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Canadian protesters call for withdrawal from NATO amid 'proxy war' in Ukraine
Jan 24, 2023 11:26Anti-war protesters have taken to the streets in downtown Hamilton, Canada, to call on the government to withdraw from NATO and stop supplying weapons to Ukraine.
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US, Russia on brink of direct war as NATO's arms transfers to Ukraine escalate: American media
Jan 24, 2023 10:42A Washington-based think tank has warned that the NATO military alliance and the United States are "creeping closer to the catastrophic scenario" in Ukraine, threatening a direct war between Moscow and Washington.
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Russia: Ukraine uses nuclear power plants to stockpile Western-supplied arms
Jan 24, 2023 05:01Amid an ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) says Kiev uses nuclear power plants throughout its territory to stockpile Western-supplied weapons.
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Lavrov says West's war with Russia ‘no longer hybrid but real’
Jan 24, 2023 03:27Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the war in Ukraine is no longer a hybrid one, as it has almost escalated into “a real one,” with the West continuing to ‘plot’ against Moscow.
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Under pressure from Western allies, Germany says won't bar Poland from sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine
Jan 23, 2023 04:46Under mounting pressure from its Western allies, Germany, which had so far refused to send tanks to Ukraine, now says it would not stand in the way of Poland if it wanted to give Leopard 2 tanks to Kiev.
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US extends troop deployment in Romania, near Ukraine border
Jan 23, 2023 03:17Senior US officials said that the several thousand US troops currently stationed in Romania near the Ukraine border will remain there for at least nine more months, according to a New York Times report.
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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.