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Chomsky: World racing toward ‘irreversible’ nuclear disaster
Jan 22, 2023 05:45Leading American political analyst and philosopher Noam Chomsky says the world is racing toward an “irreversible” disaster due to an increased risk of nuclear war, failure to address climate challenges, and a diminished ability of great powers to tackle international problems rationally
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US advises Ukraine to wait on offensive against Russia: Official
Jan 22, 2023 05:40A senior Biden administration official said Washington has advised Ukraine to hold off on launching a major offensive against Russian forces until the latest supply of US weaponry is ready and training has been provided.
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G7 postpones review of price cap for Russian oil to weather energy crisis
Jan 21, 2023 11:22The Group of Seven (G7) countries have agreed to postpone reviewing the level of the price cap on Russian oil exports for further appraisal of the global market, the US Treasury says, in what is viewed as a last-ditch effort to scrape through the chilly winter and offset repercussions of the world energy crisis in the aftermath of anti-Moscow sanctions.
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Nine NATO countries pledge new military aid for Ukraine in defiance of Russia’s warnings
Jan 21, 2023 03:42A group of nine NATO countries, including Britain and Poland, have pledged a raft of new military aid to support Ukraine in its war against Russia, defying Moscow’s repeated warnings about the protraction of the months-long conflict by funneling Western arms into the former Soviet republic.
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Sanctions won’t stop Pakistan from buying Russian oil, says Pakistani minister
Jan 21, 2023 03:21Pakistan has said that the US-led sanctions targeting Russia over the Ukraine war will not stop Islamabad from purchasing oil from Russia.
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Putin tells Raeisi: Russia ready to upgrade cooperation with Iran
Jan 20, 2023 03:31Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is ready to upgrade cooperation with Iran in different fields as he held talks with President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi for the second time in less than ten days.
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Russia claims capture of town near Ukraine's strategic city of Bakhmut
Jan 20, 2023 09:46Russian military forces have reportedly taken control of a settlement south of the strategic city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine amid heightened tensions over the continued flow of Western weapons and munitions into the war-ravaged country.
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There is evidence US secretly sponsoring Daesh in Afghanistan: Russian envoy
Jan 20, 2023 09:42A senior Russian diplomat and presidential envoy to Afghanistan says there is evidence the United States is trying to secretly sponsor the Daesh terrorist group in the country in order to undermine the current de-facto political dispensation.
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US announces whopping $2.5bn in new military aid for Ukraine amid raging war
Jan 20, 2023 05:24The United States has announced a whopping new package of arms and munitions for Ukraine worth $2.5 billion, defying Moscow’s repeated warnings against supplying Kiev with heavy weaponry almost a year into the devastating war.
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Russia's Medvedev warns of nuclear war if Moscow loses in Ukraine
Jan 19, 2023 12:08Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned NATO that the defeat of his country, as a nuclear power, in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear war.