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US interest rates hiked again despite wreaking havoc on economy
Jul 27, 2023 11:52The United States Federal Reserve raised interest rates yet again, but its attempt to slow record inflation may push the country into a double-dip recession. Their headline rate is now 5.3%, which is the highest level since 2001.
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Russia says intercepted another cargo ship over traces of explosives
Jul 27, 2023 10:41Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it found traces of explosives on board a civilian vessel en route from Turkey to a Russian port over suspected involvement in smuggling arms to Ukraine.
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Ukraine claims responsibility for last year's Crimea bridge blast
Jul 27, 2023 08:39Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Crimean Bridge connecting Russia and the Crimean Peninsula in October last year.
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There will be no Ukraine if it joins NATO: Duma deputy speaker
Jul 26, 2023 09:29A top Russian lawmaker insists that there will be no Ukraine if the East European country joins the US-led NATO military alliance.
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US keeps backing Kiev's 'terrorist plans' by its military aid: Russia
Jul 26, 2023 08:32The US government keeps sponsoring the "terrorist plans" of Kiev by sending military aid to the ex-Soviet country, causing more death and suffering, Russia's ambassador to Washington has reiterated.
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US claims drone damaged by flares from Russian jet over Syria amid escalating tensions
Jul 26, 2023 08:24A Russian jet fighter flew recently within a few meters of an occupying US spy drone over Syria and fired flares at it, striking the illegally flying American aircraft and damaging it, the US military has claimed amid multiple encounters between the rival military powers over Syrian air space in recent weeks.
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US addiction to sanctions will prove to spell its downfall: Report
Jul 26, 2023 05:47Washington’s widespread use of illegal sanctions as a political tool to punish independent and rival governments as well as politicians and traders have prompted a broad coalition of nations across the globe to “rewrite” the rules of international financial system aimed at ending the US-dominated order, a major Washington-based journal vows.
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Syria’s Assad blames US, allies for fomenting ‘global instability’ to harm Russia
Jul 26, 2023 04:46Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has blamed the US for fomenting global crises, saying Washington and its Western allies have generated “a state of global instability” in efforts to weaken rival Russia.
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Iranian victims of former Iraqi dictator’s chemical attacks sue key suppliers
Jul 26, 2023 04:24Nearly four decades have passed since the regime of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein carried out chemical attacks against Iranians. Some of the victims of those attacks have filed a lawsuit against two Dutch companies for supplying that regime with chemical weapons during its imposed war on Iran during the 1980s. A meeting was held in the Tehran Peace Museum to pursue the case.
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Anti-war activists rally in Germany to protest against arming Ukraine with cluster munitions
Jul 25, 2023 11:47Hundreds of German protesters have taken to the streets in Nuremberg to call on the West to stop deliveries of weapons, including US-made cluster munitions, to Ukraine.