United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warmly welcomes the announcement from Russia on its resumed participation in the implementation of a deal to facilitate grain export via the Black Sea, his spokesman said on Wednesday. Guterres is grateful for the diplomatic efforts of Türkiye, and thanks UN coordinator …
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Russia and Ukraine separately signed a deal in Istanbul with Türkiye and the United Nations to resume grain shipments from Ukrainian ports to international markets via the Black Sea Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia on Wednesday announced its return to the implementation of a grain export deal via the Black …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia announced Saturday that Moscow would immediately and indefinitely suspend its implementation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, accusing Ukraine of launching drone attacks under British guidance. “On Oct. 29, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, under the cover of the humanitarian corridor set up for the …
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No society has absolute freedom of speech but criticising Western liberal societies is lazy journalism COMMENT | JACK PINTO | Refer to: “The illusion of free speech: How the war in Ukraine demonstrates the poverty of freedom of the press and speech in Western liberal democracies” (The Independent Oct.11). …
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Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Wednesday rejected “baseless” claims of Iran’s supplies of drones to Russia, expressing Tehran’s readiness for talks with Kiev on such allegations. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a joint press conference with his visiting Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei in Tehran. “We …
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A staggering 345 million people face acute food insecurity, with more going to bed hungry COMMENT | ANA PALACIO | Actions speak louder than words. That adage explains why Russian President Vladimir Putin’s depiction of his brutal and senseless war in Ukraine as a noble fight against Western imperialism comes …
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Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian foreign minister on Thursday rejected the claim of the European Union (EU) that Iran had sent missiles and drones to Russia to be used against Ukraine. In a phone conversation with Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian …
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Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday rejected certain “unsubstantiated claims” about Tehran’s stance toward the conflict in Ukraine, saying Iran is ready to play a role in ending the crisis. Making the remarks in a phone call with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda, Raisi noted that …
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Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | The following are the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis: At least four people were killed in a wave of drone strikes at a residential building and power facilities in the Ukrainian capital on Monday morning, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. The new …
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New York, US | Rédaction Africanews & AFP | The UN General Assembly on Wednesday condemned Russia’s “illegal annexations” of Ukrainian territory after Moscow vetoed a similar text in the Security Council in late September. Twenty-six African countries voted in favor of the resolution rejecting Moscow’s controversial referenda in four Ukrainian …
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