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Zelensky in open letter to Putin proposes face-to-face meeting and ‘full ceasefire’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called for a face-to-face meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a rare open letter, saying he was also ready for a “full ceasefire”. In response, the Kremlin said Zelensky could meet Putin in Moscow “any time”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed a face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin in a rare open letter…
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Putin says Russia will bolster its air defenses in response to Ukrainian drone attacks
President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks, which have reached deep inside his country and cast a cloud over his showcase economic forum in his hometown of St. Petersburg. Speaking in response to a question from The Associated Press during a meeting with heads of international news agencies, Putin…
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Germany blames Russia for ‘bitter defeat’ in UN Security Council bid
Germany’s foreign minister says support for Ukraine and Israel may have cost votes after Berlin failed to secure a rotating spot on the UN Security Council. Johann Wadephul described losing out to Portugal and Austria as a “bitter defeat” after a vote on which countries would become one of the five new members of the council was held on Wednesday…
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New U.S. tariffs on EU goods would be unacceptable, EU trade committee head says
Any new U.S. tariffs on European Union goods on top of the rates agreed last year would be unacceptable, senior EU lawmaker said on Wednesday, rejecting U.S. claims the EU was not curbing trade in forced labour goods as “utterly absurd”. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office on Tuesday proposed imposing additional duties of 10% or 12.5% on imports from 60…
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US says it plans extra tariffs of 10% or more for most trading partners after forced labor probe
The Trump administration is proposing that tariffs of 10% or more be imposed on products from dozens of major trading partners following a probe into imports of goods allegedly made with forced labor. The report released early Wednesday by the U.S. Trade Representative said Canada, Mexico, Taiwan and the United Kingdom and some other countries and territories would face 10%…
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Ukraine targets St. Petersburg as ‘Putin’s Davos’ gets underway
Moscow downed hundreds of drones over its territory late Tuesday, regional officials said, after Kyiv launched a major attack reaching as far as the Russian capital as an economic forum drawing thousands of attendees gets underway. Three districts were targeted in the overnight Ukrainian drone assault, according to St. Petersburg governor Aleksandr Beglov, wounding several people and damaging infrastructure facilities.…
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Putin remains uncompromising on Ukraine, but is public discourse on war changing in Russia?
If Vladimir Putin’s Russia had an official slogan, what would it be? “Russia is what it is, and we’re not ashamed of showing it,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov once told me in an interview. That fits. But I recently heard an updated version from veteran pop and folk singer Nadezhda Babkina. After receiving an award from President Putin, Babkina told…
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Powerful Iran-backed militias in Iraq say they will start handing in weapons to authorities
Two of Iraq’s most powerful Iran-backed militias said on Tuesday they would begin handing in their weapons to the authorities, a major step in the new government’s effort to rein in militias that have long operated on their own even though they were nominally under state command. One of the groups, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, said it had formed a committee…
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Iran’s supreme leader appears more active as talks continue: US’s Rubio
Addressing US lawmakers, Rubio said Tehran has agreed to discuss previously off-limits aspects of its nuclear programme. United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei appears to be taking a more active role as negotiations between the two countries continue following an April 8 truce. Testifying before the US’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee on…
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Nigeria elected as chair of UN budget and administration committee
Nigeria has achieved a major diplomatic milestone following the election of its representative as Chair of the United Nations Committee on Budget and Administration, also known as the Fifth Committee. The announcement was made on 2 June 2026, with the Nigerian envoy assuming leadership of one of the UN General Assembly’s most influential committees responsible for budgetary oversight, administrative policy,…
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