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The United Nations is in close contact with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States and the European Union to restore grain exports from Ukraine to their old proportions to stem a global food crisis. "I'm hopeful, but we still…
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Russian soldiers have been guilty of summary executions of civilians, torture and other possible war crimes in northeast Ukraine, the human rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. The crimes were committed…
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The White House has struck a chord with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos after he publicly criticized the fiscal and economic policies of President Joe Biden's administration on Twitter. "It doesn't take much imagination to imagine why…
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Sri Lanka is expected to have a new government on Monday. Party leaders have announced that political rivals have decided to tackle the country's economic crisis jointly. There were riots in Sri Lanka last week that left at least…
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The pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) blocks the formation of a new regional government in Northern Ireland. She does so in protest against the Northern Ireland protocol that the EU and the United Kingdom concluded on Brexit.…
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With the arrest of a 16-year-old boy, the police in the German city of Essen say they have prevented attacks on two schools. A heavily armed arrest team lifted the boy from his bed early Thursday morning. He allegedly planned…
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New Zealand will fully reopen its borders from July 31, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. Cruise ships are also welcome from that day on. The reopening of the borders comes two months earlier than the New Zealand government…
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Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol was inaugurated as South Korea's new president at a large-scale ceremony in Seoul on Tuesday. He called on neighbouring North Korea for complete denuclearization. "I solemnly swear before the people that…
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Russia has "depleted its stock of precision weapons," the Ministry of Defense said. He said in a daily intelligence update that Russian troops are using outdated ammunition in Ukraine. The outdated ammunition is not only less…
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According to state media, the death toll after a building collapse in the central Chinese city of Changsha last Friday has risen to 53. A recent earlier balance reported 26 dead. The search and rescue work has been completed, state…
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