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Europe doomed by US to hunger, cold: Russian official

Aug 19, 2022 10:47

Europeans have been doomed to suffer hunger and cold to meet the United States hegemonic demands, warns Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.
Brazil: Lula maintains lead over Bolsonaro in new poll ahead of Oct. vote

Aug 19, 2022 07:33

A new poll ahead of Brazil's presidential election in October shows the country's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with a significant lead over right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, but the latter appears to be catching up fast.
Putin, Xi to attend G20 summit in Bali, confirms Indonesian president

Aug 19, 2022 07:25

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are planning to attend the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Bali in November this year, according to Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Mexico says disappearance of 43 students in 2014 was a 'state crime'

Aug 19, 2022 07:24

In yet another damning assessment of the previous administration's complicity in gross human rights abuses, Mexican authorities have called the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 a “state crime”, which was scandalously covered up by the government.
US readying additional $800 million in military aid to Ukraine: Report

Aug 19, 2022 07:24

The United States is readying some $800 million worth of additional military aid to Ukraine, three sources familiar with the matter have told the Reuters news agency.
Fresh nationwide rail strikes hit UK

Aug 19, 2022 01:56

Another mass walkout has brought the UK's railway network to a grinding halt causing major disruptions.
Families of 9/11 victims: Afghanistan assets belong to Afghans

Aug 19, 2022 01:46

One year ago, following the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, the US froze about seven billion dollars in Afghan central bank assets and cut major international funding to the country.
North Korea spurns Seoul's disarmament-for-aid offer, asks Yoon to 'shut up'

Aug 19, 2022 01:39

North Korea has bluntly spurned Seoul's offer of economic support in exchange for denuclearization, calling South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol "simple" and "childish".
Europe in energy crisis as Russia sanctions boomerang

Aug 19, 2022 01:31

European countries are feeling the heat from the sanctions they have imposed on Russian energy imports over Moscow’s ongoing military operation in Ukraine.
Russia relocates three warplanes to Kaliningrad near Lithuania

Aug 19, 2022 01:12

The Russian army has relocated three warplanes equipped with nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles to its exclave of Kaliningrad on the coast of the Baltic Sea, with the goal of being on “round-the-clock combat duty,” according to Russia’s Defense Ministry.