
Nov. 14, 2022
Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping clashed Monday, Nov. 14, over Taiwan but found areas of common ground during the powers’ first in-person summit in three years, including a joint warning against Ru
Nov. 14, 2022
War in Ukraine
According to the Daily Mail report citing diplomatic sources, Russian President Vladimir Putin incensed Western politicians by mentioning the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear attacks during a diplomatic
Nov. 14, 2022
US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping meet in Bali on Monday, Nov. 14, with Washington hoping to set “guardrails” for relations between the rivals and Beijing looking to put ties “back on trac
Nov. 14, 2022
War in Ukraine
Moldova’s government is likely to change shortly. The reset might occur as early as this week. Dorin Recean, a representative of the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), is the main cand
Nov. 14, 2022
War in Ukraine
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen heaped pressure on Russia on Monday, Nov. 14, ahead of the G20 summit in Indonesia, saying the best way to end world economic tumult was to stop the Ukraine war. “En
Nov. 14, 2022
Russia
The last time Russian President Vladimir Putin found himself isolated at a G20 summit was in 2014, soon after he seized Crimea — and he was so shunned that he left early. Eight years later, after laun
Nov. 14, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russia’s most recent “strategies” – attempts at bombing civilian populations into submission via rush-hour drone attacks and targeting the power grid to freeze the Ukrainian population as winter appro
Nov. 13, 2022
War in Ukraine
Two daughters of the late Stefan Terlezki, a World War II refugee who became the first Ukrainian to hold political office as a Member of the British Parliament, saw his archive go under the hammer and
Nov. 13, 2022
Leaders from the world’s top economies will gather on the Indonesian resort island of Bali next week for a G20 summit overshadowed by the war in Ukraine. Here is a snapshot of who will attend: – Joe B
Nov. 13, 2022
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The June 19 defense pact signed between Russia and North Korea included a promise to provide military assistance to one another – within days Pyongyang said it was sending troops to Ukraine.
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